Successful entrepreneurs
Paul Smith & John Lewis are the founders of the company Callida Consulting and are successful entrepreneurs. Research needs to be done on them. 1. Write a report in which you summarise your most important learning and insights you have gatheredOrder Description
• Why can this person be categorised as an entrepreneur?
• What type of entrepreneur is your chosen entrepreneur?
• What are your entrepreneur’s major talents and shortcomings (as an entrepreneur)?
• How would you describe your entrepreneur’s temperament?
• How would you describe the entrepreneurial orientation of the person you are studying?
• What things motivate your entrepreneur to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities?
• What surprised you most about your entrepreneur’s behaviour?
• Through your research, what was confirmed /contradicted about entrepreneurship?
• What new insights emerged?
• How important is teamwork to your entrepreneur?
• What hurdles did he/she overcome?
• What mistakes did he/she make?
• Of what importance was networking to your entrepreneur?
• Which “tools of the trade” is he/she using?
• What factors support/hinder his/her entrepreneurial behaviour?
• In what ways does this study inform your knowledge of entrepreneurship?