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capiki · 2021-01-15 23:55:35+00:00

That's a *successful* entrepreneur. OP was talking about any entrepreneur.

bsenftner | karma 3820 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2012-10-05 01:13:51+00:00

or a successful entrepreneur

ujjwalg | karma 1102 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2009-10-05 17:32:40+00:00

Entrepreneur.

jmathai | karma 4194 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2013-03-14 06:51:47+00:00

I saw that. This has me begging the question. Is this a trait of successful entrepreneurs?

Now I'm genuinely curious.

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leroy_masochist | karma 3871 | avg karma 5.16 · | 2015-12-11 19:52:37+00:00

entrepreneur

paxys | karma 66162 | avg karma 7.18 · | 2024-05-08 16:46:43

You just described every successful entrepreneur in existence.

apsec112 | karma 33820 | avg karma 13.98 · | 2012-07-12 20:21:11+00:00

Of course, but I think it's only talking about entrepreneurs who have already had at least one success

ZoF | karma 853 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2015-06-24 23:09:48+00:00

Nope, it implies being a successful entrepreneur is hard work.

blender | karma 118 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2008-08-13 18:53:33+00:00

Entrepreneur ;-)

dear | karma 282 | avg karma 1.01 · | 2014-01-30 15:27:58+00:00

Entrepreneur. ;)

austenallred | karma 22490 | avg karma 7.52 · | 2015-06-25 00:04:57+00:00

I'm not seeing how that was implied. Saying, "You don't have to be an entrepreneur" is not implying "every entrepreneur is successful."

jstummbillig | karma 3994 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2020-12-07 13:43:14+00:00

A a successful entrepreneur is someone who founds a profitable corporation. Whatever skills are required to do that is completely arguable and also completely irrelevant, if the corporation is indeed successful.

Entrepreneurship is not being good at sales. It's not being a good leader. It's also not being a good coder and it's not being good at whatever metric you might feel is important. It's about founding an (eventually) profitable company.

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donaq | karma 1569 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2009-08-05 01:05:51

Wellll, not to nitpick, entrepreneurs aren't necessarily achievers.

aianus | karma 3878 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2015-12-09 08:02:08+00:00

Sounds like an entrepreneur to me.

bcrawford | karma 165 | avg karma 4.58 · | 2011-03-31 23:24:07+00:00

Isn't that just the same as "entrepreneur?" I kid, I kid.

braindead_in | karma 620 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2023-02-09 12:26:30

Or Entrepreneur maybe?

westurner | karma 3375 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2024-05-14 22:39:08

Maybe that's more of a "savvy, likeable entrepreneur".

Google / Oxford Languages has: https://www.google.com/search?q=entrepreneur :

> en·tre·pre·neur: a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so

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waselighis | karma 440 | avg karma 4.07 · | 2023-04-10 15:09:36

Thanks, this is more what I was looking for. Far too often, the story of "successful entrepreneur" is "had rich parents, received large inheritance." Typing his name into Google isn't going to answer the question if he's the real deal or not.

ekanes | karma 2261 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2010-11-16 14:32:35+00:00

Specifically, successful entrepreneurs are persistent.