7 Harmful Myths of Entrepreneurship

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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May. 11, 2014

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DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
7 HARMFUL MYTHS OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
1
Bill Aulet
Managing Director,
Martin Trust Center
for ...

DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2
Being an entrepreneur
is the new “cool” thing.
As a result,
demand for
entrepreneurship
is ...

DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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But is there sufficient
understanding of the topic?
Hmmm….

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Summary of a presentation I gave to lunch in Connecticut (Trinity College and UConn Business School) to talk about the current state of entrepreneurship

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Summary of a presentation I gave to lunch in Connecticut (Trinity College and UConn Business School) to talk about the current state of entrepreneurship

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Technology

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7 Harmful Myths of Entrepreneurship

DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP 7 HARMFUL MYTHS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP? 1 Bill Aulet Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship WWW.D-ESHIP.COM TWITTER: @BILLAULET What Are
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2 Being an entrepreneur is the new “cool” thing. As a result, demand for entrepreneurship is blowing up!
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3 But is there sufficient understanding of the topic? Hmmm….
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP 4 7 Whopping Lies Told About Entrepreneurs Which are Actually Damaging to All Parties Involved
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #1 - “Entrepreneurs are mercurial individualists” 5
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #2 - “Entrepreneurs are the smartest & most high achieving people in the room” 6
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #3 - “Entrepreneurs are born, not made” 7
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #4 - “Entrepreneurs love risk” 8
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #5 - “Entrepreneurs are successful because they are charismatic” 9
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #6 - “Entrepreneurs are lucky” 10
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP #7 - “Entrepreneurs are undisciplined” 11
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP If You Want More on the Lies … 1. You can find more description on most of these in my article “Six Whopping Lies Told About Entrepreneurs … Sometimes by Entrepreneurs Themselves,” in Forbes from July 10, 2013 (Hey, I added one more to make an even 7 when I gave the presentation last week) 2. To find it, just Google “Aulet Forbes Six Whopping Lies” 3. Or the direct link is at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2013/07/10/six- whopping-lies-told-about-entrepreneurs-sometimes-by- entrepreneurs-themselves/ 12
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP More info in General The book www.disciplinedentrepreneurship.com Or more simply www.d-eship.com Progress Dashboard www.detoolbox.com 13
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP Online course www.bit.ly/e-101 14
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP Successful Entrepreneurship = Spirit of a pirate Skills of a Navy Seal 15 +
DISCIPLINED ENTREPRENEURSHIP Illustrations done by the great Marius Ursache - @mariusursache on twitter 16