Who is an Entrepreneur?

The term "entrepreneur" originates from a thirteenth-century French verb. By the sixteenth century, the noun form, entrepreneur, was being used to refer to someone who undertakes a business venture.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

​ENTRE PRENDRE

​"To do something or

"To undertake"

ENTREPRENEUR

• ​a unique individual

• has an innate ability and extraordinary dedication to establish.

• ​creates a new business, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards

Five Levels of Entrepreneurial Development

1. SELF-EMPLOYED MINDSET

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​-Desire to have greater control over their lives, careers, and destinies by independently braving their own path into business.

They want to do things their own way.​

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2. THE MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE

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​Managers who become leaders succeed because they accept the challenge and responsibility of ensuring that others under their wings also succeed and flourish. By getting the most out of employees, managers themselves are able to delegate aspects of their business to others and set higher goals.

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3. THE ATTITUDE OF THE OWNER/LEADER

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​-Knowing how to step aside and let the business and those employees working in it operate as a profit center that does not rely upon the owner's constant hands-on participation.

-Self-sufficient ​and self-sustaining

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4. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL INVESTOR

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​-Investing and managing their money to produce more money and to elevate the business. Franchising is one of the key tools for those who are in this level of an entrepreneurial mindset.

-The focus becomes finding, buying and perhaps refurbishing, businesses.​

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5. THE TRUE ENTREPRENEUR

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​-Turns goals and dreams into reality and earns through extensive passive income.

​-These people profit in all situations and add to their wealth by acquiring more profit centers, more paper assets, and more entrepreneurial power

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1) Idealization of dream-(Imagining ideal world dreams)

2) Visualization of goals-(Picturing the ideal world dream as a reality in order to work on goals)

3) Verbalization of the vision-(pertains to putting the dream and the vision into words)

4) Materialization of the dream-(dream becomes real and tangible

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The true entrepreneur uses a four-step approach to thinking