On... Becoming a Businessman?

There is always some sort of respect and admiration in my family for people who runs a business. 

Business people surely deserve our respect for stepping out of their comfort zone and taking risk in pursuit of their goals (usually that goal = to make lots of money ). However, there is often a stereotype when it comes to defining what a business is. Usually when you say someone is running a business, the first thought is of someone who 1) employs people, 2) is selling something and 3) is making lots of money. Although we know all 3 criteria is not necessary for someone to be labeled a businessman. 

Why not? Perhaps I would use a money changer as an example. In Malaysia (and I believe in most developing countries ), you don't have to change your money at a bank or a money exchange chain. There are small private businesses where you can exchange currencies. So most of these small money exchange business 1) employs people, 2) is selling currencies and 3) are making lots of money. 

But what if I decide to start a small currency exchange business and I run it on my own. If I don't employ people and I don't make lots of money, does that then make it not a business? Since I'm still running a business, I guess I'm still a businessman. Let's take it one step further. What if I'm not buying and selling currencies, but I buy and sell equities on the stock market? Although, buying and selling stocks is not commonly (or not at all ) associated with the label businessman, the fact still stands that you're buying and selling something. 

Often someone who dabbles in the stock market is being labeled a retail investor, a retail trader, self employed, speculator, gambler.... Etc. I would perhaps add one label, which is businessman. Maybe in the future, if someone asks me what I do for a living, I'll say I'm a businessman?