Be the Entrepreneur

You Are an Entrepreneur

When you start a business you take a risk with your own money, credit, time, energy, and reputation. You become the entrepreneur. Make some sales, generate repeat business, and create healthy cash flow profits. You become a great entrepreneur. Create jobs for employees, independent contractors, and vendors then you become an outstanding entrepreneur.

Wikipedia describes an entrepreneur as a person who organizes and operates a business. They take on financial risk to do so. The entrepreneur is commonly seen as a business leader and innovator of new ideas and business processes. Management skills and strong team-building abilities are often perceived as essential leadership attributes for successful entrepreneurs.

Sales People are Entrepreneurs

In real estate and insurance, most agents think of themselves as only salespeople and not business owners. This is why so many agents fail. They don’t take the entrepreneurial mindset. They don’t realize that they are a business.

My real estate broker teaches us to be business owners. He has two requirements. Buy real estate for yourself because you are selling it and become an entrepreneur. In fact, we have business-building classes every week. He tells his agents to be the entrepreneur.