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Entrepreneur meaning
The word “entrepreneur” refers to a person who demonstrate
the attitudes, behaviours, knowledge and skills needed to start and
make a success of a business venture.

An entrepreneur is an individual who creates a new business and
bears most of the risks and enjoys most of the rewards.

The process of setting up a business is known as entrepreneurship.

The entrepreneur is commonly seen as an innovator, a source of
new ideas, goods, services, and business/or procedures.

Entrepreneurs play a key role in any economy as they use their
the skills and initiative necessary to anticipate needs and bringing
good new ideas to market.



Entrepreneur qualities
1. Risk taking/Willingness to take risks and to make difficult decisions:
Risks are classified as unforeseen events that can impact negatively
on a decision.

Successful entrepreneurs are willing to take risk by investing all
resources in a new business.

Innovative and risk taking are essential to what businesses are and
what they do.

2. Creativity and innovation:
An entrepreneur must be able to come up with something new or
do things differently.

He/she must be able to generate new ides to solve business
problems.

Entrepreneurs should also be able to use same products to satisfy
different needs.

, 3. Confidence and adaptability:
Successful entrepreneurs believe in their own abilities and that
they will achieve their goals.

They are positive and focus on things that could go right instead
of focusing on things that could go wrong.

They have a healthy opinion of themselves and a strong/assertive
personality.

Successful entrepreneurs are adaptable as they are able to change
course and try another way of doing it.


4. Passion and energy:
Entrepreneurs should show enthusiasm to achieve the best
solution.

Passion can be illustrated when an entrepreneur finds it difficult to
simply walk away from failure/setbacks.

Starting and running a business requires considerable energy and
the ability to focus on business objectives.


5. perseverance:
Successful entrepreneurs do not give up despite challenges and
problems.

Most successful entrepreneurs face obstacles and only become
successful after failing several times.

They have a positive attitude towards failure and believe that
difficulties are merely opportunities.

They put in long hours and continuous efforts to get a business
operating successfully, even when a particular day may make
him/her tired and discouraged.

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