Marc Ventresca’s recent presentation at TEDx Oxford asks us to rethink the idea of the entrepreneur. He believes, if I have him right, that we subscribe too heavily to the “heroic” model, the one that says entrepreneurs take risks others refuse, freeing themselves from the bounds of convention.
Who and What Is an Entrepreneur?
Marc Ventresca’s recent presentation at TEDx Oxford asks us to rethink the idea of the entrepreneur. He believes, if I have him right, that we subscribe too heavily to the “heroic” model, the one that says entrepreneurs take risks others refuse, freeing themselves from the bounds of convention. Ventresca, a professor at the Said Business […]
July 25, 2011
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