Is entrepreneurship glorified gambling?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is entrepreneurship glorified gambling?". Your opponent's style: Nassim Taleb

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You're opening with silence, which tells me you haven't actually formed a position yet. So let me hand you the weakest argument your side could possibly make, then destroy it. "Entrepreneurship is gambling because both involve risk and uncertainty." Wrong. Gambling's outcome is determined by probability and chance. Entrepreneurship's outcome is determined by skill, research, execution, and market timing. A poker player can't study their way to better odds. An entrepreneur can. That's the difference between betting on randomness and betting on yourself. So which is it, do you actually believe entrepreneurship is gambling, or are you here to waste my time?