Difference between Business and Entrepreneurship: Businessman versus Entrepreneur
June 9, 2009 by Victorino Q. Abrugar
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship

What is the difference between a business and an entrepreneurship? How about a business owner from an entrepreneur? These terms are commonly used interchangeably. However, these terms have different meaning – and those differences are what we will try to find out. To illustrate and understand simply and clearly the difference between business and entrepreneurship, we will have a face-off between a businessman and an entrepreneur. So the showdown begins.
| Businessman / Business |
Entrepreneur / Entrepreneurship |
|
Own an enterprise or venture |
Own an enterprise or venture |
|
Usually a profit oriented |
Costumer oriented |
|
Usually plays safe |
Bold and ambitious |
|
May be purchased, donated or inherited |
Creates his own idea and realize it as a business |
|
Generally traditional |
An innovator |
|
Works for the Company |
The Company works for him |
|
Usually don’t have time for their families and love ones |
Shares enough time with their families and love ones |
|
Usually distressed and experiences sleepless nights |
Always a happy and enthusiastic businessman |
|
Generally hire people to contribute profit |
Hire people to make their lives better |
|
Commonly commit tax evasion to save taxes and increase profit |
Practice tax avoidance to save taxes and increase profit |
As a conclusion, a businessman is similar to an entrepreneur because an entrepreneur is a businessman. Entrepreneur is a businessman which is not traditional but is an innovative and creative type of a businessman. An entrepreneur differs a lot from a usual businessman. His entrepreneurship is created out of his own innovative idea and creation which is realized to be placed in business or to be transformed as a good business. Entrepreneurs are also more concerned on the quality of their products and on the satisfaction of their customers rather than being too much concerned to their profits.
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