An entrepreneur is a person starting a new company who takes on the  associated with starting the enterprise, .  According to Wickham 2001 ‘Entrepreneurship is then what the entrepreneur does. Entrepreneurial is an adjective describing how the entrepreneur undertakes what he or she does. The entrepreneurial process in which the entrepreneur engages is the means through which new value is created as a result of the project: the entrepreneurial process’      

I have interviewed Allen Smith and he gave me details about his life career and hobbies so far. I have also observed some of is personality traits as well and asking him about his personality. We discussed the business he runs and the strategy used in the running of the business on a day to day and long term basis. He is not the sole owner of the business, the business PST Supplies is run as a partnership.  Allen left school at the age of sixteen and a half upon leaving school he looked for jobs and finally settled on taking and apprentaship. The company he joined was a forge factory that was owned and run by one man, the owner had lots money but run the business as a hobby to keep him self busy.  

The factory of had around 200 employees was a forge factory. Allen started as an apprentice and progressed through the levels in the business up to a management position. The job he had trained for was highly specialised in the field of cast iron welding.  Allen worked at the company for some time as a specialist. Eventually he was used in his specialist area to give other people who need it the information that they needed about the area.   He went to work to basically have his brain picked by other people.  

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He decided the he had gone as high as he could in the company he was with and that he wanted to change his job as he was not happy.  Still working in his specialist area he joined the Ministry of Defence working as an advisor. He advised the buyers of materials at the Ministry of Defence to make sure they were not overpaying for cast iron.  Allen said that he has always enjoyed his working life and has always seen himself as a worker and always would. He enjoyed his job at the Ministry up until the last ...

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