Entrepreneur
Anyone who attempts to serve a customer at a new level of quality and scale is an entrepreneur. Anyone who does not, is not.” —Babak Nivi[134]
Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
The point is: entrepreneurs create value. They create jobs and they make money. But that’s not easy. A unique talent, coupled with hard toil, is what’s needed. Successful entrepreneurs are attuned to what they’re busy with. They have self-confidence and flair. Their need for success makes them restless and they don’t cower in the face of big risks.
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The makeup of a successful entrepreneur is a special blend of wanting to make the world better and possessing enough commercial aptitude to figure out a way to do it in a successful and self-sustaining way
according to ability or achievement.” Today the entrepreneur has become the very embodiment of that dream. Through hard work and perseverance, it’s he or she who dares not only to dream, but to risk everything for the chance to succeed.
Michael Parrish DuDell • Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business: How to Launch and Grow a Business from Concept to Cash
An entrepreneur is “a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.”