> If you're doing side projects, you are an entrepreneur. I disagree. If you rely on your day job for income, you're not an entrepreneur. But, that's not all.

> If you're doing side projects, you are an entrepreneur. I disagree. If you rely on your day job for income, you're not an entrepreneur. But, that's not all. You could quit your job and do your own business, and still be quite different from what an entrepreneur is. I'm personally not in it for the "getting rich" stuff. I'd rather take the 37signal approach than PG's approach. Meaning, I'd rather not take any venture or angel investment. I don't plan to sell (aka exit). In fact I'm quite scared by the prospect of taking large sums of outside investments (like twitter and facebook). So, I'm not an entrepreneur and I don't want to be one. > The point is that if you're starting side projects and you hope they succeed, you're doing entrepreneurial things. This, I agree with. It's somewhat entrepreneurial to quit your job and try to pursue your own projects. I think the difference comes down to why you'd do it. My impression of entrepreneur types is that they get a kick of taking risks.