A Systems View Across Time and Space
From: Obsessed maniacs and clairvoyant oracles: empirically validated patterns of entrepreneurial behavior
Thematic dimension | Thematic code category | Theme component |
---|---|---|
Behaviors: what the technology entrepreneur might do | Personal characteristics | Makes something |
 |  | Knows what is not known and does something about it |
 |  | Learns to be an entrepreneur |
 | Actively positioning for opportunity | Lives in the present, but dreams of the future |
 |  | Strategically networks and makes alliances |
 |  | Pursues merger, acquisition, or venture partnering |
 |  | Invests in strategic plans, market targeting, goal setting |
 |  | Invests personal resources in business idea |
 |  | Accepts change |
 |  | Makes the best of a bad situation |
 | Experiencing good fortune | Discovers talent |
 |  | Finds unexpected market opportunity |
 |  | Wings it without a plan |
 |  | Gains windfalls |
 |  | Makes his or her own luck scenarios and goes after them aggressively |
 |  | Was rejected or underappreciated by former employer |
 | Drive and perseverance | Always moves ahead |
 |  | Never gives up |
 |  | Is willing to make sacrifices, endures hardship |
 | Risk orientation | Practices risk management and risk reduction |
 | Fairness, sense of justice, civility | Believes it is business, not personal |
 |  | Cultivates healthy relationships within business |
 | Personal health and well-being, relationships - positive impacts | Maintains a healthy balance |
 |  | Finds family support |