The following assignment will critically evaluate the statement to whether entrepreneurs are born or made. The Business Dictionary (2014) defines an entrepreneur as “Someone who exercises initiative by organizing a venture to take benefit of an opportunity and‚ as the decision maker‚ decides what‚ how‚ and how much of a good or service will be produced.” There is a debate as to whether or not there is such a thing as an ‘entrepreneur gene’ or are entrepreneurs taught and made through experience
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Are entrepreneurs born or made? Critically discuss. Introduction An entrepreneur is a person who sets up a business by taking on financial risks in hope to make a profit. The word entrepreneur stems from the French word entreprendré which means ’to undertake ’. A couple of examples are Lord Alan Sugar and Bill Gates. Lord Sugar is an entrepreneur worth £800 million. He started by selling car aerials out of a van‚ he then set up his company‚ Amstrad which sold affordable hi-fi turntable covers
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Cultural Heroes A cultural hero demonstrates cultural values. A cultural hero faces and overcomes struggles. A cultural hero is famous. A cultural hero may be living or dead‚ though more often dead. Often after their death‚ mythologies are developed embellishing their positive features. Herakles and Joan of Arc are examples of classic cultural heroes. John Fitzgerald Kennedy is a modern cultural hero. All three a well known and are remembered for their character and accomplishments. Herakles
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The born free generation Who are the born frees? They are those born post 1994 into a democratic South Africa. They were not part of the struggle‚ but reap the fruits of those who bled and fought for their freedom. It is you- the youth of today! What difference are you making? What sets you part from the older generation? Looking at the three aspects of social media and technology‚ the Narcissistic attitude and thinking ahead‚ along with my research‚ I will tell you what I think you guys will do
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At the end of Cheech Marin’s Born in East L.A. (1987)‚ a pair of undocumented Chinese immigrants who have been trained by Rudy (Marin) in the art of walking‚ talking‚ and gesturing like Mexican-Americans successfully act Mexican-American in front of a police officer to convince and assure him that they indeed are "natives." Of concern to both Lowe and Oboler is the unequal status of minorities as members of the United States national community and citizenry. Basically‚ the U.S. citizen has been
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force‚ but as victims born to die in the eyes of the invading European powers? Why were they not feared‚ despite the extensive technological capacities of their civilizations‚ and the detailed political and religious theology these civilizations created? Simply put‚ the invading Europeans came to regard them as sick and ailing bodies of a sick and ailing body politic‚ born to die because of their lack of immunity to European diseases‚ even more than European firearms. The book Born to Die thus presents
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Are Leaders Born or Made? (Course Name) (School Name) (Name) (Date) (a) ABSTRACT. Leadership sets the tone for team development‚ and this implies its necessity in an organization. Possessing appropriate leadership skills drive a team in meeting its objectives. The means of acquiring such skills may be through nature or developmental programs. The debate on whether leaders are made or born continues to trigger many thoughts‚ but none has come conclusively. This paper goes through the skills
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! People Are Born Creative! ! Do you think you are creative? How creative do you think you are? As an art student‚ I think I have to be very creative. However‚ I always feel that I lack creativity‚ even though sometimes I don’t feel so. Especially when I saw my classmates did unexpectedly great job. I started to question myself if I were creative or not. I thought I was not a creative person and I don’t belong to this industry. Creativity is something that (only some of) you have since birth and
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to be a "born entrepreneur" in order to succeed in business world (Klein‚ K). But‚ written by (Mathews‚ R et al) in the Academy of Entrepreneurs‚ it states that according to a study by Northeastern University’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship in 2006‚ it showed that “entrepreneurs are born‚ not made” (Taylor 2006). Thus it will be argued that entrepreneurs are neither born nor made‚ and rather that they can learn to have an entrepreneurial mind but‚ that it does help to be born with certain
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Are Prodigies Born or Made? A child prodigy is a person who shows his/her extraordinary abilities in early age. These children usually are very good at different things; however‚ especially their amazing skills in a certain area make them be prodigies. For example‚ Abigail Sin‚ a Singaporean young pianist‚ is also very good at math. Nevertheless‚ she won in international math competition; Abigail is called a wunderkind because of her unusual musical talent. As other wonders‚ she discovered
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