One success trait that is common to entrepreneurs at the extreme ends of the continuum is an unusually high drive for success. The entrepreneur that gravitates to the start up operations of a company has a strong drive to initiate revolutionary change. People at this end of the continuum have the ability to break out of existing paradigms generating ‘‘less expected and probably less acceptable solutions’’ (Kirton, 1988). On this end of the continuum we find the Warrior Entrepreneur. They love the fray; the everyday battles that challenge their interpersonal and cognitive skills. However, on the opposite end of the continuum dwells the Empire Builder Entrepreneur. This is the individual that has a strong drive for planning strategies and applying systematic step-by-step approaches to business. (Lynch 1986; Mintzberg, 1989). I propose that if we place either entrepreneur at the opposite end of their cognitive abilities they will fail. In other words, the Warrior struggles to make money when the social structure requires building the organization and the Empire Builder will be defeated in the battle of new company start ups.
Some people are more gifted at making money than others. A small portion of the population makes a substantial amount of money. Are MONEY MAKERS in the right place at the right time and if so, why are they there all the time? My research will show that some people have inherited MONEY MAKING traits.
Friday, August 12, 2011
WHERE THE MONEY-MAKER DWELLS
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