What is it that we do -- really?

The Entrepreneurial Mind is on a mission to find a verb to describe what it is that entrepreneurs really do. He brings a great point to the table: What do farmers do? They farm. What do designers do? They design. What do managers do? They manage. What do entrepreneurs do? Well, they..... I think this is an interested journey as I agree that you should not be defined by your profession. Dr. Cornwall is encouraging a look into this description so that we, as entrepreneurs, are not defined by a noun. I have been thinking about this today and here is what I came up with. Entrepreneurs create. What do we create you ask? It does not matter what industry, field, level of business, or the position you hold in the firm. We create opportunity, jobs, community, need fulfillment, relationships, etc. The idea to becoming an entrepreneur is to fill a niche -- it is recognition that something needs to change. We are providing that change. We are bringing ideas to the table, dreams into fruition, and creating opportunity for something new. We are creating small change that will hopefully have a large effect on our industry or community. Whether you think you are creating change or not, you are. Think of it this way -- if you go into a market and sit idle, not creating or bringing anything new, you fail. While I think the idea of failure is for another time and another post, that is why companies close the doors or begin to go backwards in their industries. They are not creating anymore. Maybe they are following the leader or waiting and watching. Whatever the reason, they are stagnate and stale. entrepreneurs much always be on the cutting edge, creating a market and niche for themselves. Most of us do not have the ability to buy our way in and the only way to survive is to reorganize and re-create ourselves on a continuous basis. We cannot stand-by, we cannot wait to see what the next big thing is. We have a unique position in our industries to be flexible and be able to adapt to new things quicker than large companies. The only way to do this is to have the ability to create. What are entrepreneurs? We are creators. ..be bold