I think it's time we recognize Christopher Columbus as the ultimate entrepreneur. If it weren't for him and his balls of steel we all would not be here today. This guy empitomizes the entrepreneurial spirit to the Nth degree.

The risks we all take are all pretty much the same as Christopher Columbus. He had an idea and believed in it enough to take the risk of possibly falling off the "edge of the earth". We all do the same thing as entreprenuers. To face the rest of the world and say "you're wrong and I'll prove it" is no different than what any entrepreneur has ever done. To face the rough sea's and all the naysayers wanting to return home and stick to his guns to ultimately succeed. Is that not what we have to do everyday as entrepreneurs? To know you're right and not to simply feel it. That is a man we can all look up to as an entrepreneur.

Of course my biggest complaint about the Christopher Columbus story is that he had to get approval from the Queen of Spain to take his voyage. What a crock! I would have preferred that he bootstrap the adventure instead. It would have been a better testiment to finding the America's, home of the free.

Happy Columbus Day should also be Happy Entrepreneur Day too!