The ability to become a leader requires many dangerous years of hard work and dedication. It could also call for the current boss to be fired. If only there was a career where a person could instantly become a boss. Entrepreneurship allows a person to run their own business by starting their own company and can be full of opportunities by becoming their own boss. Entrepreneurship began many years ago. An entrepreneur is a businessman who starts his own business in the hope of making a profit. Many famous people in history were early entrepreneurs. Marco Polo had the idea of ​​trading with Asia via venture capitalists in the 13th century. All of Polo's expeditions were financed by venture capitalists. Venture capitalists were assured that they would share in the Polo's profits. Polo was forced to do this to finance his ideas. This continues today as venture capitalists perform the same operations back then as they did today. Polo had faith that his materials could be traded well and enjoyed by others. Even Thomas Edison needed a person to finance his ideas and inventions. He ran into a huge financial crisis when he wanted to finance his ideas and inventions. He was forced to hire more employees to solve all his financial problems. Edison is considered the first to hire employees as a company. Thus creating what business is today (Clarke). Clearly, entrepreneurship has been around for a long time. There are many poems about entrepreneurs. The poem Entrepreneurship by Eric Niehoff presents the exact attitudes needed for an entrepreneur to achieve success. “Creative and driven, destined to succeed, seeing opportunity, where others concede” (Niehoff). This illustrates t...... middle of paper ......ail. This could be the end of the venture when the entrepreneur dies, becomes injured, or even becomes ill (Pinson and Jinnett 67). Large investments can be difficult to manage. If the entrepreneur invests in large investments, he exposes the company to a big risk. If the large investment fails, it is a major loss for the company. This could potentially lead to the demise of a business depending on the size of the investment. A large investment can be extremely burdensome for an entrepreneur (Peterson 4). When Rob Plank was asked about the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur, he responded, “It can be long, stressful days, other times it can be rewarding when the work gets done and you have happy/satisfied customers” (Plank ). As a result, Plank believes that the job brings stress, but that happy and satisfied customers make it worth it.