Today I will talk about Chapter 2, The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Individuals, in Kuratko's book Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, and Practice. I really enjoyed this chapter. I didn't really know what to expect from this chapter. I assumed it would be about entrepreneurs. Specifically, I liked that Kuratko decided to attempt to describe some of the characteristics that entrepreneurs posses, this surprised me. Here are my favorite characteristics of entrepreneurs : commitment, determination, and perseverance, tolerance for ambiguity, creativity and innovativeness, and independence.
In addition to characteristics of entrepreneurs, Kuratko discusses sources of research on entrepreneurs. Though Kuratko listed a bunch of good sources like journals and conferences, I think he missed an important resources; movies. I would like to ask Kuratko what he thinks of entrepreneur movies like The Social Network or Steve Jobs. Furthermore I would like to ask Kuratko if he thinks it is a worthy source of research on entrepreneurship. In my opinion I definitely think so. I learn more visually.
Though I don't disagree with anything Kuratko wrote, I did find something confusing. The confusing element of this chapter was the dark side of entrepreneurship. I understand that entrepreneurs are risk takers and that a business venture can be detrimental but I was confused on the Typology of Entrepreneurial Styles. I didn't understand how it was configured. I would have liked the Kurtako to go more in-depth on the typology possibly 2 examples of this in the real world. Overall I really likes this chapter and am excited to read more about what Kuratko has to say on entrepreneurs.
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