![]() ![]() John Berlau presents the story of George Washington’s business career, showing that he was certainly a “business owner,” but he does not convince the reader to elevate Washington to the level of Forbes’ “real” entrepreneur. However, many definitions of an entrepreneur (see Brett Nelson, “The Real Definition of Entrepreneur–And Why It Matters,” Forbes, June 5, 2012) add the necessity of being an innovator, a person who doesn’t just run a business for profit but changes the way business is done. The definition of an entrepreneur, offered by Oxford Languages via Google (2021), is “a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks to do so.” In this sense, George Washington was an entrepreneur, although clearly his skills as a leader and soldier were more notable. ![]() Reviewed by Lynne Pierson Doti, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Chapman University, for EH.Net. George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father’s Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World. George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father’s Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World Author(s): ![]()
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