| "It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the | | | | Did you know that President Abraham Lincoln, one of |
| achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and | | | | the most revered Presidents in history, had a track |
| does something about it." - Vince Lombardi | | | | record that indicated he was less than an ideal |
| How does ecommerce differ from entrepreneurialism? | | | | candidate for success? He had little formal education |
| Well, the former is dependent on the latter. What this | | | | coupled with personal, political and business loss. He |
| means is that for every ecommerce business there is | | | | often seemed to side with the minority political opinion |
| an entrepreneur that had to balance risk and reward | | | | and he even went through bankruptcy. |
| and determine to move forward with a business plan, | | | | Yet it was this President that brought about the end of |
| proposal and ecommerce site. | | | | slavery in America. It was his belief in justice and |
| Entrepreneurialism is bolstered by the ability to develop | | | | freedom that caused him to rebound from failure after |
| a business that can reach around the world and back. | | | | failure. He learned what he could from the mistakes |
| Entrepreneurialism is the mindset and soul of a | | | | and discouragements he encountered. In the end he |
| business; ecommerce is how an entrepreneur can | | | | prevailed in the radical alteration in how America |
| realize a very personal dream. | | | | treated it's citizens. |
| Entrepreneurialism is a patchwork quilt of ideas that | | | | You may have tried using your entrepreneurial |
| seeks out likeminded consumers through ecommerce. | | | | ambitions in an ecommerce setting and failed. In that |
| These two roles are uniquely different, but also | | | | knowledge you may be gun shy about giving |
| distinctly compatible in the development of an online | | | | ecommerce a second try. |
| business. In all phases of development the | | | | If there is anything to learn from the life of President |
| entrepreneur should express positive emotion as the | | | | Lincoln it is that no matter how difficult things get it |
| very thing only dreamed about comes closer to | | | | does not have to signal the end of a dream. Difficult |
| becoming a reality. | | | | circumstances can simply be the mechanism needed |
| There are many wannabe entrepreneurs who have | | | | to come at the problem from a new perspective of |
| dreams, but they gather dust in the back of minds | | | | perseverance. |
| because of fear, poor choices or other limitations that | | | | "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize |
| make it difficult for these individuals to consider | | | | how close they were to success when they gave up. |
| developing their own business. | | | | |