Entrepreneurials

Okay, I agree with many of these posts (except the one who had a teacher being an entrepeneur and Michael, I happen to love alegebra and use it all the time, if only to amuse myself )

However, let me give you a different point of view: it is only a fancy title. I know a lot of people who are in busines for themselves and they don't think of themselves as entrepeneurs but as mechanics, plumbers, salesmen, etc. and, at the most businessmen. They define themselves by what they do, not by the fact that they own and run their own business (and many of the people I know are highly succesful in their feilds).

Here's a story that I love. It happened about quite a few years ago but I never will forget it. Without the entire back story (the main thing needed to know is that my Dad had his own business for many years before this and my sister was on a "title trip" - she was an assistant manager at a store - funny thing was, there were only assistantant managers and managers at that store, no clerks). Anyways, we were at some fancy resteruant (impressin her future in-laws) and she was making a big deal about her job. Dad made some comment regarding her being so imoressed with her "title" even though it really didn't mean anything and she replied that everyone needed a title and they were important.

He replied asking what his title was and she replied "You're an entrpeneur."

Dad replied (and on a side note, fancy resteraunts are not his thing), "Hell no, I'm a ditch digger". My siter and her futire in-laws were mortified but I found it funny.

[side note - Dad installs and repairs water systems hence the ditch digger"]

The point is: many (and i could tell you more stories) of the entrepeneurs I know think of it as only a fancy title.

Tam