Entries for January 08, 2007

I recently talked with Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, about his new book, The Entrepreneurial Imperative. Here are excerpts of our conversation.

Who are entrepreneurs?

That goes to the question of are they born or made? It's very hard from a personality perspective to identify them. You can't tell from shaking hands with someone whether [he or she is] an entrepreneur. They believe they can tell who's the entrepreneur in the room. They think they have certain special traits such as being gregarious, or they radiate risk-taking readiness. It's a nice thing to want to believe.