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Writer's pictureMiranda Ubong

Employee vs Entrepreneur

Updated: Jan 18


Employees and Entrepreneurs approach making a living differently. The former seeks out security while the latter seeks out risks.


The reason for this difference often comes with difference in pursuits of purpose. For example;

  • Some people want to be agents while others want to be creators

  • Some people want a stable income while others prefer an uncapped earning potential

  • Some people are concerned about current earnings while others are concerned about future earnings


Here are a few notable differences between an Employee and an Entrepreneur:


Employees Are Perfectionists. Entrepreneurs Are Not: Employees would rather develop their skills and all weaknesses possible before taking on a task, a project or a journey. But Entrepreneurs will not. They believe in whatever strength that they have and that their weaknesses will get better on the way.


Employees doubt their skills, Entrepreneurs do not.



Employees Worry About Insecurity. Entrepreneurs Embrace It: Employees stake their freedom to avert insecurities. They prefer a guaranteed stable income and so exchange their time for it. Entrepreneurs stake their time to embrace insecurities. They’d rather seasonal high incomes than a regular flat income.



Employees Work in Specification. Entrepreneurs Work in Generalization: The work of an employee is done under descriptions and scope specifications. But an Entrepreneur works with spontaneity and beyond their scope. The latter can be more flexible and expressive than the former.



Employees Are Agents. Entrepreneurs Are Creators: Employees are actors in the cause of an Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs create the cause. They need Employees to develop and manage their creations. They create the path for Employees to be directed on.



Employees Can’t Afford To Fail. Entrepreneurs Can: After insecurity, Employees dread failure the most (especially because they’re perfectionists). Their failure have consequences that fuels their insecurity. But Entrepreneurs do not. They in fact expect failure (because they’re not perfectionists). Failure fuels their improvements and chances of winning.


When Employees fail, they do not have the authority to create another opportunity. But When Entrepreneurs fail, they have every authority to create an even better opportunity.



Employees Recognize Work Life Balance. Entrepreneurs Do Not: Employees can easily separate their work life from their personal life (once they’re out of the workplace). Entrepreneurs cannot. They easily get lost in work. So they see everywhere as a workplace; their office, home, restaurants, even vacations. They mix their personal lives with work



Employees Have Limited Skill Set. Entrepreneurs Have It Unlimited: Because Employees work in specifications and narrow scope, they do not have the use of certain skills and so do not acquire them. Entrepreneurs however are generalists and have the need for every skill set possible. They are the Jacks-of-all-trades.

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