What is an Entrepreneur?

When I think of an Entrepreneur, I think of someone who has started their own business. This takes a lot of risks, faith, and fear. I learned from my courses this week that self-confidence is needed even to consider being an Entrepreneur. I don’t know if confidence or naivete

I have created a few businesses, some very successful that I have since sold. Others were moderately successful and have ultimately not been worth continuing. Most of these, I started out of naivete and a whim. That probably helped me to jump into it without much fear and moderate faith. If I knew then what I know now, I probably would have hesitated to the point of not doing it because it is a LOT of work. Blood, sweat, and tears may be cliché, but it is the most accurate I could think of. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. So I am glad I didn’t know any better because I didn’t let fear overwhelm me. 

I am most excited to learn what I don’t know about being an entrepreneur and how I can be better at owning and running a business. I know I have weaknesses, and I hope to learn how to overcome my weaknesses and perhaps make them my strengths. I learned as a naïve noob that there is something to be said about having a foundation of understanding so you can build your own experiences and not have to learn the hard way. It is better to learn from those who have come before than trying to go at it alone.

Knowing you don’t know everything can be the first step in being a better version of yourself as an Entrepreneur. I know that I would have taken more time to learn what mistakes others have made so I could just do it my way. I don’t fear failure; I fear not being willing to fail.