The Nature of Entrepreneurship

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After attending a few classes based on entrepreneurship, I became more interested in the field.  But should it be considered a field?  Should entrepreneurs be confined by society’s job classifications?

A blog from itbusiness.ca describes the individualistic nature of entrepreneurs, but makes a paradoxical statement.  It characterizes the active startup community in Ottawa by stating that “true entrepreneurs… forge ahead regardless of the obstacles”.  This is an ability which all entrepreneurs must have, but it is this very perseverance which does not make an active startup community necessary.  For this reason, the blog’s statement contradicts itself.

Entrepreneurs are attracted to the challenge that innovation creates and must be crazy enough to take on the immense risk that comes with these unconventional ventures.  It does not make sense for the government or even society to standardize the study of entrepreneurship and create a facilitated setting for people to learn to be norm-defying thinkers.

As it was stated in the itbusiness.ca blog, an entrepreneur is naturally tenacious and does not require the forced help of society to succeed.