The great entrepreneur as role model and national hero in American society, yesterday and today.

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Georges W. Bush once said during one of his speech "The French don't even have a word for entrepreneur", despite the obvious lack of knowledge of French language shown there by the former president of the USA this statement mainly highlights the importance of entrepreneurship for the American people in general.

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[...] In more recent times, the tech industry has provided a great deal of successful entrepreneurs that embody the creative spirit and energy that is so important to entrepreneurship in the United States. Values like hard work and tenacity have always been praised by the American society through the ages and they often make a successful entrepreneur. Throughout the history of the United States, immigrants have also played a significant role in entrepreneurship. A high number of immigrants go on to start their own businesses upon settling in America. Some studies have even suggested that immigrants to the United States are more likely to become self-employed. [...]

[...] Bill Gates is one of these examples, internationally famous for building the Microsoft Empire, he is known to be the 2nd richest person on earth, he is the perfect example of home-grown American successful entrepreneur, considered as a national hero, he, like many of his counterpart have proven great skills in being innovative and thus helping America as a whole to reinvent itself and always try to better itself. Strong Americans entrepreneurs ensures the American hegemony on the world, not only economically but also as a soft power, with the film industry or companies like google, Facebook or Amazon, that influence the whole wide world and operate internationally. [...]

[...] Dissertation The great entrepreneur as role model and national hero in American society, yesterday and today. Georges W. Bush once said during one of his speech "The French don't even have a word for entrepreneur", despite the obvious lack of knowledge of French language shown there by the former president of the USA this statement mainly highlights the importance of entrepreneurship for the American people in general. America is often referred to as a melting pot made of different nationalities and cultures, thanks to this it has rapidly turn into one of the most innovative country today. [...]

[...] Notably, more recently, the role of entrepreneur has started to include more and more women; one of the most striking example is African-American TV host and business mogul Oprah Winfrey. The identity of entrepreneur is changing at the same rhythm of the American society getting more diverse in terms of ethnicity, social background and gender. The United States has entrepreneurialism deeply rooted in its history as the country was founded and settled by risk takers and innovators looking for new opportunity. [...]

[...] Entrepreneurs have always been and continue to be an integral part of the American economy. Entrepreneurs create a huge number of new jobs in the economy and are also less affected by the economic and financial crisis. As a conclusion, we can highlight the fact that sometimes the love of entrepreneurship from the American people can go a little bit too far, as experienced during the last presidential election. Indeed the American people always perceived positively someone coming from the private sector and operating multi millions business just like Trump does. [...]