Note: Starting today, I will recommend the use of “Entrepreneurship” in place of “Technopreneurship” for a number of reasons. First is that I’ve come to realize that they are one and the same. Second is that there is a tendency for some individuals, especially the techie types (that includes me), to focus too much on [...]
Over the past few months I have learned and collected a list of principles that make technopreneurship unique from entrepreneurship. Here is that list:
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I have learned that there are no special principles that make technopreneurship unique from entrepreneurship: Both regard innovation critical in remaining competitive in the marketplace, both regard management important [...]
“…being an entrepreneur is not a personality characteristic, it is a learned skill…An entrepreneur doesn’t seek risk; he or she tries to minimize risk…it’s actually about managing uncertainty. What is teachable is how, given your character, you can live in an entrepreneurial way–as opposed to changing your character.”
–Prof. P. W. Marshall. Entrepreneurship: It Can Be [...]
This article got me thinking a few days ago about how to structure the technology entrepreneurship education program in Davao City. We can’t blame Jack Welch and other executives for regarding MBA programs as nothing more than networking tools. I for one would agree that some B-school subjects are too academic to be immediately applied [...]
