The entrepreneurial movement gained steam, I’d say, only in the past 3 or so years (or maybe I was too busy with other things that I didn’t notice it). These days, you hear about entrepreneur groups and movements on entrepreneurship. There’s a school for entrepreneurs and an entrepreneur caravan. In other words, there’s an awakened movement towards entrepreneurship.
The trend towards branding everything as “entrepreneur” is clear from the fact that successful businessmen no longer label themselves as mere “businessmen” — they’re successful entrepreneurs. Maybe it’s just a matter of rebranding or maybe it’s a way to spark interest among the general population to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.
So, what does it take to be an entrepreneur? Why can’t those under the poverty line empower themselves and become entrepreneurs? Why can’t everyone become entrepreneurs? Please continue reading here.
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by mameejhy
24 Nov 2007 at 22:42
because entrepreneurship requires courage… to start something from scratch… to leave a financially stable job… to face the unknown. and, not everyone has that courage.
by warrior
25 Nov 2007 at 20:25
Most of us have no training to become an entrepreneur. Our school system have primed us to become workers. When we entered college, most of us have the outlook that when we graduate, we’ll find ourselves a stable job. This kind of stable job we dreamed of is the career type of job where we can settle down and retire from it a couple of years later.
It’s a different case in China. Most families are in some business of their own. A child in a Chinese family gets exposed as early as the elementary grades to the rudiments of his dad’s business. He is also expected to help out in the store during semestral and Christmas breaks.
We are not exposed to the correct attitudinal formation to become an entrepreneur. The OFW phenomenon may be consider proof of the Filipino prepartation to become a worker, not an entrepreneur.
While there are lots of success stories about entrepreneurs, there seems to be an increasing number of start-up business failures. Books have been written on entrepreneural success stories. But the failures are the ones we come to know about only because the guy involved is a friend or the acquaintance of a friend. The failures don’t find their stories in books but are passed on verbally in whispers.
Even then, I think that the entrepreneur movement has gained momentum. I hope that it will just be a matter of time when more of us will become entrepreneurs.
by fritz
28 Nov 2007 at 16:12
Warrior,
I agree with your take on Chinese family and especially on OFW phenomenon. I am one of those who is guilty of the latter.
by Phlippine corporate lawyer
13 Oct 2008 at 12:26
everyone could be an entrepreneur. All it takes is determination