Are You an Entrepreneur or do You Have Entrepreneurial Spirit?
Spoiler alert: To be an entrepreneur you need to take risks associated with a business… and actually have a vested interest.
Let’s look at the facts. What does being an ‘entrepreneur’ entail? It seems fitting to ask someone at Entrepreneur.com, don’t you think? Steve Tobak gladly indulges us. First, he gives us a formula (this is for you math-oriented engineers and economists).
“Entrepreneur + Capital = Products + Customers = Business.”
- To be an entrepreneur you need capital. Typically, a combination of human and financial capital.
- Capital creates products/services. Cool.
- Finally, we need customers to purchase your products and services.
- *Insert Steve Harvey’s Family Feud voice* Boom. A business.
Tobak also notes the keywords “risk” and “business” when involving defining an entrepreneur.
In other words, you need to take risks associated with a business… and actually have a vested interest.
This may be a tough pill to swallow for young people who tilt their heads up pridefully and assert,
“I simply cannot work for a company. I am an entrepreneur.”
Are you really though?
Now, let’s talk about entrepreneurial spirit.💃🏻🕺🏻
According to Inc.com, there are several defining characteristics. People with an entrepreneurial spirit are optimistic, they are passionate. They are hungry to find better solutions and bring forward new ideas. To add Matt Ehrlichman’s thoughts, they are also persistent, ambitious, and usually a bit hard-headed.
Many Latinos come to the United States hungry to better their lives, so it is natural for many Latinos to carry this entrepreneurial spirit.
If this sounds like you take pride in your entrepreneurial spirit.
I only ask you to take caution with pridefully titling your head up and asserting you are an entrepreneur unless you actually carry the risks associated with a business. Also, if you decide to take that entrepreneurial leap and carry some of the weight. Ask for help.
“Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.” -Barack Obama
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Con mucho amor,
Zara Macias
