AEE: Session 5: Enterprise or enterpreneurial: The devil is in the detail

1. Enterprising or Entrepreneurial:
The devil is in the detail

2. Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Education
An Education System Fit for an
Entrepreneur

3. Which of these occupations need the
same skills today as 15 years ago?
• Chef
• Accountant
• Electrician
• Software writer
• Travel consultant
• Carpenter
• Car mechanic
• Aircraft pilot
• Pharmacist

4. Which of these occupations disappear
in the next 15 years?
• Chef
• Accountant
• Electrician
• Software writer
• Travel consultant
• Carpenter
• Car mechanic
• Aircraft pilot
• Pharmacist

7. The future of work is:
• Transparent
• Flat
• Competitive
• On demand

8. The drivers of entrepreneurship
• Governments (Employment, social affairs &
inclusion)
• Support organisations and businesses
• Literature (text books, success biography)
• Media

9. Some realities about entrepreneurship (?)
• Most business are started
in the person’s
occupation
• Most so called
entrepreneurs are
actually self-employed
• Claims of being happier
are disputed
• The industry you set up in
has a profound impact on
success
• Not every one is creative
enough to differentiate
themselves
• Most new businesses are
started by the over 50’s
• Very few new business
find new customers
• Vast majority of
businesses are rent
seeking through trading
and services

10. Around 40% of people working
today have jobs that can be done at
home and as self employed

11. Questions