Are You A Real Entrepreneur?

July 25th, 2009

Euvy

If you are visiting this blog then you are obviously interested in entrepreneurship and willing in increase your entrepreneurial knowledge to become successful. Many of you own your own blogs .But what exactly defines you as an entrepreneur.

To some its owning your own business and some believe it’s more than that, like finding a gap in the market and filling that gap by creating a solution to a problem or need creating something that has not been supplied. In order to find out what exactly an entrepreneur is we must look at what they do. Entrepreneurs are necessary in order to improve the economy and create jobs especially when markets are down .Some get into entrepreneurship to fill this void and others do it for the money or both.

Entrepreneurs in general bear a huge risk , there is always the uncertainty of the markets , Will people actually like your solution , What are its implications etc. But if an entrepreneur hits the nail on its head they are bound to become successful. Let’s take a look at probably the world’s greatest entrepreneur Bill Gates. A Harvard dropout wanted to create an operating system that would one day become the worldwide standard for millions of computers(Microsoft Windows). His slogan “a computer on every desk’ seemed farfetched at the time. His idea was something no one had heard of yet he defined the odds to become undoubtedly the world’s greatest entrepreneur and the richest man in the world. All of his success was due to his passion , and it came down to how bad he wanted it. This goes to show that the mind is a powerful tool and whatever you put your mind to do you can achieve. Gates success was also aided by the growing advancement and popularity of new technology .

Worlds Greatest Entrepreneur

To become an Entrepreneur you must have a few necessary characteristics ,you must be creative , always doing it different than the rest , fill a gap in the market , have extreme persistence and also bear the feeling of risk and be willing to take chances, You must also think big or don’t think at all. You cannot get anywhere without taking the first step and being persistant.Ever heard of Nothing ventured nothing gained. If you fall into giving up at tough times there will be no success. Always remember that the higher the mountain the better view you get from the top. Entrepreneurs should not always be in it for the money although this may be nice and a good incentive to work harder. Do what you enjoy doing first then the money will come. You must always be positive and attract positive thoughts and don’t let negative thoughts or people bring you down. You attract what you want so it’s just a mindset.

Always remember to become an entrepreneur you must always think with the end in mind and if being an entrepreneur is your dream go for it and just do it. It all comes down to how much you want it……

Here’s a Nice tip for people wanting to become an entrepreneur , Gather a few pictures of things you would like to achieve like a Private yacht or a huge house or fast cars and put them together in a collage or something like that , also include when you want to achieve these (lets call them goals) and paste it up somewhere you will see it every day , I made this:

My goals to achieve within the next 10 years

and I put it as my desktop wallpaper so whenever I turn on my computer I see it and it motivates me to become better so I can achieve my goals. I recommend you do this and who knows , a few years down the line you could see yourself having these.

To your dreams and successes , Feel free to name your dreams below