Is entrepreneurship something you are born with?

Last night I was talking with Ryan and reminiscing about some points in my childhood. They, at the time seemed insignificant, however, it now has wondering : is entrepreneurship teachable or do we just have it from a young age?

Two quick examples:
. My very first way of earning money was in the fifth grade. I couldn't get a specific type of sneakers from my mom so I decided to go out and get them myself. At the time I didn't have enough money, but I did have some money. My solution? I sketched out a jewelry line of necklaces, bracelets,and earrings. Next, I spent all of the money I had. I spent it on beads, clasps, fishing line and other jewelry accessories. For the remainder of the week I built all of the jewelry, careful to follow the plan and pattern I laid out in the first place. Once built, I came up with a price structure that considered materials, time spent and profit. Some of the pieces were more expensive to make, more complicated etc.

Finally I went door to door in my neighborhood with the drawing I had made. I kept the pieces in my backpack so that I could fulfill orders on the spot. At one door, the lady asked me 'if you have all of the pieces, why not just walk around with those on display?'. My response, 'i can show you what's left, but I already have orders for pieces that have been sold out. Plus nobody likes to look at the almost empty inventory, so just imagine that it's all available for you to see and it will be delivered to you in a few days.'.

You see, if at the ripe old age of 10, this was my thought process - without any real information, classes, schooling etc, then it has to be in your blood. Geez, I even unconsciously took the 'emotions of a buyer' into consideration so that I would not only sell out but take future orders!

. Senior year I was arguing with an old boyfriend about time spent working. No time left for self, just all work. He kept saying, that's life. You're always going to have to work more and harder than you play. It's just how it is. I can honestly say with 100% certainty, that I mew at that moment that I had been lied to. We were not put on this earth to work it away. The working was just a way to earn money, the important stuff happened as a result of your work and outside of work. It's about what you create, what you leave behind. It was incredible to me that this person could not see that it is absolutely possible to make money without working your life away. All you had to do was be the innovator, the thinker and the money maker.


All I'm saying is that I believer there are different types of folks. There are rule followers and rule makers. There are innovators and there are people who are hired to make the innovation a reality. There are entrepreneurs and there are worker bees. There are those who will dump all of their money into things that they 'just have to have now' and there are those who will dump their money into a place where it will keep coming back at them, long after they've gotten that 'thing they have to have now'. There's no right way to be. The best entrepreneurs are so because of their innovative thinking, their dreaming, their naughtiness AND because of their ability to work well with their team. You cant succeed without the right team in place. That would be like eating soup with a fork - it's right there, you can taste it but you can't quite get it in your mouth. Leverage baby.

Love and Peace ,
SR