What is the difference between a capitalist and an entrepreneur?

The difference between capitalists and entrepreneurs:

1, with different properties. Entrepreneurs only refer to the first type, and the second type is called professional managers. Capitalists refer to those who possess factors of production, rely on enterprises, hire laborers and profit from them, as opposed to laborers. Capitalists usually refer to people who have been in a dominant position in labor relations and controlled the whole production process with the development of human society and economy since modern times.

2. Different responsibilities. The fundamental difference between capitalists and entrepreneurs is that capitalists do not directly participate in the operation and management of enterprises, but manipulate the macro ideas of enterprises behind the scenes. The products of enterprises are all kinds of commodities, and the products of capitalists are all kinds of enterprises. Invest through investment, equity participation, mergers and acquisitions, holding and restructuring, and take the future of the enterprise into your own hands.

3. The content is different. Capitalists mainly make money, while entrepreneurs mainly make money with time, energy and resources; Capitalists are bosses, entrepreneurs are not necessarily bosses, but managers hired by capitalists. Entrepreneurs are managers who actually participate in the daily work of enterprises with knowledge, experience or technology, that is, they participate in the exchange of goods or services in the form of work, while capitalists participate in the allocation of resources in the form of working capital, not necessarily work. Including businessmen, farmers, bankers, etc.

4. Different identities. Capitalists refer to those who possess factors of production, rely on enterprises, hire laborers and profit from them, as opposed to laborers. The word entrepreneur is borrowed from French, and its original meaning is: "an operator or organizer of adventure."