What's an Entrepreneur - Exemplified Definition @EricSchurenberg @Gapingvoid

Woke up this morning with a story in my head of an old college friend out of Denmark who decided to pursue an Evil Plan while running a local software company, and then decided to help produce a movie for Cannes Spring 2012.  Last year end of March, he approached me with an investment proposal and teaser for the movie, and I thought: "wow, cool, is he nuts?"

Inc. magazine recently covered an article on what's an enterpreneur - the best answer ever.  On a basic level, I cannot agree more with the core definition:

Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled

Indeed, opportunity (a.k.a. "evil plan") is the only real resource entepreneurs have.  They also have a clear goal and desire in mind - Cannes Spring 2012, or entering the IMDB, etc.  A prototype not only in the Software industry even in the film industry known as a "pilot" is necessary to attract investment and get further traction of your evil plan.  

And then one has to defy the odds while ignoring the nay-sayers, folks who think - what does he know about producing a film, can denmark be an international movie producing country, etc. An evil plan has to have a David and Goliath moment baked into the story. Sometimes the story borders a mission impossible, and in some cases the story told may be a myth.  Hint: read the chapter in Hugh Macleod's book about filling the narrative gap with his NY bartender friend wanting to enter the film industry...

Year later, I'm delighted to see photos, pages, links of my old friend's film venture actually do materializing.  He turly exemplified my definition of enterpeneur!

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