Entrepreneurship: New Idea Or Just Old-Fashioned Problem Solving?

It seems to me that every other business article written today, in one way or another, touches on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. Many of us throw the terms around in our everyday conversations, including myself recently when I bumped into an old friend in line at a coffee shop. It went something like this:

Friend: So, what are you up to these days?

Me: (enthusiastically) I returned to private practice several years ago, and I am really enjoying working with entrepreneurs.

Friend: (not a lawyer and now squinting a bit) Oh that sounds interesting, I thought you were a business lawyer.

Me: I am a business lawyer, but lately I've been working with people to try to help them turn their new ideas into thriving businesses.