The reluctant entrepreneur

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Nov 10, 2023 · 8m

The standard view with #entrepreneurship is that somebody sees an opportunity, and they pursue that opportunity. From my perspective, it’s actually the opposite: the opportunity finds you. You do not necessarily want to go through all of the work of being an entrepreneur, but the problem is so pervasive and important as soon as you raise your hand that it exists, people want to support that particular solution. You get thrust into entrepreneurship, regardless of whether you want to or not. You almost get pulled, kicking and screaming into the role of entrepreneur because of the problem is so…