Yes and no. If by that you mean starting and running businesses, of course, you are right. I view entrepreneurship as a way of thinking rather than the act of starting and running businesses.
When given a choice I always like to hire people who have started and run a business, even if they failed. Why? Because what I am after is that manner of thinking.
I don't care if I hire a software engineer who doesn't know Python or can't solve gotcha Google interview problems. These are things that can be learned. What someone can't learn is what I call the entrepreneurial mentality.
Having someone work for you, in any capacity, who truly understands business is far more valuable than any knowledge that can be acquired by reading books or doing tutorials on YouTube.
What you gain is someone who will truly work for the business and understand their roles and responsibilities from a very different perspective.
I see entrepreneurship everywhere. Even as an employee, the things that will move someone up the scale within the company or across their industry are entrepreneurial in nature. Taking care of your customer (your employer). Making sure they are satisfied with your product (your work). Marketing yourself. Being an advocate for your employer's needs. Striving to innovate and make a better product (meaning, improve your skills). Having the best product (becoming an expert in the field). Etc.
Entrepreneurial thinking in the workforce would turbocharge our companies. The exact opposite of this is a unionized workforce. This is particularly true of government unions. Here you have a workforce that is almost as mentally dead as possible, not interested in improving themselves, not ever working towards improving efficiency and generally not engaged at all. One visit to the DMV paints that picture in no uncertain terms.
Yes and no. If by that you mean starting and running businesses, of course, you are right. I view entrepreneurship as a way of thinking rather than the act of starting and running businesses.
When given a choice I always like to hire people who have started and run a business, even if they failed. Why? Because what I am after is that manner of thinking.
I don't care if I hire a software engineer who doesn't know Python or can't solve gotcha Google interview problems. These are things that can be learned. What someone can't learn is what I call the entrepreneurial mentality.
Having someone work for you, in any capacity, who truly understands business is far more valuable than any knowledge that can be acquired by reading books or doing tutorials on YouTube.
What you gain is someone who will truly work for the business and understand their roles and responsibilities from a very different perspective.
I see entrepreneurship everywhere. Even as an employee, the things that will move someone up the scale within the company or across their industry are entrepreneurial in nature. Taking care of your customer (your employer). Making sure they are satisfied with your product (your work). Marketing yourself. Being an advocate for your employer's needs. Striving to innovate and make a better product (meaning, improve your skills). Having the best product (becoming an expert in the field). Etc.
Entrepreneurial thinking in the workforce would turbocharge our companies. The exact opposite of this is a unionized workforce. This is particularly true of government unions. Here you have a workforce that is almost as mentally dead as possible, not interested in improving themselves, not ever working towards improving efficiency and generally not engaged at all. One visit to the DMV paints that picture in no uncertain terms.
I think everyone can be an entrepreneur.
I think everyone should be an entrepreneur.