One Distinct Difference: Entrepreneurial Thinking

I’d say that all entrepreneurs think differently than the majority of people. 

The responsibilities and risks entrepreneurs are willing to take and the decisions they must do daily require a very different mindset and way of thinking than that of people depending on e.g. employment or the government.

Then, there is one distinctive difference that can be made between entrepreneurs and creative entrepreneurs. 

I have been able to witness this as a Transformational Business Strategist and Certified Coach to Entrepreneurs, having worked with entrepreneurs in very different stages of their businesses, in different industries.

It begins with the way they think. 

The creative, transformational entrepreneurs are typically innovators and change-makers. 

They are not excited about solely doing problem-solving or just fulfilling a need to carve their place in the marketplace. Furthermore, coaching them is less about solving problems in their business. 

They want to work on and are focused on creating new capabilities. 

First and foremost, they want to expand their capacity and create new capabilities for themselves. 

They have a desire to innovate and create what they want. They are motivated to materialize their vision. 

This work on expanding their capacity and creating capabilities enables them to transform the world around them. 

That is where they differ from most entrepreneurs. 

The majority of all entrepreneurs are trying to solve an existing problem, with already existing solutions, products, and services. 

There is nothing wrong with it. One can certainly make a good living doing that and have plenty of happy customers.

My first entrepreneurial enterprise 16 years ago was all about solving a specific problem in specific circumstances, with already known solutions. So was my next business.  

Albeit I was fulfilling a need my customers had, I was solving a problem for them, I outgrew these businesses rather quickly.  

If you are a creative person, being pigeon-holed with a problem-solving or need-filling kind of business can leave you feeling unfulfilled.

With a transformational kind of business, new capability is created. 

In general, the most successful entrepreneurs don’t try just to solve problems or fulfill a need. They try to create capabilities.  

They are motivated to create capabilities that they themselves want to have. 

Once they have a new capability to approach, understand, or do a thing, they can expand that through their business. Their vision turned into existing reality impacts other people and how they live and do things. 

Expanding their capacity and creating new capabilities brings them greater freedom, including greater freedom of purpose, amplified self-expression, and financial sovereignty.

If you feel that it’s your time to shift the way you do business or make a transition from a business to a new one… and you are seeking guidance with it, we should have a chat. Message me at FB so we can see if I can help you.  

Virpi