Are You a Human Being, Visionary or Entrepreneur?

A friend/mentor at the Tech Coast Angels sent me a one-sentence email today that simply said:

"Person who sees problem--human being; finds solution--visionary; solves problem--entrepreneur."

No commentary was provided and none was needed.  The line comes from Naveen Jain and appeared in his article "How Entrepreneurs Become Visionary Leaders."  The full quote is:

"An entrepreneur is not a person who starts a company but he is the person who actually solves a problem. It’s all about execution and it is a state of mind. A person who sees a problem is a Human Being, person who finds a solution is visionary and the person who goes out and does something about it is an entrepreneur."

My favorite part of this paragraph is that entrepreneurship is a state of mind. Starting a company is as easy as spending 30 minutes and $500 on Legalzoom.com. Anyone can do that and it doesn't make them an entrepreneur. Solving a real problem does. And that can happen whether you're the founder or one of 10,000 employees at your company.