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Entrepreneurship

People change the world, and certainly entrepreneurs are among the initiators of such changes. It is difficult to give one definition of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a very broad concept and occursto occuroccurs in various areas of life (education, work, social activity, politics). It is associated mainly with economic activities.

Entrepreneurship is:

• the process of creating and building something new, above all a new enterpriseenterpriseenterprise, involving the ability to use ideas, opportunities and accept risks (uncertainty),

• a set of features and attitudesattitudeattitudes describing a particularparticularparticular way of human behaviorbehaviorbehavior.

The term „entrepreneurship” appeared for the first time at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesat the turn of (centuries)at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was associated withto be associated withassociated with the industrial revolutionindustrial revolutionindustrial revolution and nascentnascentnascent capitalism. New forms of management were created at that time. The phenomenon of entrepreneurship was described in the works of representatives of economic liberal thought: Adam Smith, Jean‑Baptiste Say and Joseph A. Schumpeter. The term „entrepreneurship” was introduced to the scientific literature by Say, who defined an entrepreneur as a person investing resources in an unknown and risky future. He believed that the entrepreneur moves capital from the area with lower profitability to the area of higher productivity and profit.

RegardlessregardlessRegardless of whether the ability to be an entrepreneur is hereditaryhereditaryhereditary or whether it is acquired during training and education, an entrepreneur always plays a major role in the process of creating and functioning of small and medium‑sized enterprises.

Volunteering and entrepreneurship

Apart fromapart fromApart from formal (school) education, experience and informal education also help to acquire entrepreneurial skills. Volunteering is an example of such activities. It is a free, voluntary and consciousconsciousconscious work for society (a specific group or a person). Volunteering is not only helping others, but also the possibility for the volunteer’s own development. It is an opportunity to test your independenceindependenceindependence, creativity, resistanceresistanceresistance to stress. Volunteering develops the ability to manage time. Reconciling learning and private life with the work of a volunteer requiresto requirerequires not only good planning and the ability to set priorities, but above all discipline and consistencyconsistencyconsistency. While working in volunteering, we have the opportunity to participate in ambitious and demanding projects. We acquire the ability to work in a group, manage a team and make new friends. Working in non‑governmental organizations is often associated with travel, not only in Poland, but all over the world, so it facilitatesto facilitatefacilitates learning foreign languages, teaches tolerance and respect. UndoubtedlyundoubtedlyUndoubtedly, volunteers are perceivedto perceiveperceived as ready to take on new challenges, selflessselflessselfless, quickly acquiring knowledge, responsible, and at the same time outgoing and creative.

Entrepreneurship is defined in various ways, including: a set of traits, predispositionpredispositionpredisposition, attitude, talent, economic initiative, innovative action, specific behavior. It's more than just setting up and running your own business. Entrepreneurship is above all the exploitationexploitationexploitation of opportunities, which requires a specific way of thinking and acting. This can and should be learned.

Keywords

entrepreneurship, enterprise, business, innovation

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