People sometimes ask me why I spend time writing articles and blogs. My response is usually that I feel I have a responsibility to help others. Starting a business is not easy, and maybe my five cents worth will help. This thought was foremost in my mind when I clicked on an audio interview done by the Harvard Business Review with Dan McGinn called, What’s Wrong With Today’s Entrepreneurs. The interview was based on an article written in the Harvard Business Review by McGinn called “Too Many Pivots Too Little Passion” , you can read it and link to the interview here.
The article is based on McGinn reading a slew of new books on entrepreneurship such as; Launch Pad, Lean Startup and The Ultralight Startup. These books McGinn realized posited a new breed of entrepreneurship. In days of old, an entrepreneur was driven by passion, endured rejection, skepticism and financial deprivation to realize their dream. The new breed views entrepreneurship from the viewpoint of the end game, getting funded by Venture Capitalists. The idea is not driven by passion but by what will get them money, in the article McGinn highlights one example:
To read the original article: Innovation Excellence | A New Breed of Entrepreneur
