Entrepreneur is a big word

I attended a meeting on behalf of my aunt today. 

It was a simple meeting to explain a change in the invoicing process of a company.

Half an hour meeting. 

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So why am I writing about it?

Here's why!

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There's not a day that goes by without hearing the word entrepreneur.

Business development specialists, digital marketers, freelancers, tech startups, everybody is using this word.

Everyone wants to be Self-made! Self-sufficient! 

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In this call were 30 "entrepreneurs" who have been left behind in the technology race.

They started with nothing and built their brands in an age when mobile phones were non-existent.

They walked, changed buses and trains to get customers, to expand their businesses.

They did not become Tatas or Birlas, but they have struggled too, they have stories too.

I felt their confident stride, their voice and their air of achievement quaver a bit as they tried to understand all these big, fancy terms.

I suppose most of them would be on the brink of their retirements.

Do they really need this now? 

Most of the self-made people I know wish to make money and retire by 40 and live in a condo by the beach drinking beer, making barbecue. 

And then there are these people - still learning, still growing, still eagerly catching up with the fast moving world.

They didn't even know the word entrepreneur back in their time.

They made themselves, their families, the dreams of their children, and are still making a living!

Does self-made seem a good enough word for them?