Characteristics of an entrepreneur - insights from Luke Johnson
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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Few people write better than Luke Johnson on what it means to be an entreprenuer…
I’m hoping that Luke Johnson will be able to join us as a speaker at the Business Teacher National Conference in June 2009. So I’ve been going back over some of my favourite links to his writing.
I came across this superb comparison of the main differences between corporate “types” and entrepeneurs. Although written tongue-in-cheek, the list really does hit home for me, having spent more time than I should have done working for and with bureaucratic corporates!
Lots of really useful insights here for business students, particularly when we’re considering the characteristics of what makes an entreprenuer (AQA Unit 1, Edexcel Unit 1)
My favourites in Luke’s excellent list are:
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