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Over Eager
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Venture Gambler
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Cautious Ignorant Venturer
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New Entrepreneur
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Under-equipped
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Intuitive Expert
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SB Expert
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Dreamer
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Resource Poor
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Classic Expert Entrepreneur
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Institutional Expert
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Inventor
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Apprentice
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In Over Their Head
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Cautious Backer(Angel)
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Expert Entrepreneurs often live up to their venturing potential. Many success stories come from people like you. Training, awareness, desire, and resources have made you a venturing expert. You can often tell if a new venture is 'on' or 'off' course by looking at the business conditions and how well it fits with the Entrepreneurial Success Script,.
Expert Entrepreneurs like you have the right attributes to overcome setbacks. You have all the bases covered. You have a complete, detailed, and extensive set of success patterns that novices don't have yet. Intuitive Experts, Small Business Experts, and Institutional Experts - other types of Expert Venturers - may not have skill as well-developed as yours.
Your venture is more likely to succeed. You aren't invincible, but your chances of failure are generally lower.
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John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist. Who revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded Standard Oil Company and aggressively ran it until his official retirement in 1897. Standard Oil began as an Ohio partnership formed by Rockefeller, his brother William, Henry Flagler, Jabez Bostwick, chemist Samuel Andrews, and a silent partner, Stephen V. Harkness. As kerosene and gasoline grew increasingly important in post-war America, Rockefeller's wealth soared, and he became the world’s richest man and first American worth more than a billion dollars. He is often regarded as the richest person in history
Rockefeller got his first job at sixteen years of age as an assistant bookkeeper, working for a small produce commission firm. He went into the produce business himself after raising $4,000 with his partner Maurice B. Clark. Thrilled to be his own employer, Rockefeller steadily continued venturing, never having a losing year during the rest of his life.
Although some of his business practices (particularly later in his career) can be questioned, his entrepreneurial skills are remarkable. It is obvious that he developed a very effective “script” for creating new business ventures, and grew his success by continuing to apply the business formulas which he knew worked. In addition, he always gave back to the community through philanthropic contributions, which also had a positive impact on the development of a number of industries in the U.S. economy. All of these characteristics are typical of the Expert Entrepreneur profile.
