There are lots of debates about whether
entrepreneurial abilities have nature or nurture character. While some say that
successful entrepreneurs can be thought, others disagree, stating that one has
to be born to have entrepreneurial characteristics.
We all know people that are better than others in a
particular practise, the ones that seem to have a special ability to do
something extraordinary good without spending much energy. Some are able to
have large sales without special training or study; others are “naturally” good
at marketing, advertisement or art. This gives an idea that each person is
significantly better at something, compared to the rest. It is like a talent,
if you do what you are talented at, success will come “naturally”.
If such belief is true, then what to do for people
that have not yet found what they are talented at, or want to have a career in
a completely different field? Undoubtedly, you do not have to have
extraordinary abilities in order to succeed, but individuals that do not
possess skills required in a certain field will have to work harder in order to
gain them, than those who possess such skills naturally. How about special
entrepreneurial abilities? The abilities that drive an individual to find a
promising business opportunity, to see a potential even when others doubt, to
take risks, to believe in to success of a new venture and to persuade others?
Can those characteristics be taught? A person may learn how to identify
potentially promising niche in the market by studying demand and supply, he/she
may learn how to persuade others by gaining some psychological skills, but as
such, it will make him/her a good manager, not an entrepreneur.
However, if an entrepreneur will rely entirely on
his/her” special entrepreneurial sense”, it will, in most cases, lead to a
failure. Without managerial, accounting and marketing, legal aspects and
procedures knowledge even the most promising idea will perish.
Personally, I believe entrepreneurs are born, but SUCCESSFUL
entrepreneurs, in addition to natural abilities, must be taught in classrooms.
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