Entrepreneur and entrepreneurial traits : Final paper

Poduzetništvo predstavlja priliku za razvijanje čovjekovih sposobnosti. Ulaskom u svijet poduzetništva, poduzetnik se susreće sa raznim problemima na kojima ući i gradi svoje iskustvo. Još od davnina i prvih razmjena postojali su ljudi poduzetnici, međutim, nisu bili pojmovno određeni. O poduzetniku se prvenstveno govori kao inovatoru koji postavlja ciljeve, koji je efikasan i efektivan. Uz posao poduzetnika vežu se i različite predrasude između ostalog i ona da se poduzetnikom rađa, a ne postaje iskustvom i obrazovanjem. Kao svaki posao i ovaj sadrži svoje prednosti i nedostatke. Biti poduzetnikom najčešće znači živjeti 24 sata sa svojim poslom i pretpostavlja otežano održavanje balansa između privatnog i poslovnog života. Usprkos tome većina poduzetnika ne bi mijenjala svoju karijeru za neki drugi posao jer biti poduzetnikom znači imati mogućnost upravljati svojim vremenom i samostalno donositi odluke vezane u profesionalnom životu. Iako se poduzetnici međusobno razlikuju, postoje karakteristike koje su im zajedničke i koje uvelike doprinose ostvarenju njihovih ciljeva. Svrha ovog rada, upravo je sagledati osobine, vještine i ponašanja poduzetnika koje ga čine uspješnim, koje mu pomažu da prepozna i iskoristi prilike u okruženju, ali i da na inovativan način riješi probleme s kojima se u okruženju suočava. U Republici Hrvatskoj postoji mnoštvo sposobnih i talentiranih ljudi koji svojim trudom i radom doprinose razvoju gospodarstva. Nekoliko takvih pojedinaca predstavljaju primjere uspješnih poduzetnika u ovom radu. Iako se svaki od njih razlikuje, ipak posjeduju određene osobine i vještine koje su im zajedničke i koje su karakteristične za gotovo sve uspješne poduzetnike.Entrepreneurship presents an opportunity developing personal and professional skills and competencies. Entering the world of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur encounters various problems which are usually perceived as opportunities for learning and gaining experience. People have been entrepreneurs even before any conceptually definition of the term entrepreneur was set. The entrepreneur was and still is primarily described as an innovator who sets goals and is effective and efficient. However, there are different stereotypes that can be related to entrepreneur work. One of the most used stereotypes is that entrepreneurs are born and not made by their experience and education. One of the goals of this paper is to reject that stereotype. Being entrepreneur is not easy, despite all the advantages, there are many disadvantages as well. Being an entrepreneur often means to live 24/7 with the job and not being able to balance private and business life. Despite of that, most of the entrepreneurs would not change their career for another job because being entrepreneur means having an opportunity to self-manage the time and make own decisions in professional life. Although it would be hard to find two entrepreneurs with the same skills, knowledge, competencies and ambitions, there are still some characteristics which all entrepreneurs have in common. The purpose of this paper is to introduce characteristics, skills and behavior that help entrepreneurs become successful, recognize, and seize opportunities in their environment, and solve problems in more innovative way. There are many capable and talented people in the Republic of Croatia who contribute to the development of the economy with their efforts and work. Some of them will be introduced in this paper. Although with different trades all of them possesses characteristics and skills that are common to almost every successful entrepreneur