Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills of an Entrepreneur
Bygrave, W.D. & Zacharakis, A. (2014). Entrepreneurship, 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-118-58289-3
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Supplemental Material
Write a 2-3 page paper.
Address the following in your paper:
• Examine the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by a person wishing to be an entrepreneur.
• How are they different/same of a person working for a company as an individual contributor?
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Write in 3rd person.
Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed., 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.
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An entrepreneur is a person who identifies a business opportunity, develops the idea of starting the business and gathers the relevant factors of production to start the business. For one to become a successful entrepreneur, he or she should develop specific skills, knowledge and characteristics towards the business. Success in the business is determined by personal characteristics, practical skills, interpersonal skills and creative and critical thinking during decision making. Skills can be learnt from different sources and acquired while knowledge enables the entrepreneur to discover or figure out the…
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