Revealed! Early Traits Of Becoming An Entrepreneur

I was reading an interesting article yesterday on Sunday Nation written by Sunny Bindra where the author says as a country we have become a nation of glorifying ‘tenderprenuers’ at the expense of the real entrepreneurs.

If you are lost as I was, a tenderprenuer is someone who masquerades as a legitimate businessperson while using political contacts to secure lucrative government contracts.



What follows is quick money, life on the fast lane, big cars, media coverage because hey, you are now one of the successful people in the country…people want to know how you did it…people want the same kind of success that you have…people envy you endlessly….if only people knew the shenanigans you employed to be where you are today.

But the people to be put on pedestals are none other than entrepreneurs who put on time and a lot of effort into their startup companies which later flourish to become companies to reckon with.
Can you know if you were born to be an entrepreneur? Is it something you can know when you are young or is it something which dawns on you one day when you have searched far and wide for a job but can’t find one and now you are like, “Uh, maybe I should try being an entrepreneur and see how that goes…..”
According to a new study by German and Swedish researchers, they found out that in comparison to people who did not found businesses, entrepreneurs were more likely to have displayed anti-social behaviour in their adolescence!

Here are some of the characteristics an entrepreneur might exhibit:
•    staying out later than allowed
•    Absenteeism
•    cheating in exams
•    getting drunk
•    smoking marijuana
•    shoplifting
•    loitering in town in the evening

Can you believe it! Do you write mwakenya? Skip classes? Smoke pot? You my dear friend could be exhibiting an entrepreneurial trait which you need to explore and see where it will take you. I kid you not!
The research also goes ahead to say that entrepreneurs often engage in “productive rule breaking” It suggest that mild acts of rebellion in the adolescent years could be a precursor to that useful skill.
What are your thoughts on this interesting research?

By Tabitha Makumi