Pioneering the Spirit of Entrepreneurship
February 10, 2009Greatness starts with a humble beginning. Every a milestone starts with a single step. Most of the world’s great business leaders start with a humble beginning as young entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is basically a risk taker type of person. They are the one with bold and aggressive ideas who assumes the responsibility and risk for a business operation with the expectation of making a profit. An entrepreneur is a gambler, a risk taker. If the business succeeds, the entrepreneur reaps the reward of profits; if it fails, he or she takes the loss and starts all over again.
One of the most prominent entrepreneurs of all time is Henry Ford. During the late 20th century Henry Ford gamble to put up a business in the midst of giant corporations and conglomerates and he succeed in his quest. The spirit of entrepreneurship among the youth should be given emphasis.
There are non-profit foundations such as Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that supports the essence of Young Entrepreneurship. The foundation focuses on promoting entrepreneurship and education. The Kauffman Foundation is working to further understand the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, to advance entrepreneurship education and training efforts, to promote entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and to better facilitate the commercialization of new technologies by entrepreneurs and others, which have great promise for improving the economic welfare of our nation.
