Are Entrepreneurs Born or Created

Ceated? Is that an Irish or Welsh thing?

I think I know what you meant, though. I personally think that it takes a special kind of person to be an entrepreneur. I think it takes a different kind of spirit... kind of restless spirt that is not willing to be a round peg in a round hole or compromise their life or settle for "normal". It really doesn't have anything to do with the money, I think. The money is just a measuring stick that we use to mark progress... at least in my eyes....

I think while some people can naturally do entrepreneur work more easily than another person, I think everyone is capable of being an entrepreneur in some way Just about the amount of effort and ability to understand/comprehend/adapt to that mindset is what sets people apart for the most part.

Some people just may find it in different ways than others, and different fields, too.

created definately the only people that are born with gifts are psychics, geniuses to a certain extent and singers everything else is learnt behaviour.
Regards
vivi62

People are not born with the skills or mindset required to become entrepreneurs.

It is the environment you live in. The things you learn in your life time. The people you are around. The type of interests you build at a young age.

Some people do it much better than others because they are more suited for the type of work according to their past experience.

Well, if someone is born and influenced by parents or close relatives who were already entrepreneurs, that means they are "created" from their environment. It does not mean they have an "entrepreneurial" gene that allows someone born to be successful :rolleyes:

It's all about your ability to make "connections"

My mother made me an entrepreneur by labeling us as poor, as if there were no way out. It drove me insane and I knew that when I grew up, I would never have to say those things to my kids.

Created, as long as you do something about it. like get off your butt and start trying something. No one owes anyone a living, you just got to sort your own stuff out and try, try and try again until you get the right process.

Entrepreneurs are definitely born, but that doesn't mean they'll be successful entrepreneurs. You can easily tell who the unsuccessful ones are because they're the ones who gripe about coming in to work everyday. (Poor things!)

If you have any education at all you know that you are not born anthing, possible to have genes that make you good or benefit you in something....last time I checked there was no biological sequence/entity representing entrepreneurs.

I think that people can naturally have certain personality traits. However, I also think that a person can work on bettering himself/herself.

Because we have not full knowledge of everything, generally speaking, I find it hard to say right of the bat that things are impossible to achieve.

Both! Sometimes they are born. Other times they are created through enterprise. Often maybe nurtured. It all boils down to 'dedire', some luck and the passion and energy to follow a good idea 'through'.

Sometimes it's more a case of whether the right idea finds the right person... Or vise versa...

Well, entrepreneurs are made...

You can say that the Prince of Wales was born to be a King but
other than that nobody else is born to be something.

Some are just fast learners, have a sharp mind and are
talented (like natural communicators and those with
inborn people skills) that's why they seem to be more
successful than others but everybody has to learn.

I still don't know whether I was born or created... And I think if you think deep enough, it will easily get confusing.

All I know is that I am an entrepreneur now... and that I know because I work mostly to grow a business... rather than working in it.

LB

Definitely born. Or at least formed in the first few years of life through abnormal circumstances.

A CNN article? How about an article from a real scientific journal...

One of my sociology professors brought up a good point about twin studies. It was not about this particular study. However, the point he made was relevant to all twin studies.

Identical twins, like the 870 pairs in the study, have identical genes. The genetics that one twin has, the other must have as well. So, if they find even one pair of twins, that differ, you can not prove your point. If one of the twins have entrepreneurial tendencies and the other twin does not, it proves that genetics has nothing to do with it. It proves the hypothesis (if that is their hypothesis) to be incorrect.

What would be interesting to see is if Scott Shane and his researchers did further studies on identical twins. Random selection of identical twins is necessary. Attempting to find pairs of identical twins with entrepreneurial tendencies is the key. The way to prove that entrepreneurial tendencies are genetic can be by finding one twin with entrepreneurial tendencies and then finding out if the other twin in the same pair also has entrepreneurial tendencies. You can survey 800 pairs of identical twins. 799 of the 800 pairs of twins can have identical entrepreneurial tendencies. If 1 pair out of the 800 contains one twin with entrepreneurial tendencies and the other twin does not contain the same tendencies, then you can not say that entrepreneurial tendencies is genetically inherited.

The article provided does nothing to actually prove to the reader that entrepreneurial tendencies are genetic. All it can say is that genetics "may" have a part to do with it. Which I can believe. That, at most, is correct.

I think it is learned at a very early stage in life.

I have been involved with tons of mastermind groups with some very smart and successful people. The one thing they seem to do differently is compete with themselves.

Most of the worlds population competes against each other for what they view as meaningful symbols of success or status.

Entrepreneurs compete against themselves to be the best person / business owner they can be.

As it turns out when you constantly measure yourself against the best you can be, you become what is perceived as "great" at many things very quickly due to all the mediocre achievers in the world

I agree with Eddie here.

It is the environment you live in. The things you learn in your life time. The people you are around. The type of interests you build at a young age.

Entrepreneurs are created...

Yes, people are just born to make money... - no sarcasm

No one, ever, has taught me a single thing about business, or making money, however I was selling on eBay before I was old enough to have a job, owned serveral websites, including eCommerce sites throughout high school, and now make a full time living on the web... I never took a class, no one ever sat me down and told me the basics of business, or how to treat customers, some people are just meant to make jobs, and the rest are meant to work said jobs, that is just how the world works.

I think if you have the right mindset then you can be real entrepreneur. So you can create yourself one. But nobody born with entrepreneur mindset. That means every entrepreneur is created. Some people have to learn less some people have to learn more or set up the the entrepreneur mindset.
That's my opinion.

It's all circumstantial, the one you least expect to do something might be the next big entrepreneur. I don't think we're born or created, it's either you do it or you don't.

No one is born. Evolution has caused some of us to be slightly better at somethings than others but everyone can learn it.

There are things our parents, family, friends, peers, and education failed to teach us but we can always go back,and learn these skills. Surround yourself with the right people, the right techniques, and work hard.

-Mindgames

From a "philosophical" point of view, I believe entrepreneurial behavior is a core characteristic and thus you're born with it. There are people who prefer to follow, and others who prefer to step out of the beaten path.

Without a doubt some people are "wired" in a way which might allow them to make money easier than others, some people have a natural talent to draw, craft or do well in a subject without trying.

But we see it daily. On crappy UK TV atleast. 'Celebrity cook', 'dancing on ice' or 'so you think you can dance'. People with no background of the subject are set the challenged to learn how to cook or dance - they train for hours upon hours and they get good at it and they make progress even though they have never done it in the past - so much progress that they can match the professionals.

So i firmly believe anyone an be an Entrepreneur, it just takes practice for most.

Entrepreneurs are born and made, how? I say some people have natural traits - talents - that when given a chance to exploit them will not find any hardships in excelling unlike others. Entrepreneurship is a talent just like a sports talent, some sportsmen do not need a lot of input (but they need it) to excel while some may never even excel even after a lot of input.

Nobody is born an entrepreneur. It can be learnt. It takes certain attributes to be a successful entrepreneur, such as the courage to seize opportunities, the discipline to take action, and the ambition to grow the business. If you have these attributes, you are more likely to succeed.

The "genius gene" is passed on by Xmas sex.

Like anything, there is "aptitude" and then there are those that have a "gift".

As a piano player I had "aptitude". I simply willed my way to play pieces I really didn't possess the talent to play through shear brute will and dedication - but I never was a "gifted" pianist.

I think Entrepreneur's are the same. Sure you can have success and you can study those in your field and "model" their approaches, etc... but the truly "gifted" well, that is something that you either have or don't.

The beauty of it is, you don't have to be "gifted" to have tremendous success and wealth. In fact, many that are, are cursed by their own gifts and it's often times much better to be dedicated than gifted. The rare find is something that is both - truly dedicated but also gifted...

The vast majority of successful entrepreneur's, however, are not so much "gifted" as they are relentless in their dedication...

Hi,

Entrepreneur are those that are able to take the necessary risks and persist where others drop off quickly! A significant array of factors contribute to whether you are able to walk the 'tight-rope' and at times venture into foreign terriorty.

At the end of the day, ask your Mom. She can often tell you without blinking an eye!

cheers, Patrick

"Hard work will always beat talent when talent refuses to work hard" This is my modo.

Everything in my life was a hustle. I had to grind to get money. I've also had the worst luck in the world. Almost died at the age of 18. But through hard work and determination made my first six figures by 20. Started out selling clothing and accessories out of the trunk of my car when I first started to drive (16yrs old) and I just built up from there. The power and the secret is in what I call, creating momentum.

Create the momentum and you can achieve anything. Dreams become limitless. Always remember, everything is achievable through hard work and determination.

I think it's both Created and born.

I think I know what you meant by that, though. I myself think that it takes learning and you need to be a special kind of person to be an entrepreneur.

But, like I said it's a mix.

Hmmm, 1. So far I haven't seen a single post on birth order. It has a lot to do with how you are viewed and interacted with inside the family social structure. 2. I haven't seen a single post on the destructive power of public education. Public education doesn't even teach mediocrity very well any more.

Thomas

We all do not have the same capability and sense of understanding, some people are naturally gifted and go getters. For me, i think entrepreneurs are not born because a lot of people have all it takes but still do the nine to five dirty job.

I think it is who we are? A lot of things can determine this, luck, environment, mindset, strength and a few others.

The simple answer is "Yes". They are born and created. But just being born with the right goods doesn't make you a success. Also being taught the skills if you don't have the personality and drive to keep at it won't let you succeed. So Yes, it takes both.

Born = has the innate skills to organize people, ideas and things to create value (or the sense of value) and make money.

Made = forced to by circumstances, typically. There are a lot of people out there running their own businesses right now who otherwise would not be doing so, if it weren't for a lousy economy. Then there are others who were born into a situation (Dad owned the business, and when he retired they got it, or were forced to share it with siblings or some other arrangement...but somehow they got a business handed to them).

What an interesting discussion! Thanks for starting it!

I think there are WAY too many variables to say that this or that is the determining factor. And I think anyone CAN be an entrepreneur as long as they have the desire and determination and ability to learn, but success being an entrepreneur comes as much from hard work as it does from the ability to put the pieces together, and a bit of luck riding the curve has never hurt either!

Mental attitude has a LOT to do with it. As a kid I was constantly told I couldn't do anything, couldn't have anything, couldn't count on anything. It took a long time for me to override that mental conditioning. Once I did overcome it, I managed to support myself reasonably well as a self-employed person, and have been doing so for almost two decades. In taking it to the next step I'm finding that my mindset has needed major massaging. And it started with my attitude about money.

Money is a tool. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The other thing that needed to change was trading a service for a set amount of money. This is unsustainable over the long haul and won't allow for growth if I'm the only one providing the service for my own company. Either I have to be able to outsource, or I have to sell a different product that can be sold over and over again.

Great insights on this thread, even if I don't agree with everyone. LOTS of food for thought.

This reminds me of a paper that i wrote in high school in my calculus class about leadership. My teacher was my basketball coach's mother, and i basically wrote that leaders are born not created. After she read my paper, she told me that she disagreed, and that i'm a great leader on the basketball team even though i didn't think so.

So do i think that entrepreneurs are born or created? Hmmm... honestly, i tend to follow the notion that BOTH kind of entrepreneurs are created. Some are born gifted, and others are created out of entropy. Agree or disagree?

Your success is what you make it - do you intend to work, or expect to be blessed without any effort?

Four years ago, my husband became ill and could no longer be the primary breadwinner of the family. The Lord gave me the knowledge, motivation and faith to take over. Unless you are lazy and unmotivated to do any work,you CAN achieve your goals, and live a life that if not affected by governmental factors. Yes, the unemployment rate is horrible, and people are stuggling all over the U.S to make ends meet - but faith in the Lord and a willingness to do whatever HE directs you to do can work miracles. I am living proof of that! Trust in the Lord, and don't be afraid to WORK

I don't think entrepreneurs are born, nurture plays a big part in it in my opinion