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Searching for the entrepreneur dna
A European study identified seven types of entrepreneurs: the mountaineer who takes risks and seeks challenges; the playing child who finds work pleasurable and combines work and hobbies; the successor who inherits a company and feels a duty to customers and networks; the idealist who wants to make a positive impact on society; the businessman focused on profit above all else; the globalist who seeks international opportunities; and the survivor who was driven to entrepreneurship by need rather than desire for challenges.
Searching for the entrepreneur dna
- 1. Searching for the EntrepreneurDNA A European study by KAOSPILOTERNE and Eurepean Studies at Århus University JanBendtsen.dk
- 2. The study identifiedseven types of entrepreneurs. JanBendtsen.dk
- 3. The mountaineer • takingbig risks • need for daily challenges • accepting high risk • constant search for challenges - even after successes JanBendtsen.dk
- 4. Playing child • easilyenthusiastic • searching pleasure in work • combining work and hobby • doesn’t fokus on problems and limitations JanBendtsen.dk
- 5. The successor • hasinherited a company • feeling of duty and family-feeling • customers, product and network comes with the company • intrapreneur rather than entrepreneur JanBendtsen.dk
- 6. The idealist • wantingmore than personal gain • politically conscious • focus on taking action • ambition of making af difference on society JanBendtsen.dk
- 7. The business man •wants to earn a lot of money • considerations about society and environment do not go before profit • fokus on goals and bottom line • high education and skills JanBendtsen.dk
- 8. The globalist • theworld is where I work • strong wish to work in international networks • open to all cultures and environments • making af product for international sales JanBendtsen.dk
- 9. The survivor • drivenby need rather than pleasure • not searching challenges • starting from the bottom • a high degree of freedom – after all JanBendtsen.dk