How To Become An Entrepreneur: In-Depth Guide — 1/2 NatSchooler.Com

Nathaniel Schooler
6 min readAug 2, 2021

Do you want to learn how to become an entrepreneur? Many people do as they want to take control of their lives, although becoming an entrepreneur may not be the answer, there are other options.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. Peter Drucker

According to Google: The word “entrepreneur” is a loanword from French. In French the verb “entreprendre” means “to undertake,” with “entre” coming from the Latin word meaning “between,” and “prendre” meaning “to take.”

What is an Entrepreneur?

“The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.” One dictionary says an entrepreneur is “one who undertakes an enterprise, especially a contractor acting as the intermediary between capital and labour”. Economist

Jean-Baptiste Say, a French economist coined the word entrepreneur in about 1800

Entrepreneurship is the extraordinary collection of skills possessed by an entrepreneur. They include a propensity to take risks over and above the normal and a desire to create wealth. In addition, entrepreneurs find ways around business difficulties; they persevere with a business plan at times when others run for the shelter of full-time employment elsewhere. Entrepreneurship | The Economist.

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Nathaniel Schooler

Ex-IBM Futurist, Podcaster, Amazon Best Selling Author, and Entrepreneur