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An entrepreneur is someone who takes on the risk of starting a business to pursue profitable opportunities. Entrepreneurs are driven to grow their businesses and use company resources to achieve their goals, unlike managers. Key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs include having a vision, high energy, a drive to achieve, self-confidence, tolerance for failure and ambiguity, an internal locus of control, creativity, and the ability to devise innovative solutions. Famous entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Thomas Edison, Mahatma Gandhi, Walt Disney, and Sam Walton emphasized qualities like perseverance through failure, taking action over just talking, and maintaining high expectations.

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Proactive

An entrepreneur is someone who takes on the risk of starting a business to pursue profitable opportunities. Entrepreneurs are driven to grow their businesses and use company resources to achieve their goals, unlike managers. Key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs include having a vision, high energy, a drive to achieve, self-confidence, tolerance for failure and ambiguity, an internal locus of control, creativity, and the ability to devise innovative solutions. Famous entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Thomas Edison, Mahatma Gandhi, Walt Disney, and Sam Walton emphasized qualities like perseverance through failure, taking action over just talking, and maintaining high expectations.

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An entrepreneur is a person who seeks a profitable opportunity and takes the necessary risks to set up and operate a business.

Differ from many small-business owners in their strong desire to make their business grow. Differ from managers through their overriding responsibility to use the resources of the organization to accomplish their goals. Willing to take risks.

Charachetrs of entrepenure Vision - entrepreneurs begin with an overall idea for how to make their business idea a success High Energy Level - a willingness to work hard Need to Achieve - entrepreneurs work hard because they want to excel Self-Confidence - fearlessness in the face of difficult odds Tolerance for Failure - entrepreneurs are not easily discouraged Creativity - entrepreneurs devise innovative ways to overcome difficult problems and situations Tolerance for Ambiguity - entrepreneurs take in stride uncertainties. Internal Locus of Control - entrepreneurs believe they can control their own fate

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming." - Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Enterprises

I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work Thomas Edison, Inventor and Scientist

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle and a victory. Mahatma Gandhi, Political and Spiritual Leader The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney, Director, Writer, Producer, Animator, Entrepreneur

The Dream is not what you see in sleep; Dream is the thing which doesnt let you sleep -Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam high expectations are the key to everything." Sam Walton, Entrepreneur

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