Too many people get strangely obsessed with identifying as an “entrepreneur” – and I would argue it’s an ego trap and will actually HURT your chance of success.
Here’s what makes an entrepreneur:
Founding, building, and scaling a profitable business.
That’s all you should care about or obsess over.
Here’s what does NOT make you an entrepreneur:
* being unemployed
* doing gig work
* doing freelance/contractor work
* having no money or not paying yourself
* having business ideas
* not wanting to work a 9-5 job
* not wanting to work
* wanting to build wealth
* taking risks
Set a goal for yourself to create a business that can pay you a salary AND make a profit still. Then congrats – you are now an entrepreneur.
WARNING: Focus on building a business – NOT “being an entrepreneur”
byu/jco1510 inEntrepreneur
Posted by jco1510
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Entrepreneurship: Less about the title, more about the profit-able. Remember folks, it’s not about the label on your LinkedIn, it’s about the numbers on your balance sheet.
I totally agree with this. A lot of people get caught up in the “entrepreneur” label when the real focus should be on building something sustainable. At the end of the day, what matters is creating a business that is profitable and can pay you, not just calling yourself an entrepreneur because you have ideas or dislike 9-5 jobs. It is the actual results that count, not the title. It is easy to fall into the trap of chasing the image, but without a solid business behind it, that label means nothing.