Entrepreneurship is the quality associated with the act of starting and building a new business venture that previously didn't exist. The term is associated with bold, independent creative acts in the business world that, if successful, culminate in value-creation. Entrepreneurs take risks to create innovative enterprises that break ground with new products and services.

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What Surfing Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship

Here are five ways the lessons of riding ways can help you build your business.

10 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From America's National Pastime

Baseball, played without a clock and unfolding over the longest season in sports, requires the same patience and dynamism as running a business.

Why Corporate Businesses Should Adopt a Startup Mentality

More people are developing an appetite for entrepreneurship. They like the idea of being their own boss and are taking things into their own hands. Big companies can learn from this.

Successful Entrepreneurs Have These 5 Traits in Common

Maybe being an entrepreneur is in your DNA but, even if it's not, it's in your power to succeed at it.

Can We Please Recognize Entrepreneurship as a Profession Already?


To Be Successful, Do Only What Matters


Stress and Entrepreneurism: How to Deal With It

Since there's no realistic way to avoid stress for entrepreneurs, learning to live with and manage it is the key to survival.

Why Stressed-Out Control Freaks Make Insanely Great Entrepreneurs

You either want to accomplish great things or you don't. If you don't expect and push for it, you don't get it.

7 Film Biographies to Inspire Every Entrepreneur

Movies can be thrilling flights of imagination but none more so than those depicting the struggles of true-life entrepreneurs.

The Advantage That Rookies May Have Over Serial Entrepreneurs

First-time players may display a drive that propels them to scramble up steep learning curves, explore new terrain and innovate. Here's how to capitalize on that approach.


Nothing sets an entrepreneur up for a fall like early success.

The Most Important Career Choice You'll Ever Make

Ready to reach for the stars and tackle every obstacle that stands in your way? Advice from someone who's been down that long hard road.

4 Everyday Entrepreneurial Lessons From My Daughter


Why the Hell Would Anyone Want to Be an Entrepreneur?

Being an entrepreneur might seem glamorous, but it isn't. Far from it. Still, the rewards are great... and not what you might expect.

Listen and Learn From These 9 Emerging Entrepreneurial Podcasters


Don't Let Crowd 'Wisdom' Do All Your Thinking

Entrepreneurs should invite public opinion when the timing is right -- without handing over the reins.


Falling down and pulling yourself back up only makes you more kickass at business and in life, the Shark Tank star says.

Entrepreneurship Doesn't Cause Per-Capita Income Growth

The data suggest that rising wealth depresses business formation.

10 Ways Entrepreneurs Think Differently


You Need the Stamina and Mindset of a Professional Athlete to Make It in Business

What athletes need to endure the brutal winnowing process on their way to the pros is just what it takes to launch and grow a business.

The Legacy of Communism Still Influences Beliefs About Entrepreneurship

Twenty-five years years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the residents of former communist countries still tend to hold more negative views of entrepreneurship than their counterparts elsewhere.

8 Steps You Can Take Starting Today to Dramatically Increase Your Income

The greatest single factor determining how much money we make is how we view ourselves and our worth.

Is Entrepreneurship Education Weakening in America?

Since 2009, fewer Americans say their schools encourage the development of entrepreneurial principles.

The Hard Truth of Entrepreneurship: You Will Suffer

Achieving the results you're striving for will take pushing yourself. It will be painful, but it will be worth it in the end.

How Inspiration From Leo Tolstoy Can Drive Your Business

Tolstoy never ran a business and faced a world different from ours. But entrepreneurs can learn a lot from him.
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