I'm no longer an Entrepreneur.
Posted on Jan 10th, 2008
by
Casey
laislabonita
Well,,,in title anyway.
The term has simply lost all relevance. Everybody I know is entrepreneurial in one way or another, if you're not, you're probably having a hard time getting by in the current career environment.
Casey Capshaw: Marketer, Producer, Blogger, Friend, Lover, Man-about-town...but not entrepreneur. When I hear the title Entrepreneur, what I really hear is "I'm trying to start something sucessful on my own, but i'm not there yet." Nobody cares about that anymore. Nobody cares that you are risky, stubborn, likely hard to work with, and have yet to bring your vision into reality.
Tell me where you have had successes, however modest. Tell me what you are passionate about. Tell me where you are doing the most learning and growth right now. Don't give me vagaries.
This is largely a semantic critique. I love the entrepreneurial spirit and the people putting themselves out there, in uncertainty, to do what they belive in. My point is that that is, or is soon becoming, the default professional state. The idea of long term employment is retiring with the Boomers. The once romantic risks taken by the "entrepreneur" are now the default conditions of anyone in information (and most other) professional careers.
I know you are an entrepreneur. You are your company. You do your own branding, you do your own promotion for this company, you attract clients, you perform services, and you handle accounting. Keep on rockin, just don't expect to get a cookie for doing it.
Being an entrepreneur in todays professional, informational environment is a requirement not a unique attribute.

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well said, Casey. Thinking in this way is quite exciting for me as bring reality right in your face. there's no waiting around to “becoming” an entrepeneur; you are one right now, whether you like or not, given the world we live in, which to me is great:) It is interesting, though, that we can hide behind that title, which is meaningless anymore. What matters, as you said, are the answers to the question you've posed.
thanks for the post!
Oh, I thought you were going to say you are now a Muslim…
so what do we get a cookie for now?