Entrepreneurship: Nature vs Nurture?
Very interesting debate about the root of entrepreneurship. Personally, I also believe we all have entrepreneurship DNA within us. Some explore and develop it, some don’t. Training & experiences are part of process of turning entrepreneurship into what we dreamed or wanted to achieve. In my case, it is more nurture side than nature side. My parents never started up their own business, so did my grandfather, grandmother and my sisters and I don’t remember any of my close relative having their own business either. Does it mean that I do not have entrepreneurship DNA and that I should not start up business myself? I learned how to do business from every sources of life, education, friends, living experiences, working and I wanted to do own business – are these enough for me to be an entrepreneur?
I found this debate is very interesting and honestly I don’t know what is right. I just believe that I also can be an entrepreneur if I want enough and have enough knowledge and experience to do that. Would be interesting to know how you think about this.
Enterprise | Hai Nguyen | Sunday, February 28, 2010
It is important to not think about this in terms of right and wrong. Entrepreneurship can come from social or political context AND from personal aspiration at the same time. Dont focus on whether you are an entrepreneur or not but rather on what you would like to achieve. This might turn out to be described as entrepreneurial.
The study of entrepreneurship is useful to help us analyse certain business processes, economic patterns and inidvidual characteristics but it is only a range of theories. Not a way of life.