{"id":5392,"date":"2023-12-21T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/what-makes-an-entrepreneur-an-entrepreneur\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T21:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:17:50","slug":"what-makes-an-entrepreneur-an-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/en\/what-makes-an-entrepreneur-an-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur?"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/javascript\">let processScroll = () => {\n\tlet docElem = document.documentElement, \n\t\tdocBody = document.body,\n\t\tscrollTop = docElem['scrollTop'] || docBody['scrollTop'],\n    \tscrollBottom = (docElem['scrollHeight'] || docBody['scrollHeight']) - window.innerHeight - window.innerHeight,\n\t\tscrollPercent = scrollTop \/ scrollBottom * 100 + '%';\n\t\/\/ console.log(scrollTop + ' \/ ' + scrollBottom + ' \/ ' + scrollPercent);\n    document.getElementById(\"progress-bar\").style.setProperty(\"--scrollAmount\", scrollPercent);\t\n}\ndocument.addEventListener('scroll', processScroll);\n\njQuery(function ($) {\n    var project1 = $('.post-sidebar').offset();\n    var $window = $(window);\n    \n    $window.scroll(function() {\n        if ( $window.scrollTop() >= project1.top) {\n            $(\".post-sidebar-inner\").addClass(\"sticky\");\n        }\n        if ( $window.scrollTop() <= project1.top) {\n            $(\".post-sidebar-inner\").removeClass(\"sticky\");\n        }\n    });\t\t\t\n});\n\n\/*!\nName: Reading Time\nDependencies: jQuery\nAuthor: Michael Lynch\nAuthor URL: http:\/\/michaelynch.com\nDate Created: August 14, 2013\nDate Updated: April 30, 2018\nLicensed under the MIT license\n*\/\n\njQuery(function ($) {\n\n\t$.fn.readingTime = function(options) {\n\n\t\t\/\/ define default parameters\n\t\tconst defaults = {\n\t\t\treadingTimeTarget: '.eta',\n\t\t\treadingTimeAsNumber: false,\n\t\t\twordCountTarget: null,\n\t\t\twordsPerMinute: 270,\n\t\t\tround: true,\n\t\t\tlang: 'en',\n\t\t\tlessThanAMinuteString: 'test',\n\t\t\tprependTimeString: '',\n\t\t\tprependWordString: '',\n\t\t\tremotePath: null,\n\t\t\tremoteTarget: null,\n\t\t\tsuccess: function() {},\n\t\t\terror: function() {}\n\t\t};\n\n\t\tconst plugin = this;\n\t\tconst el = $(this);\n\n\t\tlet wordsPerSecond;\n\t\tlet lessThanAMinute;\n\t\tlet minShortForm;\n\n\t\tlet totalWords;\n\t\tlet totalReadingTimeSeconds;\n\n\t\tlet readingTimeMinutes;\n\t\tlet readingTimeSeconds;\n\t\tlet readingTime;\n\t\tlet readingTimeObj;\n\n\t\t\/\/ merge defaults and options\n\t\tplugin.settings = $.extend({}, defaults, options);\n\n\t\t\/\/ define vars\n\t\tconst s = plugin.settings;\n\n\t\tconst setTime = function(o) {\n\n\t\t\tif(o.text !== '') {\n\t\t\t\tif (s.lang == \"zh\") {\n\t\t\t\t\tlet text = o.text.trim();\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ step 1: count the number of Chinese characters\n\t\t\t\t\tconst charArray = text.match(\/[\\u4e00-\\u9fa5]\/g);\n\t\t\t\t\tlet charCount = 0;\n\t\t\t\t\tif (charArray != null) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcharCount = charArray.length;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ step 2: replace all the Chinese characters with blank\n\t\t\t\t\ttext = text.replace(\/[\\u4e00-\\u9fa5]\/g, \" \");\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ step 3:replace newlines with blank\n\t\t\t\t\ttext = text.replace(\/[\\r\\n]\/g, \" \");\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ step 4:replace special characters with blank\n\t\t\t\t\ttext = text.replace(\/\\W+\/g, \" \");\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ step 5: count the number of total English words\n\t\t\t\t\tconst totalEnWords = text.trim().split(\/\\s+\/g).length;\n\t\t\t\t\ttotalWords = totalEnWords + charCount;\n\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/split text by spaces to define total words\n\t\t\t\t\ttotalWords = o.text.trim().split(\/\\s+\/g).length;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/define words per second based on words per minute (s.wordsPerMinute)\n\t\t\t\twordsPerSecond = s.wordsPerMinute \/ 60;\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/define total reading time in seconds\n\t\t\t\ttotalReadingTimeSeconds = totalWords \/ wordsPerSecond;\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ define reading time\n\t\t\t\treadingTimeMinutes = Math.floor(totalReadingTimeSeconds \/ 60);\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ define remaining reading time seconds\n\t\t\t\treadingTimeSeconds = Math.round(totalReadingTimeSeconds - (readingTimeMinutes * 60));\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ format reading time\n\t\t\t\treadingTime = `${readingTimeMinutes}:${readingTimeSeconds}`;\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ if s.round\n\t\t\t\tif(s.round) {\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ if minutes are greater than 0\n\t\t\t\t\tif(readingTimeMinutes > 0) {\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ set reading time by the minute\n\t\t\t\t\t\t$(s.readingTimeTarget).text(s.prependTimeString + readingTimeMinutes + ((!s.readingTimeAsNumber) ? 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in the remote file\n\t\t\t\t\tsetTime({\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttext: $(wrapper).find(s.remoteTarget).text()\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t});\n\n\t\t\t} else {\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ set time using the targeted element\n\t\t\t\tsetTime({\n\t\t\t\t\ttext: el.text()\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t});\n\n\t\treturn true;\n\t}\n});\n\njQuery(function ($) {\n\n\t$('#post-content').readingTime({\n\t\treadingTimeAsNumber: true,\n\t\twordsPerMinute: 200,\n\t\tround: false,\n\t\tlang: 'de',\n\t\t\n        success: function(data) {\n\t\t\tconsole.log(data);\n\t\t},\n\t\terror: function(data) {\n\t\t\tconsole.log(data.error);\n\t\t\t$('.reading-time').remove();\n\t\t}\n\t});\n});\n\n<\/script><section id=\"post-content\" class=\"custom-block section-post-content pt-medium pb-medium bg-white text-body\"><div class=\"wrapper-wide\"><div class=\"section-inner\"><div class=\"row g-0\"><div class=\"col-sm-20 offset-sm-2 col-lg-5 offset-lg-2 order-lg-2\"><div class=\"post-sidebar\"><div class=\"post-sidebar-inner pb-medium pb-lg-0\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-20 offset-sm-2 col-lg-12 offset-lg-2 order-lg-1\"><div class=\"post-excerpt pb-small\"><p class=\"lead mb-0\">\u201cI can tell an entrepreneur from their mindset. We make long-term investments in companies \u2013 and the people behind the companies always play a special role in those investments.\u201d Oliver Weddrien on entrepreneurs and their special mindset.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"post-content\" class=\"pb-medium\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<aside class=\"section-anchor\" id=\"anchor-block_f6e8571068ec5aff90d2fc1a32114425\"><\/aside><section class=\"custom-block section-quote text-left pt-medium pb-medium quote-\" id=\"block_f6e8571068ec5aff90d2fc1a32114425\"><div class=\"section-inner\"><div class=\"wrapper-wide\"><div class=\"row g-0\"><div class=\"quote-content align-self-center mb-3 mb-lg-0 col-24 text-center ps-sm-3 pe-sm-3 ps-xxl-5 pe-xxl-5 parallax-section-content\"><span class=\"quote-icon fade-in\"><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 27.4.0, SVG Export Plug-In . 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They engage much more intensely than others in topics that actually have nothing to do with their company. Manfred Eisenberger, Managing Director of Konrad B\u00f6hnlein GmbH on acting responsibly. <![CDATA[<\/p><aside class=\"small\"><p class=\"quote-name mb-0 mt-3\"><b>Olivier Weddrien<\/b><\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tag-list-container pt-3\"><div class=\"tag-list\"><p class=\"mb-1 small\">Related topics<\/p><ul class=\"tag-list small\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/en\/tag\/brand-identity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brand identity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/en\/tag\/buy-build\/\" rel=\"tag\">Buy &amp; build<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/en\/tag\/olivier-weddrien-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Olivier Weddrien<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/en\/tag\/smes\/\" rel=\"tag\">SMEs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/e3holding.de\/en\/tag\/storytelling-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Storytelling<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI can tell an entrepreneur from their mindset. 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