I love the fantasy you folks have about most businesses being started by poor people. Do you know how much it costs to buy or start a real business these days? Yes, you can start hiring yourself out as a shoeshiner, plumber, or consultant or whatever and be self-employed on a shoestring. But to me an entrepreneur is someonw who starts a real business that employs other people. To start a restaurant or gas station or whatever costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.