To be entrepreneurs people need to identify (and exploit) opportunities. Researchers have nailed down a few factors that are tied to being good at opportunity recognition (and can be learnt).

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Women-founded startups raise only 2% of VC funds. Because many high-growth ventures rely on early-stage equity capital, women’s access to this type of funding is far from trivial if the goal is to achieve parity with men. Could it be that women are presenting deals that are simply not suitable for investment? Or is it that women are discriminated against in the financing process?

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Entrepreneurs are held in high esteem – they are seen as inspiring, dynamic, and bold. In the public's mind, entrepreneurs are visionaries like Steve Jobs, daring risk-takers like Richard Branson, and mavericks like Elon Musk. However, the fact of the matter is that these figures are far from representative of the average entrepreneur – who is of no interest to the mainstream media.

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Intelligence has a major impact on the economic and social outcomes of individuals. While people like to believe that personality and traits such as emotional or social intelligence matter more than IQ, a matter-of-fact is that intelligence predicts attained occupational level and performance better than any other ability, trait, or disposition and better than job experience.

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Many of today's most resilient startups were launched during recessions. Consider Airbnb, which innovated short-term rentals; Uber, which disrupted the taxi industry; Slack, which modernised team communication; Groupon, which introduced daily deals; and Credit Karma, which made access to credit information easy. This raises the question: Are these companies simply exceptions to the rule, or do recessions indeed provide a fertile environment for launching new businesses?

Research using physiological biomarkers shows that over time, entrepreneurs' bodies start showing elevated stress hormones, more inflammation, and cardiovascular disease—more so than the bodies of employees.

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Entrepreneurs willingly embrace the uncertainty of future demand and, thus, the uncertainty of their livelihood. The question is, does it pay to venture?

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If you are interested in entrepreneurship and have ever searched the Internet for opinions on the value of higher education for entrepreneurs, you might get the impression that you could do as well or better without it. After all, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell dropped out of college and went on to become some of the most successful entrepreneurs. The college dropout has become a prototype of a successful entrepreneur.

Fortunately, the impact of formal education on entrepreneurs has been extensively researched. Join us in this episode to discover whether formal education hinders or fuels the entrepreneurial spirit. We will delve into:

“Risk taker” is one of the top descriptions of entrepreneurs. There is little doubt that entrepreneurs face risks and uncertainties to a greater extent than employees do. Unlike employees who receive fixed wages or investors who diversify their investments, entrepreneurs bet everything on an idea whose execution is uncertain and demand is unknown.

Given this, the perception is that most entrepreneurs must be more willing to take risk than the average person. But is the “risk taker” label really justified? Join us in this episode where we are going to explore:

Curious about what sets apart those who turn entrepreneurial intention into an entrepreneurial career? Tune into this episode where we are going to explore: