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Entrepreneur
Industry: Hospitality
Area: Agritourism
An entrepreneur is someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and managing a new venture. The venture can be based on a totally new idea, a new way of doing something, a new location, or attempting something no one else has done before.
Education
Before beginnig a business in a field the entrepreneur should have experience working in the industry first. Understanding of record keeping and basic bookkeeping are a must.
Salary
Salary depends on length of time in business and type of business.
Skill Requirements
An entrepreneur needs to be a self-starter, a positive thinker and a disciplined person to handle the many responsibilities involved in running a business. Starting any new enterprise can be risky from both a financial and personal viewpoint. Before investing money, time, and energy into a new venture in special agricultural products and services, new entrepreneurs should complete personal, market, project feasibility, and financial evaluations.