RE: INT Community Update! + Quests!
Intrepreneur was envisioned to be a place where persons could blog about their professional lives, while keeping their audience up to date on the progress of -
(1) their personal businesses
(2) any projects that they may be working on & want feedback or assistance with
(3) getting crowdfunding for projects
(4) running ads for their businesses, such as promotions & giveaways
(5) providing educational materiel on learning a new skill or trade
These are just some examples of what we as team members consider to be entrepreneurial practices. While this list is limited, it covers a specific niche & is based on our seeking to strengthen a particular skill-set among ourselves as bloggers, namely 'how to run a successful brand/service/or self promotion business' online.
If you wish to do general blogging, perhaps the INT tag is not for you, however posts about your skill with paper-cut art, showing the process of how you create a piece from start to finish, would be considered "(5) providing educational materiel on learning a new skill or trade", and thus would be entrepreneurial. It's simply a matter of how the information is brought forward & presented.
I hope this helps to clarify a few things, and I sincerely thank you for your feedback & honesty! :D
So the critics are excluded?
Such as food critic, sports critic, event critic / etc.....all not Intrepreneur.
Then, what about the writer?
I have created a poem song , there are people said that it is not Intrepreneur. yes or no say writer is not the Intrepreneur?
Any trade, including writing and any other form of art (poetry, painting etc,) can all be done on an entrepreneurial level. It requires a little bit effort than your standard "post a pic" like one would on instagram, but even on instagram entrepreneurs who use that platform, take their time to create well written & thoughtfully guided content for their followers, because they understand that 'their profile is their business.'
We are doing our best to not exclude anyone from posting on Intrepreneur, whilst still ensuring that our platform reflects it's original mission, which is again, "to support entrepreneurial bloggers online."
The definition above is a simplified version of what it means to be an entrepreneur and should one go looking for an expanded explanation, they would find that an entrepreneur is also described as -
That tendency towards innovation, a willingness to learn & a desire to remain relevant in ever-changing markets are all necessary qualities of entrepreneurship.
Since starting this project we have had to make amendments to ensure that the service we provide remains relevant to our target audience (online entrepreneurs), and these community guidelines are merely our continued working towards this. We are doing our best to lead by example, as it was our lack of specificity that caused this problem. For this, we sincerely apologize.
Yes, these changes may result in the loss of some bloggers from our platform, however, that is part of the risk we have incurred as entrepreneurs, and we simply hope that those who remain, will continue to grow & improve along with us, as we are also learning.
In conclusion, let me reiterate that any skill or trade can be blogged about in an entrepreneurial way, however, it is up to the author to learn what it means to be entrepreneurial and then work towards presenting their content in such a manner if they wish to use the INT tag.
Simple additions like adding context, (eg. "this poem is part of a new online poetry series that I will be releasing over the course of the next month,") 1) - show cases a skill, 2) gives an idea of how the material will be presented, such that interested persons can follow along (client-base), and 3) incurs a sense of responsibility of the author to fulfill their initial 'mission statement', (ie 'order fulfillment' through the releasing the poetry series.) This is how businesses in the real world are run and we are simply seeking to implement these professional practices in the blogging space that we've created here.
I hope this expanded explanation helps to further clarify our intentions as a project moving forward. :)
Thank you for your explanation.
!BEER