The Philosophy of an Entrepreneur
- Solmario Ansay
- Aug 6
- 3 min read
Entrepreneurs Solve Problems
Becoming an entrepreneur is not about owning a business. The main factor that creates entrepreneurship is passion. Using this passion, an entrepreneur strives to solve problems with authenticity. Ruling a business empire is not the point. Instead, entrepreneurial thinking leads with service. The philosophy of an entrepreneur is not about making money, but to solve problems for the growth of our world.
The Priority of Purpose
Products and services should not be meant to make money off of the masses. Purpose must be prioritized over profit (Schanz, 2026). A business putting profits over its purpose has a higher chance of failing when profits are low. In turn, entrepreneurs who work for their purpose feel the need to become resilient. Even on a bad day, this resilience keeps them moving forward through struggles and doubt for the sake of what they stand for.
Authentic Exception
To put purpose over profit grounds entrepreneurs. However, if an entrepreneur’s purpose is to make profit, being authentic in what that means is the difference that keeps them aligned with putting purpose over coin (Schanz, 2026). This could mean that profits serve a better cause, even something as simple as providing jobs to grow their local economy. Money can be a tool for evil, but it can be used for a good cause instead. Besides, while an entrepreneur’s mission is to solve problems, money allows them to continue in doing so. The authenticity of a problem-solving purpose keeps an entrepreneur true to the mission.
Value Alignment
Human values might be funny to tease in a group chat, but they serve a serious purpose. Whatever an entrepreneur stands for keeps them aligned with their mission to make the world a better place. These values keep their businesses aligned and accountable for their actions (Niosi, 2026) whether the entrepreneur is the owner or leading within another company (Schanz, 2026).
Businesses like dealerships can sell a secretly broken car to make top dollar off of it. In contrast, it can sell something reliable to solve a customers need for daily transportation to solve problems of their own. Staying true to an entrepreneur’s values earns them respect, and more often than not will create more business than selling that broken car ever would. An entrepreneur is better off in the long term without selling out than a scammer that would.
Entrepreneurial Traits
Traits of an entrepreneur are easily obtainable, and everyone has some of their own already (Schanz, 2026). What could be considered one’s personality can be these entrepreneurial traits used with the intention to solve problems. An authentic person stays aligned with their values while resilience keeps them going to serve their world. Actually, authenticity is an entrepreneurial trait that comes with many more. Traits like honesty and integrity show within someone who is authentic. Being true to oneself reveals how an entrepreneur can help those they serve.
Capitalizing on these personal strengths is what makes every entrepreneur different. These different characters to the story of our world are the entrepreneurial heroes that make it better. Growing as a person is the first place to start in becoming an entrepreneur (Niosi, 2026). Continuing to learn about the person inside evolves their entrepreneurship through strengthening their weaknesses and refining their strengths (Niosi, 2026). Entrepreneurs are humans, too, and being a better person turns someone into a better entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurial Philosophy
The assumption that an entrepreneur just wants the world’s money is not true to what entrepreneurship is about. Business ownership is not a necessity to entrepreneurship (Schanz, 2026). Being a leader within a team, company, or society can be considered entrepreneurship even without a leadership position. An entrepreneurial mindset builds communities into having less problems while minimizing problems for the future.
It is an entrepreneur’s duty to invite creative environments to foster innovation, keeping those around them comfortable with voicing their opinions and ideas (Schanz, Awakening Organizational Creativity and Innovation, 2021). To do the opposite makes everyone quiet and unwilling to share the thoughts that might be the solution to what is needed right then and there. Respecting every individual, including oneself, leads to the benefit of the world and the worlds within it.
In conclusion, the philosophy of an entrepreneur is not about making money or ruling as an emperor of a business enterprise. An entrepreneur’s purpose is to solve the problems of the world, making it a better place for us all. As an artistic entrepreneur, serving the world through Real Composition has a purpose of its own:
To Express and Move Forward: Turn Emotion into Strength.
References
Niosi, A. (2026, May - August). ENTR 1100: Entrepreneurial Inquiry. Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Schanz, M. (2021). Awakening Organizational Creativity and Innovation.
Schanz, M. (2026, January - April). ENTR 1200: Introduction to Entrepreneurship. Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
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