Why do people call themselves entrepreneurs?(blog.jasonshah.org)
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Why do people call themselves entrepreneurs?
http://blog.jasonshah.org/post/34036099028/why-do-people-call-themselves-entrepreneurs
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I think a lot of it has to do with a sense that they need to use this title in order to gain legitimacy in the startup community. I met lots of people calling themselves entrepreneurs who have never started a business and I meet lots of people who call themselves founders of entities that don't require anything more than an organizer. It is all because saying you are a consultant or a financial analyst or a marketing coordinator is not sexy or interesting. Instead of figuring out what they want to be and working towards it, they dress themselves up with a title and act the part. I know there is this whole fake-it-til-you-make-it thing, but sometimes it is all just bullshit.
Insecurity and legitimacy is all I could come up with in my first pass. Anyone else have ideas on why everyone wants to call themselves entrepreneurs these days?
Maybe there's nothing wrong with it, but it seems like an annoying misappropriation.
Maybe there's nothing wrong with it, but it seems like an annoying misappropriation.
I also get frustrated with people who spend VC money in a wanton fashion yet don't risk a dime of their own yet call themselves "entrepreneurs". Nej, you are a "wantrepreneur"...