Entreprenuers — a simple definition of an entrepreneur is one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. First used in 1852, it’s from the French word entreprendre, to undertake. Management skill and strong team building abilities are essential leadership attributes for successful entrepreneurs. They identify opportunities and are in a position to act on them, often solving a problem, introducing new technologies, increasing efficiency and productivity, or generating new products or services. It’s April Fools Day but I’m not fooling! By that definition we at Casart Coverings, like many of you, could be considered entreprenuers! Here are 3 more examples of entrepreneurship.
Wayne Rogers, former star of Mash, and a successful businessman, was interviewed for Parade Magazine. Now 77, he reinvented himself from actor to entrepreneur and says the common denominator is creativity. “In order to be competitive, you have to learn to think outside the box. That’s what I did.” He sits of the Board of Directors of a Fortune 1000 company. He is also the head of Wayne Rogers & Co., a stock trading investment corporation, has written numerous books, appears regularly on Fox News and has a net worth of 75 million. When asked for a good guideline for success, Rogers replied, “Whatever it is you do, don’t do it just for money.”
Lauren Santo Domingo has been labeled a socialite, but I see her in the role of an entrepreneur. She launched her first business, a cottage industry, at the age of 9, making and selling friendship bracelets. She was PR director for J.Mendel and Carolina Herrera, consultant for fashion houses, stylist for Vogue, and just launched Moda Operandi website; an online fashion retailer that allows members to pre-order tomorrow’s styles today. She was always encouraged by her parents to “do my own thing”. She says she works because she has a passion for the fashion industry and the people in it. “Passion makes working a luxury, not a necessity.”
I first learned about Kerrie Kelly on the Houzz website. She’s an accomplished interior designer, author, and multi-media consultant. She serves as the Academic Director of the Interior Design Program and Internships at the Art Institute of California – Sacramento. Kerrie chairs the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Council on Design for Aging and she has a line of reclaimed wood products, Eco Chic. She also has launched an interior design master class series at her California design studio. Additionally, she finds time to write a blog, keep a journal, and contribute to Houzz. Kerrie’s March 8 journal entry is the following quote, “The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”— George Bernard Shaw
Do you see the commonality that runs between these 3 entreprenuers?
– Lorre Lei
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