I would like to lay my emphasis on three basic myths of
entrepreneurship, which I feel has made people feel out of place or hinder them
from advancing. The first myth is for people to think that “ENTREPRENEURS ARE
BORN NOT MADE”. The misconception that characteristics of entrepreneurs can’t
be taught or learned – that they are innate traits one must be born with- is
actually appalling. You find so many creative people all over the world jobless
because of their perception of life; what would be would be or some
superstitious believe that poverty is in their lineage. I am here to let you
know that you are what you repeatedly do excellence then is not an act but a
habit.”PERICLE” nobody is born great. The difference between entrepreneurs and
small business owners is that they are driven with energy and passion, ready to
take calculative risk to achieve what you could call the unimaginable to the
small business owner. People feel entrepreneurs are born with traits such as
aggressiveness, initiative and drive, a willingness to take risk, analytical
ability, and skill in human relations. Today however, the recognition of
entrepreneurship as a discipline is helping to dispel this myth. Like all
disciplines, entrepreneurship has models, processes, and case studies that
allow the topic to be studied and the knowledge to be acquired.
Secondly entrepreneurs have also been tagged as inventors. This
sound right, but am sorry it’s not. you do not
have to build a sky scraper or have the biggest manufacturing company in
the world to be an entrepreneur, neither do you have to create or manufacture
anything yourself rather when you sell your ideas to those who have the ability
to invent or create things you’ve practically become one of entrepreneurs in that business plan.
Entrepreneurship goes beyond invention; it requires absolute comprehension of
innovative behaviour in all its forms.
Aliko Dangote who is Nigeria’s first billionaire and richest
person, with an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion dollars, started his
career as a trader. He was only twenty one years old when he put the loan given
to him by his uncle into good use (Mars) .
As ordinary as he seemed then, today, he qualifies as extra ordinary. I bet his
uncle never knew his loan was going to transform his little nephew into one of
the world’s richest men.
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