A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 2 Interpreted grounded theory of the entrepreneur: entrepreneurial behaviors - what the entrepreneur might do
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 |