2sExy1: sorry to say.... you lack common sense. I know your idea of an entrepreneur is in the class of Bill Gates, Dangote et al but you fail to realise that these guys also started from scratch and therefore, it means that anyone who does not start big isn't an entrepreneur.

What is your definition of Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship is the process of starting a business or other organization. The entrepreneur develops a business model, acquires the human and other required resources, and is fully responsible for its success or failure--Wikipedia

I don't waste time on folks like you... so where there are no jobs, people should still fold their hands and wait for manner to fall from heaven or you will feed them?

Rubbish!

INDESTRUCTABLEX: And to those calling me dumb, you are entitled to your opinion.

I never said being Bill Gates makes you an entrepreneur. But you will agree that these men are risk takers and innovative.

Go to universities, you will lose count of the number of "be your own boss seminars". While these may motivate you to act, the truth is that not everybody will act. The number of those that act and quit afterwards because things don't come easy is relatively high. Does this make you an entrepreneur?

IMO sitting down and doing nothing doesn't make you an entrepreneur, neither does being skeptical and sitting on defence make you one.

And like one of the comments, the definition is subject to personal interpretation.

Jarus: I shared same sentiments in an article I wrote last year, titled: Excuse me, Mr Self Employment Advocate. http://www.jarushub.com/excuse-me-mr-self-employment-advocate/

Some people make it seem as if being in salaried job is a crime. I don't believe that trash. We are called names such as "slaves", only that some of these "entrepreneurs" will come back to beg you doing "slavery jobs" for money at the end of the month.

I don't have any problem with self-employment, entrepreneurship or whatever it is called, but the advocates overdo it. Not everyone is cut out for self-employment. There will always be people doing salaried jobs.

Ontarget: Why you guys bothering yourselves entrepreneur ko entrepreneur ni? Just find a way and put food on table and survive. Simple.

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
Not everybody is meant to be an entrepreneur. And a lot of people that call themselves entrepreneurs are sellers and hustlers. The title is so being misused, that's my point.

GodMode:

You have a dull mindset... Been an entrepreneur gives u control of your time and life.

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
Not everybody is meant to be an entrepreneur. And a lot of people that call themselves entrepreneurs are sellers and hustlers. The title is so being misused, that's my point.

2sExy1: sorry to say.... you lack common sense. I know your idea of an entrepreneur is in the class of Bill Gates, Dangote et al but you fail to realise that these guys also started from scratch and therefore, it means that anyone who does not start big isn't an entrepreneur.

What is your definition of Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship is the process of starting a business or other organization. The entrepreneur develops a business model, acquires the human and other required resources, and is fully responsible for its success or failure--Wikipedia

I don't waste time on folks like you... so where there are no jobs, people should still fold their hands and wait for manner to fall from heaven or you will feed them?

Rubbish!

Olutola88: OP didn't do justice to this topic. I was about to start typing an article on this particular topic before I saw this on front page. I got the inspiration to write on the topic after my “Why you must graduate with a 2.1” article; www.nairaland.com/1896298/why-must-finish-least-2.1 Too bad! I'll probably look for another means to publish my piece. *sobbing*

francleanflexy: some Nigerians are so dumb right ?
There are millions n millions of jobs opportunities in nigeria which are just waiting to be filled n yet someppl want to stress themselves by being Entrepreneurs.
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#sarcasm

semochendo1:
So, they should describe themselves like a layman right? If they can't package what they do out of frustration as graduates, then you tell me what differentiates them from the uneducated ones in the market/business. Until you understand the essence of packaging in business, you will never appreciate these people's approach to their businesses.
Like you rightly said, they may not have a good website, they may not have a business logo, but in their heart is that stubborn passion for making it in life, which is a basic requisite for success/greatness.
When I started my company about 2yrs ago, I was mocked and discouraged by people in your class of thought. But today, some of them are here stylishly lobbying to work in a company they've once mocked, when they see how well I treat my staff and how smooth we are moving forward.
Conclusively, be reminded everything big starts small, and if you refuse to build your dream, another person will hire you to build their's.

quest003:
wére lè lèyi o! You, u no vibrant? You are an animal somebody . SEXTREPRENEUR, èran ko.

MadCow1: Not overhyped... But rather under explained. .


Not everyone has what it takes to be one, and I am not talking about money.

Olutola88: OP didn't do justice to this topic. I was about to start typing an article on this particular topic before I saw this on front page. I got the inspiration to write on the topic after my “Why you must graduate with a 2.1” article; www.nairaland.com/1896298/why-must-finish-least-2.1 Too bad! I'll probably look for another means to publish my piece. *sobbing*

agonbello: Apparently, the OP and his likes understands little or nothing pertaining the term "entrepreneur".

Entrepreneur is simply another name for a "Business-Owner".

If you are a mango seller, tea-seller, carpenter, shop-owner, farmer, shoe-maker, cobbler, plumber, shoe-shiner, akara seller, hair dresser, cement dealer, you are an entrepreneur.

You remain an entrepreneur for as long as you offer a service or product in return for money plus own the business you do, no matter how small or big.

Of course not everyone is destined to be an entrepreneur, same way as not everyone is destined to be the president of Nigeria. Besides, if everyone becomes an entrepreneur, who will work for who.


#Last Bullet: in life, its either you become an entrepreneur or you work for an entrepreneur, or you are a dependant on an entrepreneur or someone that works for an entrepreneur.


That's as simple as it is.

DAVE5:

sorry to say, but your type is dangerous cos you keep on discouraging people with your creepy threads, like indirectly telling people that not making 2:1 up is not god enuff and you were going to create a thread abt why entrepreneurship is overhyped, get a life and do somthing positive for once pls....

The country is not not helping, so please instead of putting fear in people, try to alleviate their problems even if it means putting a smile on someone's face....

PStylish: @OP

You are mixing things up!

Being an entrepreneur is different from being a businessman.

An entrepreneur is an innovator. He sells something quite strange and different from the usual. He may take time to amass clientele but they'll surely stick and be loyal eventually.

Seun is an entrepreneur while the owners of , naijapals, naira bla bla and naija bla bla bla are business people.

PStylish: @OP

You are mixing things up!

Being an entrepreneur is different from being a businessman.

An entrepreneur is an innovator. He sells something quite strange and different from the usual. He may take time to amass clientele but they'll surely stick and be loyal eventually.

Seun is an entrepreneur while the owners of , naijapals, naira bla bla and naija bla bla bla are business people.

GodMode:

You have a dull mindset... Been an entrepreneur gives u control of your time and life.