My Take On Whether Entrepreneurship Can Be Taught

There’s a pretty interesting battle going online between Vivek Wadhwa (nurture) and Mark Suster (nature) on whether entrepreneurship can be taught.

My short take:

• What can’t be taught: the risk-tolerance to start a business
• What can be taught: how to become an above-average-to-great entrepreneur (which can reduce the risk, and, thus, allow for an easier path to entrepreneurship)

I was going to write a much longer post about this, but Suster beat me to it (and much better than I would have done).  I strongly encourage you to read both articles by clicking on their names at the top of this post. (Note: their POV’s are from venture-backed technology startups.)

What are your thoughts?

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