So what is a divapreneur anyway?

My friend, Leesa Barnes has started a new network at Ryze called Divapreneurs At Work located at

http://daw-network.ryze.com/ He asked us to define a divapreneur. Now that I am the prolific article writer that I am, I couldn’t answer this question without writing an article about it. Sit back and become

rambling!

First of all, Divapreneur is a combination of the words diva and entrepreneur. To define divapreneur

first we have to define diva and entrepreneur. To do this, I went to Wikipedia.

This is what I found out on Wikipedia:

Most commonly used definition of diva

A Diva was originally a distinguished opera singer, but now generally refers to a popular performer of non-operatic works.

The term derives from an Italian word meaning “goddess”, which, in turn, derives from the feminine form of a Latin word divus, meaning “divine”.

This definition can be found on the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva

I felt that the distinction of being a singer left out some talented non-musical women, so I decided to use this definition of a diva instead:

# In current usage among the younger generation, the term diva is used to describe a talented and confident woman. This definition is on the next page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva_%28disambiguation%29

Now is the time to define entrepreneur, the second part of this word. This definition also comes from Wikipedia.

Contractor

Entrepreneur is a word borrowed from the French language that refers to a person who starts and operates a new company,

and assumes some responsibility for the inherent risks.

Business entrepreneurs often have strong beliefs about a market opportunity and are willing to accept a high level of personal, professional, or financial risk to take advantage of that opportunity.

So, a divaentrepreneur is a talented and confident woman, who starts and operates a new company,

and assumes some responsibility for the inherent risks.

Well I guess that makes me a divapreneur. And you?