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The word “Entrepreneur” was Derived from the French verb enterprendre, which means to
undertake, this refers to those by who undertake the risk of the new enterprises
An enterprise is created by an entrepreneur and the Process of its creation is called
entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship is a process of actions of an entrepreneur who is always in search of
something new to exploit new ideas into gainful opportunities by accepting the risk and
uncertainly of the enterprise.
KEY CONCEPTS
In the discipline of economics, an entrepreneur is a resource that is getting scarce. The world’s
population is expanding at a pace so fast that consumption of resources is more that the rate in
which these can be replaced or replenished. As an economic resource, an entrepreneur is
someone who can put land, labor and capital into good use. So what does an entrepreneur do?
● An entrepreneur is an innovator who never runs out of ideas.
● An entrepreneur is a creative artist who is constantly ready to transform trash into art
● An entrepreneur is an opportunity seeker and would tirelessly pursue incredible, out of
this world ideas.
● An entrepreneur is a dreamer and would turn vision into reality
● An entrepreneur does not grow old
● An entrepreneur is an adventurer
Kuratco (2012) discussed several related characteristics associated with entrepreneurs that
were gathered largely from various literatures and these are the following: