I am authentic .... …..and highly motivated ….... I can accept small risks and I want to lead and I can’t accept too many instructions from others! My eyes will be scorching and sending smokes signals right away…. I can work in any environment and adaptable to any situation. I am not easily intimidated….....I can work for more than 10 hours a day. I am tough and so resilient….... I can accept failures and I will bounce back and never give up too easily! I try to be innovative and creative in order to sustain my business and differentiate from others. I am an entrepreneur!
The above mentioned are the common characteristics that you should posses in order to remain successful in your entrepreneurial activities.
| | Traditional Managers | Entrepreneurs | Intrapreneurs |
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| Primary | Promotion and other | Independence, | Independence and ability to |
| motives | traditional, corporate | opportunity | advance in the corporate rewards |
| | rewards, such as office, | to create, and money | |
| | staff, and power | | |
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| Time | Short term- meeting | Survival and achieving | Between entrepreneurial and |
| orientation | quotas, | 5-to 10 year growth of | traditional managers, depending |
| | and budgets, weekly, | growth | |
| | monthly, quarterly, and | business | on urgency to meet self-imposed |
| | the annual planning | | |
| | horizon | | and corporate timetable |
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| Activity | Delegates and | Direct involvement | Direct involvement more |
| | supervises | | |
| | more than direct | | than delegation |
| | involvement | | |
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| Risk | Careful | Moderate risk taker | Moderate risk taker |
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| Status | Concerned about | Not concerned about | Not concerned about traditional |
| | status symbols | status symbols | status symbols - desires |
| | | | independence |
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| Failure and | Tries to avoid mistakes | Deals with mistakes | Attempts to hide risky projects |
| mistakes | and surprises | and failures | from view until ready |
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| Decisions | Usually agrees with | Follows dream with | Able to get others to agree to |
| | those in | decision | help achieve dream |
| | in upper management | | |
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| Who serves | Others | Self and customers | Self, customers, and sponsors |
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| Family history | Family members | Entrepreneurial | Entrepreneurial small - business, |
| | worked for large | small business, | professional, or farm background |
| | | professional, | |
| | organizations | or farm background | |
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| Relationship | Hierarchy as basic | Transactions and | Transactions within hierarchy |
| with others | relationship | deal making as | |
| | | basic relationship | |
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