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Entrepreneurship as DISEASE
Prepared by: Walid Saafan
Jan 2016
Author:
Jeff StibelChairman and CEO of Dun &
Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
HBR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
What does it mean to be an entrepreneur?
Risk taker
Inventor
Small business
owner
Plain crazy or lucky
Nooooooooo
Being an entrepreneur is something
far different than what most
people think
Behavior!
Business type!
Title!
NO
T
Entrepreneurism is a Disease,
Not sure it is always good!
“Larry Ellison”
yachts
“Bill Gates“66,000-square foot smart house
“Ted Turner”
2 million acres of land
“Larry Page”
747
all in, all the time
love what they do
and obsess over it
En
trep
ren
eurs
willingness
character trait
labor of love
enthusiasm that cannot be trained
a condition that cannot be treated
an illness that cannot be caught
You’ve either got it or you don’t
Do you wake up before your alarm goes off,
hop out of bed excited to go to work? (good)
Do you race to the car, forgetting breakfast,
your morning coffee, and the paper? (better)
Halfway to work, do you look down, realize you
forgot to shower, shave, or get dressed? (great)
entrepreneurialism; cure unknown
Not derived by Money
relying on strengths and avoiding weaknesses
Energy
confidence level
tendency to acquire subject-matter expertise
leveraging core competencies
If you are an entrepreneur, use it to your advantage
But if not, don’t try to become one
figure out what you do best and aim to do it better
than anyone else.
And if your organization needs an entrepreneur for
it to succeed, just hire one.
