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. Richard Baister (2007) states that “being an entrepreneur is not
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preneur The Entrepreneur Team FOS Dedicated to the memory of my cousin Nowell Barlow The Entrepreneur An Economic Theory‚ Second Edition Mark Casson Professor of Economics‚ University of Reading‚ UK Edward Elgar Cheltenham‚ UK • Northampton‚ MA‚ USA © Mark Casson 1982‚ 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical or photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise
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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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Number 3 (2013) pp. 71-78 www.ijcrar.com Challenges faced by new entrepreneurs R.S.Kanchana*‚ J.V.Divya and A.Ansalna Beegom Kanchana.R.S‚ Kanchana Bhavan‚ Mithirmala.P.O‚ (695610) Mithirmala‚ Trivandrum Kerala‚ India *Corresponding author KEYWORDS Entrepreneur; Challenges; motivation; skill; adventurism. A B S T R A C T An entrepreneur is one who plays significant role in the economic development of a country. Basically an entrepreneur can be regarded as a person who has the initiative‚ skill and
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characteristics found in successful entrepreneur? There has been extensive research conducted on the characteristics that successful entrepreneurs possess. These attributes vary widely across literature‚ however there are common key traits that are required to achieve any form of success. Frederick et al (2013) suggest entrepreneurs are risk takers‚ optimistic‚ have sound judgement and an ability to manage. While a review of literature relating to the psychology of an entrepreneur reveals a large variety
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over time‚ taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. Generally finance may thus incorporate any of the following: the study of money and other assets‚ the management of those assets and profiling and managing project risks. An entrepreneur is an individual who accepts some sort of risk usually financial in the pursuit of
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It is not mandatory 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
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Project in Economics IV (Written interview with an entrepreneur) Submitted By: Pearl Leann Flores IV- St. Paul Submitted To: Mr. Allan Waje Acknowledgement: This dissertation would not have been possible without the guidance and the help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this interview. First and foremost‚ my utmost gratitude to Mr. Allan Waje‚ our mentor in Economics‚ whose sincerity
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Want to have your own business but think you just don’t have what it takes? Do you look at the Donald Trumps in the world and wonder if you could ever really be successful in business? Fallacy #1: Entrepreneurs are born‚ not made I admit that I know two guys whom I would swear were born with a risk-taking‚ want-to-be-a-millionaire‚ nothing-is-going-to-stop-me spirit. But most of the business owners I know entered entrepreneurial-land through the back door. Some realized that they knew more
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Entrepreneurs are born not made. “You were born to win‚ but to be a winner‚ you must plan to win‚ prepare to win‚ and expect to win.” (Zig ziglar‚ Author and speaker). One may be born with the mental capacity to innovate‚ think big and achieve great success‚ but success requires more than merely great ideas. Successful Entrepreneurs are people who are able to think critically‚ manage problem solving‚ attain people skills and most importantly possess the passion to manifest their dreams
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