{"id":24995,"date":"2011-11-07T09:45:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/2011\/11\/07\/entrepreneurs-and-entrepreneurialism\/"},"modified":"2011-11-07T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T14:45:19","slug":"entrepreneurs-and-entrepreneurialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/11\/07\/entrepreneurs-and-entrepreneurialism\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By MoneyMorning.com.au<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wanted: Obsessed and Passionate Investors <\/p>\n<p><strong>Entrepreneurialism<\/strong> can only thrive in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111105\/individualism-versus-collectivism.html\">individualistic<\/a> society.  Successful <strong>entrepreneurs<\/strong> create products, services or processes they believe will be beneficial to society.  But they don&#8217;t do it out of charity.<\/p>\n<p>They do it because of the flipside of helping society&#8230; the belief they&#8217;ll make a bucket load of cash from their idea.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, even though the Australian economy has become more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymorning.com.au\/20111105\/individualism-versus-collectivism.html\">collectivist<\/a>, it hasn&#8217;t gone completely down the Soviet road of 100% central planning.  So there is hope.<\/p>\n<p>But because the government is so involved in the economy (remember, total government spending accounts for around 35-40% of the Australian economy) it&#8217;s hard for entrepreneurial companies to make it to the big time.<\/p>\n<p>And when they do hit the big time the rewards are huge.  It&#8217;s like a pressure cooker effect&#8230; government rules and regulations keep entrepreneurs pinned down&#8230; but eventually, so much pressure builds up, a crack appears and a handful of ideas squeeze out.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the entrepreneurs, ideas, and stocks I look for.<\/p>\n<p>But entrepreneurialism isn&#8217;t just about inventing new gadgets.  Entrepreneurialism is just as strong in places like the resources sector.  It could be a tiny mining company looking for a resource in an unusual place.<\/p>\n<p>Or a seemingly ordinary natural gas company developing a way of liquefying gas at half the cost of other gas companies (such as <strong>LNG Ltd [ASX: LNG]<\/strong>, the stock I tipped in November 2008 and sold for a 242% profit one year later).<\/p>\n<p>Our July stock tip is a good example of entrepreneurialism in the resources industry.  It&#8217;s searching for and hoping to produce oil in an unusual location.  And our latest stock tip is taking advantage of high prices to exploit a valuable resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">Entrepreneurs<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><br \/>\nBut not every stock I look at is entrepreneurial.  Most are.  Because that&#8217;s where you get the real excitement from investing in the stock market&#8230; taking a punt on small companies with a clever idea.<\/p>\n<p>That means finding some of the most creative, destructive and selfish people on the market.  Those who aim to improve businesses and the lives of consumers&#8230; while at the same time earning a bundle of cash for themselves and their investors.<\/p>\n<p>On this subject I&#8217;ll leave the last words to Brad Feld.  Mr. Feld is the co-founder of <em>TechStars<\/em>, an entrepreneur-based reality TV show on <em>Bloomberg TV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he says about the qualities you need to look for in an entrepreneur:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Really you&#8217;re looking for amazing and credible people that are gonna be obsessed and passionate about whatever they&#8217;re going after.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheers.<br \/>\nKris.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Finding Aussie companies with potentially ground-breaking ideas is what I do on a daily basis.  The long days of research go towards producing a monthly investment newsletter called, <em>Australian Small-Cap Investigator<\/em>.  That&#8217;s where I introduce subscribers to some of the amazing companies trading on the Australian market.  Companies that &#8211; if they get things right &#8211; could give investors triple-digit percentage gains.  It&#8217;s a high risk investing approach, but it&#8217;s also interesting and a lot of fun!  Click the following link if you&#8217;d like to find out more about my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portphillippublishing.com.au\/research\/vp\/ASI\/m9gru-tp-mm-tsr.php?code=W9AAM803\" target=\"_blank\">small-cap newsletter. <\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?a=Kz-r_VJlI34:Nq1i3WsQGbU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?a=Kz-r_VJlI34:Nq1i3WsQGbU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?i=Kz-r_VJlI34:Nq1i3WsQGbU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?a=Kz-r_VJlI34:Nq1i3WsQGbU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MoneyMorningAustralia?i=Kz-r_VJlI34:Nq1i3WsQGbU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MoneyMorningAustralia\/~4\/Kz-r_VJlI34\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/MoneyMorningAustralia\/~3\/Kz-r_VJlI34\/entrepreneurs-and-entrepreneurialism.html\" target=\"_blank\">Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurialism <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MoneyMorning.com.au Wanted: Obsessed and Passionate Investors Entrepreneurialism can only thrive in an individualistic society. Successful entrepreneurs create products, services or processes they believe will be beneficial to society. But they don&#8217;t do it out of charity. 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