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Entrepreneurship is not solving problems. Solving problems is a means to an end, but rarely is the end a problem. Entrepreneurs organize enterprises. Sometimes

Entrepreneurship is not solving problems. Solving problems is a means to an end, but rarely is the end a problem. Entrepreneurs organize enterprises. Sometimes that involves solving problems in a new way. Mostly it doesn't. Frank Zappa was an entrepreneur that composed and sold music. What problem was he solving? Did he set out to solve a problem, or make music? Zappa made music and connected with people who enjoyed it. He probably solved many problems along the way, but his enterprise wasn’t solving a problem. His enterprise was making great music.

Mastov 6y ago
Entrepreneurship is not solving problems. Solving problems is a means to an end, but rarely is the end a problem. I am not sure I understand what you mean. I will give an example of what I mean by an "entrepreneur solving problems". Example: In the industry I work in you need about 5-7 digital tools to run a business. Currently this industry is very fragmented. So each tool is made by a different sub-division in the industry. The result is that tools don't "talk to each other". There's lots of unnecessary additional steps between tools as a result of "not talking to each other". I would define the "problem" as lack of integration. Solving the problem would be integration. Forgive me but I don't know about Frank Zappa. Are you saying he's an entrepreneur because he's a musician? And therefore all musicians are entrepreneurs? Or are you saying he stands out as an entrepreneur (while most musicians are just musicians)?