Is it bad that I dislike the term “Serial Entrepreneur?”  I consider myself an entrepreneur.  As such, I also consider myself a serial entrepreneur (I just threw up in my mouth a bit).

First of all, let’s differentiate between small business owners and entrepreneurs.  This is a sticky point, and certainly one up for contention, but I don’t believe that they’re one in the same (nor am I the only one who thinks so).  My definitions:

Entrepreneur: One who leverages their ideas to create value and take advantage of new markets.

Small Business Owner: One who provides a sustainable product or service through their own business entity.

Entrepreneurs are most often also small business owners or part-owners, but many small business owners are not necessarily entrepreneurs.