Entrepreneurs v/s Businessmen: The Vocabulary Wars!

Oct 06, 2010 · 145 Words

There are entrepreneurs, there are businessmen and then there are those who think themselves to be entrepreneurs while they are businessmen. Usually because they think it's cool. Or just want to teach entrepreneurs otherwise. It's easy to spot them both. Watch out for the vocabulary

Entrepreneurs use variations of:

Bootstrapping
Startup
Ideas
Discussions
Version 1
Shipping

Businessmen use variations of:

H.R.
Market
%
Margins
Meetings
Some big number shit that one gets or remembers except them

Just saying!

Your Thoughts?

What are your thoughts about how an entrepreneur differs from a businessman? How do you spot them? Why do some businessmen insist to be called and seen as entrepreneurs? Has it become too much of a buzzword that everyone wants to catch up with?

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You are reading a post that I wrote a long time back—at least 14 years ago. Take it with a bag of salt.

Entrepreneurs use variations of:

Businessmen use variations of:

Your Thoughts?

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