There is some discussion as to Gartner’s idea that purchasing an existing business is entrepreneurial. The argument is given that the entrepreneurial process is relatively short, extending from the period of realizing the opportunity to assuming successful management, after which it becomes a case of the lifestyle, small business management condition. This position is reinforced by Schumpeter’s view that “we maintain the someone is only then by definition if he implements new combinations—after which he loses his characteristic, where he the continues to manage the founded enterprise systematically.27