Taking the extra step in entrepreneurship

Everyone has their own notion about entrepreneurship. "You can truly be creative and have the freedom to create whatever innovation and product you like," says Weili Dai, co-founder of Marvell Technology Group, a global semiconductor company. To show that Haiti "is not a pariah that can only export cheap apparel and mangoes", adds Maarten Boute, a founder of Surtab, which makes Android-powered, low-cost tablets. And for Mohammad Zahoor, one of Ukraine's most prominent foreign businessmen, "everything is up for buying and selling". Different voices from disparate places around the world.

In this special edition of FT Wealth dedicated to entrepreneurs, we do not seek to add our own view, but to showcase the great variety of men and women who have taken that extra step to start their own company. And what a range it is. We report from the UK, Ukraine, Lebanon, the US, Haiti, China, Venezuela and Poland on the state of entrepreneurialism around the globe.

Is there a common theme? Hala Fadel, chairwoman for the pan-Arab region of the MIT Enterprise Forum, should have the last word: "It's not just about making money; it's entrepreneurship with a mission to change the whole system."

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