Eye For Opportunity
Mary Paulsell At The Columbia Tribune:
Someone asked me the other day what makes entrepreneurs different from other people. I think it’s in how they see the world.
Where most of us might see a challenge or a problem, entrepreneurs see an opportunity. And when most of us might assume the current way of doing things is acceptable, an entrepreneur will see a better way.
We try to teach students of entrepreneurship to develop skills in opportunity recognition - to develop a mind-set of “What if we did this?” That ability is what seems to set apart successful entrepreneurs.
Kay Wax never thought of herself as an entrepreneur, but she definitely has the gift for opportunity recognition. Kay was trained as a social worker. The last position she had working for someone else - before she started working for herself - was in a hospital, assisting patients with their return to life and work […]
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