Week 3 Reading Reflection

Week 3 Reading Reflection

I guess the biggest surprise for me was really more of a revelation than anything.  As I was reading all of the characteristics that are often attributed to Entrepreneurs I couldn’t help but think that there were no characteristics listed there that would not also describe a good manager. The only one I would exclude from the list is possibly number 30 which was egotism; however I have known some managers as well as entrepreneurs who also have that characteristic. When the company that I work is hiring we look for prospective team members with these characteristics.

I am confused by the stress and the entrepreneur section of the chapter. I think many managers and employees in today’s working environment are under a lot of stress. I would have thought that the author would have mentioned that entrepreneurs are not the only people that have stressful lives. I will agree that the entrepreneur has to bear the entire cost of their mistakes.

I would ask the author, how many people out in the workplace are really entrepreneurs, but never had the capital to actually start a business.

I would also ask the author where does a person who has all the characteristics of being an entrepreneur and maybe already has a business plan even begin to find funding for a new venture.

I didn’t really disagree with anything the author had written, but I would say that a lot of things were written about entrepreneurs could also describe some managers and employees. I guess the main difference between some entrepreneurs and someone who works for someone else that he entrepreneur works for himself.