A New Breed of Entrepreneurs
Amenique Community Relations and Davette Harvey is celebrating 10 years of service to the business community. In honor of this experience, I wanted to capture the state of affairs for entrepreneurs in today’s enterprise environment.
First, I want to explain that there are two types of entrepreneurs in the marketplace today. The native entrepreneur and the transplant entrepreneur, which I will refer to as the “new breed”. The native entrepreneur loves business for business sake. These entrepreneurs probably had visions, conversations, a desire and passion to be an entrepreneur from their earliest recollection. For the native entrepreneur, business is like a game and making deals and living with the uncertainty and experimental nature of business is exciting. The native entrepreneur loves the business of doing business. They can move from business venture to business venture because the freedom to win and live on their terms is the fuel that keeps their life exciting.
I must admit, I am a native entrepreneur. I love business. I love entrepreneurism and the spirit of enterprising individuals even more. However, as I celebrate my tenth year of assisting entrepreneurs with business development and leadership acumen, I have seen a transition from assisting individuals that have always had a passion for wanting to own and operate a business to entrepreneurial transplants. This new breed of entrepreneurs are individuals who are resigning, retiring early or being transitioned out of traditional careers and positions and are seeking entrepreneurism as a new opportunity to realize success.
These entrepreneurial transplants are an emerging breed of entrepreneurs who, like the million of others who are becoming more and more disenfranchised with employment and career instability and politics, are desiring to set out on their own in order to have greater control over their lives, to work on their own terms, and define who they are in their own way. They have reached a point where they are looking for self-actualization and vision realization.
For this new breed, being in business is more a means to an end than an end in itself. These individual are engaged in business enterprise not for its own sake, or even solely for profits per se, but for a purpose beyond the enterprise. They see business as a way to fulfill a higher purpose, to perform a higher calling, to pursue a life of passion.
This new breed is more interested in and better prepared for working in their business, I say that because most choose businesses around their area of passion, expertise or previous careers, certain aspects of the work that the native entrepreneur finds exciting and enjoyable can be uncomfortable and even intimidating for the transplant. Notable among these are selling, networking, negotiating a deal, projecting profits and losses, managing cash flow, financial planning, and marketing. Yet without these functions there is no long-term sustainability in business ownership, rather it be a home-based business are a small business operation.
Amenique’s has spent the last ten years committed to assisting entrepreneurs with making their vision clear, their purpose evident and their vision know no bounds. This mission is proving to be timeless and applicable to both the native and new breed of entrepreneurs. However, the vision is to create a community of successful entrepreneurs who exhibit leadership, social responsibility, sustainability and prosperity through their enterprise.
Amenique provides practical information to assist all entrepreneurs with business entry, growth and expansion. However, experience has shown me that practical information alone, may not be enough for ultimate success as an entrepreneur. That is why coaching can be so valuable. Entrepreneurism can be very similar to relocating. A coach can assist an entrepreneurial transplant with the new culture of business ownership and assist with being prepared, pro-active and on top of business ownership, growth and expansion efforts. Entrepreneurism can be exciting and can bring the highest level of satisfaction, fulfillment and achievement. We have coaching programs designed for the entrepreneur who enjoy’s business for business sake and for the entrepreneur who is a part of the new breed that is ready to make their mark in the world and their impression on it.
This year was named the “Year of the Entrepreneur”. For whatever the reason you have chosen entrepreneurism. Let me assist you with solving the entrepreneurial success puzzle! This is an anniversary year that I will always remember. Make this an entrepreneurial year that you will never forget!
Davette Harvey
President/CEO
Amenique Community Relations
“Committed to Training and Coaching a Community of Successful Entrepreneurs!”
Great post! Thank you for identifying the 2 types of entrepreneurs and for sharing how coaching plays an important role in successful entrepreneurship.
Sharon Wilson
July 9, 2009
I am really appreciate it.
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