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Is Product Management The Science Behind Entrepreneurship?

Recently, I have started attending Product Management (PM )session conducted by an old  colleague . He asked me to read Agile Product Management With Scrum . I read the 1st four chapters. It has been an enlightening read PM in a SCRUM setup.  After 96 pages into the book, a question popped up, "Is PM the science behind  Entrepreneurship ?" I am not sure. But that is how I am visualising it. I realised that a Product Owner (the anchor of PM process) or a PM has to be the one person within whom CEO or promoter of the organization can see a part of themselves.  The roles and responsibilities are akin to an  Entrepreneur . He/she must have these qualities: Enthusiastic and energetic to play a long tiring game. Ideate which needs to answer customer problems.  Capable of extracting management trust and managing budget.  Capable of giving birth to a product with all the nuts and bolts such as:  Envisioning the product by peeking into uncertain future and variables involved (customer