Anatomy of an Entrepreneur
What makes an Entrepreneur?
We have heard from many about this – most of them have never been entrepreneurs. The Kauffman Foundation wrote a report in July 2009 titled (and link) “The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation”.
The authors of this report surveyed 549 entrepreneurs and have put together a brilliant and insightful report. The report is brilliant enough that I do not feel the need to editorialize it myself – so go ahead and have a read.
Kudos to the authors who are listed below.
- Vivek Wadhwa, Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University and Senior Research Associate, Harvard Law School
- Raj Aggarwal, Dean and Sullivan Professor College of Business Administration, The University of Akron
- Krisztina “Z” Holly, Executive Director, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Vice Provost for Innovation, University of Southern California; AND
- Alex Salkever Visiting Researcher Masters of Engineering Management Program Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
The Year 2009 themes
- In Sports: Bong Hits, Meth Hair and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- In Awards: Yet to achieve – Obama Peace Prize, Bernanke Person of Year, Bonuses for Wall Street
- In Economy: Economists get it wrong …. again
- In News: Choosing sides in making noise
- In Politics: Obama, Appalachian Trails, Death Panels, Nonsense debates. Lobbying is still bribery
- In Tech: Twitter, Facebook 300m, Google Wave, Layoffs
- In Business: Mortgage Meltdowns, Credit Card fees, Detroit, Airlines
- In Environment: Emails, Maldives, Copenhagen
- In Food: If it tastes good, it makes you fat
- In Family: Loss, New ones, thanksgiving
Bill Gates & Steve Ballmer – Offices
Bill Gates used to keep a very clean office (when he ran Microsoft), with lots of technology instead of paper
[Photo: Robyn Twomey, CNN]
Steve Ballmer on the other hand has one of those “Back to you” offices. Seems pretty functional.
[Photo: NYTimes]
