An entrepreneur or an artist...?

It is funny how people refer to starting a company as starting a "business" but when it comes to drawing a painting OR even making a movie OR writing a song they are almost hesitant to mention the word "business'. It is almost as if "art" will get tainted if you mention the word "business" BUT it is ok to call a company a "business" as that is the acceptable norm...

My take has always been that to start something new (it could be anything) qualifies you to be an artist and therefore a person starting a company is FIRST an artist (or a creator) and then a businessperson. So for me being an entrepreneur is about being an artist..... sounds funny let me elaborate.

Any original thought (the mainfestation of it could be in any form ) is an "art" as it is unique to a person and that is what art is about . When an enterprise starts it is first about "creation" and the person who is starting it is the painter or artist. Like an artist the entrepreneur first conceptualizes his/her creation and "paints" a picture in the canvas of the mind (that is about the only difference between an entrepreneur and a traditional artists) . The enterprise is ALWAYS born in the mind of the creator and for me that is where the success and failure of it gets determined.

So when you are starting something ask yourself a fundamental question "what do I want to create"? the answer should paint the picture in your mind and only once this picture is clear to you should you look at taking the first step towards creation.Remember end of the day a business is ONLY about creation and if an artist doesnt know what he/she is creating then it would be difficult to expect anyone else to understand and therefore value it......