Entrepreneur (Ondernemer)
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An entrepreneur is a person who runs a business at his own risk with the aim of realizing sufficient income. An entrepreneur can be fully responsible for the company and risks, or the company has multiple owners and possible shareholders. This depends on the chosen company form and legal form. It does not matter what exactly an entrepreneur does or what he will call himself. For example, the well-known freelancers are just as much entrepreneurs as the independent greengrocer or baker on the corner of the street. The fact that a self-employed person or freelancer does not have a shop or office does not matter, as long as a self-employed person and freelancer are registered with the Chamber of Commerce. It is true that the tax authorities impose special requirements on self-employed persons and freelancers in order to be regarded as self-employed. This means, for example, that a self-employed person or freelancer may not give the appearance that he or she is employed. The entrepreneur must also try to make a profit in order to be regarded as an entrepreneur for the tax authorities. As a self-employed person or freelancer, it is therefore not the intention that you work for one client or actually do not try to make a profit. The term entrepreneur should also be seen quite generally, because there are different types of entrepreneurs, who can also do business in different ways. For example, not all entrepreneurs work full-time as entrepreneurs. All entrepreneurs have in common that they develop certain activities with the aim of generating income and profit. Generating sales and profits can be done through labor, service, selling products or through investment. A combination of different factors is also perfectly conceivable. Another important characteristic that all entrepreneurs have in common is that they run certain entrepreneurial risk.
As an entrepreneur, you are therefore responsible for managing a company. As an entrepreneur you try to achieve turnover and profit, which gives you the right to exist as an entrepreneur. It does not matter whether you are active on the internet, own a shop or work as a self-employed person. However, the activities as an entrepreneur can differ greatly per entrepreneur, because, for example, a shopkeeper is busy with entrepreneur all day in his store and the self-employed person will usually work on assignment for other companies or individuals. The revenue model can therefore differ per entrepreneur, because a retailer, for example, tries to make turnover by selling goods and self-employed people usually make turnover by providing production and / or services. An important point of attention as a starting entrepreneur is the legal form. Nowadays there are many entrepreneurs in the Netherlands who are not all working as full-time entrepreneurs. Also with regard to the internet, many entrepreneurs are active today. Think, for example, of online marketers, online publishers, webshop owners and intermediaries. Incidentally, it is also the case that relatively many internet entrepreneurs stop sooner or later. This mainly has to do with the fact that doing business via the internet is not easy in terms of revenue model.
START A BUSINESS
Starting a business is generally not very difficult, but this can differ per entrepreneur, for example because starting your own store requires more investments than starting a self-employed business. Most self-employed people do not make a business plan, because in most cases this is not necessary. As a retailer, it is usually necessary to make a business plan, because the financiers generally require this. A business plan will generally only be needed if there is a financing need. Most self-employed people have enough of a company car and usually have no real financing need. In addition, there are quite a lot of entrepreneurs who have a free existence as a digital nomad. Think especially of coaches and copywriters.
WHAT IS REAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
It is not easy to indicate what real entrepreneurship is. This partly depends on the entrepreneur himself, because not every entrepreneur will have the same goal. For example, it is conceivable that someone has a small business in addition to a regular job and only has the objective of generating some extra income. But in general, we can say that real business is taking risks and taking advantage of opportunities that others may not see. In addition, as an entrepreneur you will have to have a lot of perseverance. The perseverance may have to go so far that family, acquaintances and friends think you have gone crazy. As an entrepreneur, you will certainly not only have to deal with success stories, but there will probably be more setbacks. As an entrepreneur, you must try to become stronger through the knowledge and experience gained from setbacks. True entrepreneurship is continuing, continuing and continuing with a healthy basic guts.
IS DOING BUSINESS EASY
In general, we can say that doing business is not easy. In addition to important matters such as knowledge, education level and possible financing, there are many more things involved in entrepreneurship that can be decisive for running your own business. Think, for example, of your own personality, your communication skills and your private circumstances. As an entrepreneur, it is important that your family also stands behind you, because there are usually quite a few risks to be taken to make a business successful. In addition, there is of course no guarantee that a company will succeed, which can not only have unpleasant consequences in the financial field. In general, as an entrepreneur you will have to build up a good network, because befriended entrepreneurs can be important as an entrepreneur. It is not for nothing that networking drinks can be found throughout the country. Especially as a self-employed person or as a freelancer, it is important to build a good network with fellow entrepreneurs, because not all assignments will take the same amount of time and you will still have to get your hours and income.
WHAT QUALITIES SHOULD AN ENTREPRENEUR POSSESS:
- An entrepreneur must have a nose for business
- An entrepreneur must be driven
- An entrepreneur must develop initiative
- An entrepreneur must assess opportunities
- An entrepreneur must be cost-conscious
- An entrepreneur must be able to listen and network
- An entrepreneur must have guts
- An entrepreneur must be stubborn in a healthy way
- An entrepreneur must have perseverance
- An entrepreneur must have passion
- An entrepreneur must have vision
- An entrepreneur must dare to take risks
WHAT DOES AN ENTREPRENEUR DO:
TRAINING TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR
As an entrepreneur, it is not necessary to follow a training course. Anyone can register with the Chamber of Commerce as an entrepreneur. This does not alter the fact that training is also important as an entrepreneur. Furthermore, it is not possible to name a specific programme, because entrepreneurs can be active in all conceivable sectors. As an entrepreneur, the substantive activities and responsibilities go beyond just having professional knowledge. A good entrepreneur also has knowledge of tax rules, accounting and general administrative work. A reasonable number of starting entrepreneurs therefore follow additional training and / or courses to be able to start in a good way. As an entrepreneur, it is important that the company's accounting is correct to prevent problems. In addition, there are also plenty of external training institutes where you can follow a course. Accounting is also important as an entrepreneur.
COMPANIES WHERE AN ENTREPRENEUR CAN BE EMPLOYED
An entrepreneur does not work for companies, because entrepreneurs work independently at their own risk. As described earlier, there are many different entrepreneurs active. It is true that entrepreneurs can work for other companies, organizations or institutions. In that case, we usually speak of freelancers or freelancers. In addition, consultants and interim managers can work as entrepreneurs. Some other forms of entrepreneurs are, for example, small businesses, restaurateurs, hoteliers and internet entrepreneurs. It is not the case that all entrepreneurs work full-time as entrepreneurs. There are many entrepreneurs who do business part-time.
COMPETENCES ENTREPRENEUR
As an entrepreneur, you must have many competencies, which will partly depend on your field in which you work as an entrepreneur. In general, we can say that an entrepreneur must have a lot of perseverance, have guts, have insight and have sufficient financial knowledge. Communication skills as an entrepreneur can also be regarded as an important competence, because as an entrepreneur you have to deal with many different people. Being able to network and negotiate is also important as an entrepreneur. In addition, an entrepreneur must be able to be regarded as a futurist and inspirator. Generally important words are motivation, vision, passion, energy, perseverance, vigilance, planning, organizing, independence and risk. Finally, it is also important to mention stress resistance. This is the case because doing business is sometimes not easy.
LABOUR MARKET PERSPECTIVE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS AN ENTREPRENEUR
Labour market perspective does not apply to entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur works as an independent entrepreneur and will have to determine his own labour market perspective by doing business. The labour market perspective should therefore be seen as building a successful business. The career opportunities of an entrepreneur are also not easy to indicate, because this can differ per entrepreneur. Not all entrepreneurs want to build a large company. In a general sense, becoming an important director can be seen as growing within your entrepreneurial career. The director position may also involve becoming chief executive officer. A chief executive officer leads a large company, which is usually also listed on the stock exchange.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND SALARY ENTREPRENEUR
As an independent entrepreneur, you have nothing to do with employment conditions because as an entrepreneur you will determine these yourself. In general, we can say that an entrepreneur will work a lot and have little free time. The salary as an entrepreneur will be highly dependent on the turnover made and further costs, and can therefore not simply be indicated.
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