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Editor in Chief Amy Cosper on the DNA of Entrepreneurship and Motivational LeadersDo you choose entrepreneurship or does it choose you?

ByAmy Cosper

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Amy CosperOver the past 30 years, the meaning of the word entrepreneur has undergone multiple transformations, including a Dark Age (mail-order bride franchise, anyone?) and a renaissance (the Branson-assic Period). Right now, we are in the latter stages of what I like to call the Musk-azoic Era.

This evolution brings to mind an essential question: Do you choose entrepreneurship, or does it choose you? It's a topic we toss around frequently.

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