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let's take a look at entrepreneurial

leadership in general an entrepreneur is

a task oriented and charismatic person

entrepreneurs drive themselves and

others relentlessly yet their

personalities also inspire others

although some authorities disagree about

whether an entrepreneurial personality

exists evidence is accumulated that many

entrepreneurs share a recognizable

personality pattern entrepreneurs have

stronger achievement motives than most

other leaders to accomplish what they

think needs to be accomplished

entrepreneurs are willing to work

extraordinary hours the 12-hour day

seven day a work week is not unusual

entrepreneurs are highly enthusiastic

partially because they're so excited

about their achievements the enthusiasm

of entrepreneurs often develops into

passion a theoretical analysis of the

entrepreneurial passion suggests that is

invested in three roles first is the

inventor role of recognizing an

opportunity such as seeing the need for

a product or a service second is the

founder role of creating the venture

with all the associated managerial and

leadership responsibilities third is the

developer role of growing the venture

such as expanding into the global market

the natural link is that

entrepreneurship is inherently proactive

to be an entrepreneurial one has to scan

the environment and find an opportunity

and then capitalize on the opportunity

entrepreneurs are noted for seizing upon

opportunity when a deal is on the

horizon they push themselves and those

around them extra hard well engaged in

one meeting their minds typically begin

to focus on the next entrepreneurs at

their best are visionaries as with other

types of effective leaders they see

opportunities others fail to observe

specifically they have the ability to

identify a problem and arrive at a

solution entrepreneurs are not ideal

suited by temperament to working within

the mainstream of a bureaucracy many

successful entrepreneurs are people who

are frustrated by the constraints of a

bureaucratic system one reason that

entrepreneurs have difficulty with

bureaucracy is that they focus their

energies on products services and

customers rather than on employees

entrepreneurs have been pronounced

characteristic of thinking about future

ideas and business opportunities even

before the current business is running

smoothly one reason that many

entrepreneurs focus on the future is

that their enthusiasm and passion for

their present product or service may

fade over time it might help to change

and refine ideas rather than sticking to

the same plan as the entrepreneur learns

about his or her product customers in

the market

the original idea might evolve

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