An entrepreneur is someone who creates something, anything. They can create a business, an idea, or even a goal. As long as somebody possesses certain characteristics, they can be considered an entrepreneur. These qualities include, but are not limited to: passion/ perseverance for their creation and execution intelligence. These particular traits are present in three books: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
In Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, chapter three is entitled “Drug Dealers Living With Their Moms.” This chapter outlines drug dealing as a business. A man named Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociology student at the time, wound up with gang members in Chicago. He learned about how dealing is a well manufactured business and explained the situation to the authors of Freakonomics. The leader of this branch of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation was J.T. He was a man who was very intelligent. He actually attended college and graduated with a degree in business. This in turn lead to how he controlled his gang, “He knew the importance of collecting data and finding new markets; he was always on the lookout for better management strategies. It was no coincidence, in other words, that J.T. was the leader of this crack gang. He was bred to be a boss” (Levitt and Dubner 94). J.T. was a very organized and smart business man. He knew how to run his operation smoothly. He had execution intelligence. He could not only lead well, but he managed the gang’s money wisely. J.T. had records made for the gang, “They represented a complete record of four years’ worth of the gang’s rigorously compiled: sales, wages, dues, even the deat...
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... The only thing that makes an entrepreneur is how they succeed in the end. For the case of J.T., he ended up on the board of directors. For Rainsford, he survived the game. The man in The Road made sure his son survived even if it meant giving up his own life. It didn’t matter if they were making money or creating something new, all that mattered was that they had a goal that utilized their passion, perseverance, and execution intelligence. The men in these three works not only exemplify the entrepreneurial traits, but they strove to apply them in every way throughout their endeavor.
Works Cited
Connell, Richard. The Most Dangerous Game. Rockville: Arc Manor, 2007.
Levitt, Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: William Morrow, 2005.
McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. New York: Vintage, 2006.
An entrepreneur is someone who recognizes an opening in the market for a product or service and carries it out using initiative. Usually being innovators; entrepreneurs are risk takers in means of not knowing whether their ideas will in fact succeed (Business Dictionary, 2016). Fashion leaders are considered entrepreneurs because to be strong in the fashion industry one must attempt to stay ahead of competitors and know what is already out there as would an entrepreneur. One of Australia’s most successful fashion designers could also be considered an entrepreneur; Collette Dinnigan is an award winning fashion designer who has exhibited in London and Paris and was the first Australian to launch a ‘ready-to-wear’ collection, as well as being
On the front cover of Freakonomics, the subheading reads, “A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything,” which is the purpose of the book. The economist Steven Levitt and the author Stephen Dubner wrote this book using several rhetorical devices to achieve that purpose. A few of those devices, style, ethos, pathos, and logos, were prominent within the book and helped to convey the message and purpose well.
Renowned economist, Steven D. Levitt, and well-known journalist, Stephen J. Dubner, in their collaboration of the book, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, write in a mostly inoffensive style about extremely controversial topics. Levitt’s and Dubner’s purpose is to inform readers of frequently disputed topics from a purely economic standpoint. They use second person to directly speak to their readers, an impartial tone to show an unusual perspective, and contrast to provide both sides of an argument.
The world is an increasingly tricky, sticky place. Mysteries present themselves every day; and in every way, people are puzzled and intrigued and on the hunt for answers. Steven D. Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics with Stephen J. Dubner, is one such person. Devoting his professional life to cracking the mysteries of seemingly mundane, and sometimes trivial, economic in daily life, Levitt jumps from assumption to decision, connecting dots in sometimes genius, sometimes haphazard, ways, and forming conclusions that occasionally defy conventional thought. Freakanomics gifts readers with several ideas to chew on and challenges deeply rooted thoughts.
Revealing the hidden side of life in clarity, Freakonomics draws in all economists with unmentioned assumptions which are upheld with reasoned correlation, bonding subjects that unveil misconceptions, concluding on economic pattern limitations. Effectively, they lead their audience on their conviction route as smoothly as possible. Nice job on not screwing the map up. Allowing them to achieve their goals, this was to change people’s views. By the time a person puts down Freakonomics, they have been led to conviction about all their claims because Dubner & Levitt know that in order to change someone else’s way of thinking you must change your own.
“Freakonomics: A Rouge Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”, is a best-selling book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dunbar. Levitt describes the book as an effort to “strip away a layer or two from the surface of modern life and see what is happening underneath.” He does this by taking two seemingly unrelated events and combining them. From comparing teachers and sumo wrestlers, to inquiring why crack dealers still live with their mothers, Levitt and Dunbar manage to successfully put a spin on conventional wisdom by looking at it through very different perspectives. Unlike most books, this book has no central idea, in fact in the opening chapter Levitt makes clear that this is by design.
the gang’s leader, eventually opened up to Sudhir then promised him unrestricted access to the gang’s operations as long as J.T. retained veto power over any and all information released to the public. After practically moving into the housing projects, years of squatting from random house to random house trying to learn the lifestyle of these underprivileged black Americans, he had seemingly assimilated himself into the gang lifestyle. His biggest break though, was when a member of the gang named Booty, who was being accused of the gang of bringing upon a federal indictment on the gang, gave him the gangs black book. This black book contained a complete record of four years’ worth of financial records, ranging from sales, wages, dues and death benefits paid out to the families of murdered members. For the first time, priceless financial data had fallen into an economist
Levitt, Steven D., and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Penguin Books Ltd, 2006. Print.
Many people view economics as a dry and uninteresting subject. In the book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, co-authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner shows that the tools of economic research can be put to use in the study of almost anything. Levitt explains, “ since the science of economics is primarily a set of tools, as opposed to a subject matter, then no subject, however offbeat, need be beyond its reach.” (Levitt & Dubner 14) In Freakonomics, Levitt and co-author, Stephen Dubner, show how “Freakonomics” can be applied to some of the most interesting research topics that Levitt has tackled during his career. The authors
His view on the world is based upon his own research and statistics that he deduces from said research. He takes the information that he finds and presents in to the audience so that they can understand it. This book analyzes many different issues and draws conclusions based off of the information Levitt found by doing intensive research of the statistics surrounding the issues of cheaters, the power of information, the importance of drugs and gangs to the economy, how abortion affects crime rates and the effects of parenting on their children and how it determines who they become. Levitt appeals to logos often when presenting information, he interprets statistics he finds from his research to back up his statements in order to make a well rounded argument. One of the things Levitt notes is that drug dealers make less than minimum wage. He then questions why gang members who sell drugs still live with their mothers. The answer is that they get payed less than the lowest paying legal jobs. To make large amounts of money in gang work, a member have to be near the top the same way that capitalist economy works. The higher up the ladder a member is the higher their yearly income is. Levitt comes to the conclusion that gangs are an essential part of the economy. He correlates the amount of people employed to stop gangs or help people get out of gang life, and comes to the conclusion that a
(Decker 6). Of the gang members who sell drugs, they reported doing so more frequently, having fewer customers, making more money from the sales, and relying more on out-of-state suppliers and suppliers. The nongang youths that sold drugs didn't have such. an operation going on for them. They were just petty drug dealers (Thornberry 7).
Levitt, Steven D., and Dubner, Stephen J. Freakonomics:A Rouge Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Harper, 2009. Print.
Driven by an intense commitment and determined perseverance, entrepreneurs work very hard at what they do. They excel and want to win. Entrepreneurs are amazing people with a high respect of character. They use their mistakes as something to learn from rather than a failure. No matter the outcome, they believe in themselves and have an extreme confidence not only in themselves, but also in what they do.
The success of a business is greatly dependent on its entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is someone who takes the financial risk of starting and managing a new business venture. In order to be a successful entrepreneur, one must be ready to take a risk and invest one’s own savings into a business. The job requires that the individual be ambitious and committed to working hard in order to achieve the set targets. A successful entrepreneur is able to multi-task and communicates effectively with people, possessing leadership qualities such as confidence and motivation. The individual must play the role of constant motivator and inspire employees to improve their work performance, whilst ensuring a comfortable environment for the employees to work in. According to Schumpeter (1982), an entrepreneur is more of a ‘heroic’ than an ‘economic’ figure; his motivation should not solely be monetary, rather stemming more from inspiration and ambition.
An entrepreneur is someone with the capacity to lead a business to success and is willing to take the risks in order to accomplish their goals. (Dollonger, 2002). Starting a new business is an example of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are very important in order for any business to succeed, however, only some entrepreneurs will succeed in life. Here are some of the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.