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What is an entrepreneur?

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An entrepreneur is a person who accepts financial risks and undertakes new financial firms. derived from the French word ‘entrepreneurs’ (to enter) and ‘prendre’ (take), and a general sense applies to any person starting a new project or try a new opportunity.

Characteristics of an entrepreneur include spontaneous creativity, ability and willingness to take decisions in the absence of solid data, and personality in general, risk-taking. an entrepreneur may be driven by the need to create something new or create something tangible. Austrian school of economics, entrepreneurs are described as dedicated to the creative destruction of existing products and services. and new enterprises have low success rates, an employer must also have considerable persistence.

Employers are generally very independent, which can cause problems when their companies succeed. in a small company the entrepreneur is able to personally manage most aspects of business, but this is not possible once the company has grown beyond a certain size. Management conflicts often arise when the employer fails to recognize that running a large stable company is different from running a small business growth. the problem is often resolved by the employer or leaving to start a new business, or be forced out by shareholders. at Apple Computer, for example, a founder, Steve Wozniak, left to pursue other interests, while the other steve jobs was ultimately dismissed and replaced with a CEO of a company much larger. note that many years later, Jobs returned to the head.

A intrapreneur is an individual acting as an entrepreneur, but from within a large organization or Corportation.

Become Educated Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial Skills

The pattern of higher education in Indonesia has been frequently criticized for being too concentrated on the creation of graduate job seeker, not a graduate job creator. This is one disadvantage that is often highlighted the higher education system in Indonesia because the very small contribution in developing entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship).

The system is now happening at this time, will only increase the number of educated unemployment. On the other hand, the number of entrepreneurs (entrepreneurs) educated very slow growth. As an illustration, the current ratio of the number of entrepreneurs compared with the population in Indonesia is still very low. According to records Ciputra, a property entrepreneur now voicing serious entrepreneurship, the number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia less than 2% of the total population (2007), or less than 500,000 people. In fact, ideally to be able to contribute significantly to national economic resilience, the ratio of the number of entrepreneurs than the total population in Indonesia at least 2%. And that’s actually still far from neighboring countries like Singapore which has a ratio of 7.2% Entrepreneurs (2005) or the United States which reached 11.5% (2007).

Several universities in Indonesia are now open majors and courses that simply focus on instilling an entrepreneurial spirit to students. However, extra effort was expected to come from the government to shift the higher education system towards a more enabling the creation of graduate job seekers.

According to the rector of the Open University Belawati Tian, “the government should not focus on the number of GER (gross enrollment ratios) of society to higher education. The reason is, it could cause an explosion boomerang for the emergence of unemployment.

Another thing to consider, the government should focus first on improving the quality of existing colleges for graduates to compete in the world of work and create jobs, “said Tian

Entrepreneurs as a Way of Life

Now we assume that you’ve made the decision to start a business. You have to learn from the experiences of others in the business world. Now you have goals to become … … the word: the entrepreneur or the entrepreneur.

Definition of entrepreneurs are:

* People who run a business successfully
* He used his business to generate passive income (passive income)
* He sold his business to expand or

According to the dictionary, the definition of “entrepreneur” to include the word “risk”. This is important because to run a business you must invest money and time. There is a possibility you are not getting any and your business falls. This part of the game and there are three things you should be aware before starting a business.

First, make the intention. This is important because most of us just want to enjoy the final result without going through the process step-by-step. The intention necessary to maintain your enthusiasm, especially ditahap-heavy early stage. Your chance to be successful could rise 80% with the strength of this intention. You are more sure step and not confused to start a business.

Second, set goals (goals). Allocate time to write down what your goals in business. Write on a paper and place it in places where you can see. For example glass bathroom. The purpose is required so that you are consistent in your business trip. Why? Because the road to success will be filled with obstacles. Successful entrepreneur built his success by falling through the many obstacles on the road. You fall, you wake up again. Two things will happen: You will eventually succeed or you’re finished. Even if you have other people will lift the cap and appreciate your struggle. Your experience even richer