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Chapter Two
Robert Kiyosaki
What is a Digital Entrepreneur?
“Are people born entrepreneurs, or are they trained to be entrepreneurs?”
When I asked my rich dad his opinion on this age-old question, he said, “Asking if people
are born or trained to be entrepreneurs is a question that makes no sense. It would be like
asking if people are born employees or trained to become employees?” He went on to say,
“People are trainable. They can be trained to be either employees or entrepreneurs.
The reason there are more employees than entrepreneurs is simply because our
schools train young people to become employees. That is why so many parents say to
their child, ‘Go to school so you can get a good job.’ I have yet to hear any parent say,
‘Go to school so you can become an entrepreneur.’”
But the world is changing. The internet has made information so instantaneous that
you can learn anything anytime. The web has brought teachers from around the world
into your home.
No longer do we need to rely on schools to teach us. We now have the power and
freedom to learn how to do anything. But the computer gives us so much more than
the ability to learn.
The home computer gives us the power to be entrepreneurs. The computer runs your
business’ systems. It gives you the ability to communicate and market through email
and social media. It gives you the tools for accounting and access to legal advice.
The computer lets you search the whole world for manufacturers. The computer is
the second greatest tool of the digital entrepreneur… but it is not the brains. The
entrepreneur is the brains and must still provide leadership.
The computer changes the way things are done, but even the digital entrepreneur must
provide vision, leadership, and the entrepreneur mindset.
The computer does one more thing that is new. The computer lets you transition from
employee to entrepreneur. In my day I had two choices. I could quit my job and risk
everything to commit the time to get my business up and running. Or I could start a
very small business that I could work on at night.
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