[Entreprini]

I am starting to see the word Entrepreneur being used very freely. For example, I met with a guy that he calls himself an entrepreneur, I'll call him "J". To make a long story short, he was trying to get me to join his project; however, his project requires a service that involves network marketing. I am not a big fan of MLM!

For this person like many other MLM persons, the primary focus is money. A person with their focus on just money is not a true entrepreneur.

There is no one definition of an entrepreneur. But to me an entrepreneur is the person that knows how to take risks as well as manage risks. The entrepreneur also knows how to point out opportunities when they arise. Entrepreneurs take chances by starting businesses with their ideas. They create ideas, take action and bring those ideas into reality.

What do you think defines an entrepreneur?

[andrewrichardgale]

you hit the nail with the hammer (is that even close to right?) lol , yeah i think exactly what you said is true.

but it dosn't matter at the end of the day. his life dosn't effect yours nor mine, we are the same decaying organic matter as everything else.

[Will]

Originally Posted by Entreprini

I am starting to see the word Entrepreneur being used very freely. For example, I met with a guy that he calls himself an entrepreneur, I'll call him "J". To make a long story short, he was trying to get me to join his project; however, his project requires a service that involves network marketing. I am not a big fan of MLM!

For this person like many other MLM persons, the primary focus is money. A person with their focus on just money is not a true entrepreneur.

There is no one definition of an entrepreneur. But to me an entrepreneur is the person that knows how to take risks as well as manage risks. The entrepreneur also knows how to point out opportunities when they arise. Entrepreneurs take chances by starting businesses with their ideas. They create ideas, take action and bring those ideas into reality.

What do you think defines an entrepreneur?

Contradicted yourself there a bit. Network marketers take and manage risks with the money they put into their businesses and they have taken the opportunity to do the marketing in the first place as they have seen it to be a practical way to successfully make money (it does take a lot of skill to make good money). This to me seems exactly what an entrepreneur is. They have used their own initiative to learn the right skills etc and apply them to make money and be successful.

Money is always a factor in anything entrepreneurial, money is the only reason for any business dealing in the first place. The people who start successful internet/affiliate/network marketing businesses are incredibly good entrepreneurs in my opinion, even though some may not be interested to do what they do.

[Aletheides]

The people who own the MLMs are entrepreneurial.

The people who work for the MLM companies are about as entrepreneurial as a commissioned salesperson, whether you consider this entrepreneurship or not is your own opinion.

I personally do not.

[Entreprini]

I couldn't agree more with you Aleheides...

[Doodyps]

I second that. It always bothered me that MLM's used the word so freely. I know its not part of the definition, but I always saw entrepreneurship as an industrialist sort of thing. I still like to think of it that way, even though marketing and financial stuff isn't like that at all and can be 100% entrepreneurial-ist-ic-y or whatever. I feel like you need to create something new, or at least a new process to get to use the word (even if its not part of the definition). Thats just me though