"Can You Learn to be an Entrepreneur?" from "Teach a CEO"

Entrepreneurship is more than a popular buzzword. It is a way of life. There has been an ongoing argument about whether entrepreneurs are born or made so we asked entrepreneurs and business owners if someone can learn to be an entrepreneur. Megan Andrus, president of "My Accessory Business" comments on what she believes it takes to be an Entrepreneur in this "Teach a CEO" blog post. 

from "Can You Learn to be an Entrepreneur?"

Yes…If They’re A Self-Starter

Photo Credit: Megan Andrus

I think you can teach someone the values of entrepreneurship, but they have to already be enough of a self-starter to do it on their own. I have had several friends ask me about wanting to go into business with me, so I test them and say, “ok, well let’s start researching this and that” so I give them sorta an assignment to see what they come back to me with and I also do my own part to research. Usually I get nothing back from them, or if I gave them something to look at, they end up not even reading it. That’s how you know that they’re not serious about starting a business with you they really want you to do all the work and then let them do the fun stuff. No thanks! Basically, I think you show someone the ropes of what it takes to do it on their own, but without that drive to do it on their own, they’ll always be an employee. Working for people in the beginning showed me how to later do it myself.

Thanks Megan Andrus, My Accessory Business!

See more here: http://teach.ceoblognation.com/2012/11/30/can-you-learn-to-be-an-entrepreneur-answers/