ENT 526 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Takers, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Everett Rogers
29 Nov 2014
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The factor for start a new enterprise: personal, sociological, organizational and environment. There is almost always a triggering event that gives birth to a new generation, and perhaps the entrepreneur has no better career prospects. In order to solve a problem, an entrepreneur must observe consumer challenges, seek problems that they have themselves or have observed, listen to people complaints or think about their everyday lives and problems they encounter along the way. Canada has twice the percentage of self-employed individuals compared to the united. States (20% versus 10%), making canada"s entrepreneurial community double the size. 5. The major driving force behind the creation of new companies and jobs by canadian entrepreneurs are first-generation entrepreneurial success stories: for instance, many entrepreneurs chose to base their business out of waterloo, David mcclelland in his book the achieving society, that entrepreneurs had a higher need for achievement than non-entrepreneurs and that they were moderate risk takers.
