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examines levels and determinates of entrepreneurial activity in over 30 countries.
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Do you want to unleash creativity inyour organisation?
Have you been losing your brightestand best innovators?
Are you trying to decide whether toback an idea or a business?
Is there a part of your businessthat might flourish, givengreater autonomy?Are you wondering whether youhave got what it takes to be a
successful entrepreneur?Have you been thinking about howto balance the leadership team in astart-up or VC-backed business?
This study gives some criticalinsights into the behavioursof successful entrepreneurs andthe conditions that help them tofocus their energy and passion.Whether you are startingyour own business, or making
investment decisions, or seekingto foster entrepreneurialinnovationwithin a largerbusiness, the picture we paintof successful entrepreneurshipwill help you to get more valuefrom your investment of time,energy or capital.It is quite healthy to think occasionally
about wanting to change the world.
However, few of us can say, hand on
heart, that we’ve actually done
anything about it. We all have our
own very good reasons why we’re
comfortable where we are, doing
what we’re doing. Why rock
the boat?
Good question. One that we have put
to a group of high-profile individuals
who, in a small or not so small way
have harnessed their passion and theirdetermination to change the way the
business world works and to achievephenomenal success in doing so.
Who are we talking about? Rebels?Revolutionaries? Pioneers? Probably all
of those things. These people aresuccessful entrepreneurs.
Take an individual like Robin Saxby,of ARM Holdings. He embodies the
very best entrepreneurialcharacteristics, including the ability to
spot future potential; to turn simpleconcepts into huge profits; to tackleand take advantage of long termopportunities; to push out the
boundaries and create the conditionsfor success; to invest heavily in the
future; to achieve the impossible.We wanted to know what makespeople like Robin so special, whatmakes them tick, what they do, say,think and feel that makes themsuccessful. And what makes themget out of bed seven days a week atsome unearthly hour in the morning,
with the kind of sustained energy and
enthusiasm that would exhaust most
people just thinking about it. And
we thought that you might want to
know too.
Our research has important
implications. The competenciesidentified provide huge potentialfor the financial community to raisethe quality of their investmentdecisions by making tangible, theintangible characteristics of successfulentrepreneurs. It will also help seniorexecutives develop a moreentrepreneurial culture within theexisting business: or to set up a
new one, to carefully balance therequirements of the entrepreneursthey need to recruit, with those ofthe organisation itself.“We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.”Louis Aragon, French Poet and AuthorEntrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship is at the top ofthe social, political and economicagenda. It has become a fashionablebuzz word and yet in the UK it’scertainly more about talk than action.For example, the US register
proportionately more patents than
the UK. Despite the interest and the
economic arguments, the UK is not to
be found amongst the front ranks of
entrepreneurial activity. Yet