Top Ten Policy Imperatives in Promoting Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Job Creation

Optimistic version… J

Top Ten Policy Imperatives in Promoting Entrepreneurship

and Entrepreneurial Job Creation

Thou shalt... 

1. Design Policy and Tactics Bottom-Up, not Top-Down

2. Avoid “Amateur Night”

3. Strategic Intent, Not “Shiny Baubles” (“ooh.. there goes a rabbit”?)

4. Understand Dynamics of Job Creation… Deeply

5. Understand the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem… Deeply

6. Understand the Entrepreneurial Mindset… Deeply

(novice-to-expert, not skills/knowledge)

7. Immerse… Deeply

8. Be Bold / Disruptive or… Go Home (not incremental)

9. Wield the Bully Pulpit – Celebrate, Educate, Initiate

10. Leverage Connectivity

So.... what did I miss? What needs to be cut? Changed?

Top Ten Myths & Misconceptions about Entrepreneurship

Top Ten Myths & Misconceptions about Entrepreneurship

                     (so what do YOU think?)

1. Entrepreneurship is About Making Money

2. Entrepreneurs are Born, not Made

3. Entrepreneurship is About Great Ideas

4. Entrepreneurship is About Great Entrepreneurs

5. There is a Shortage of Capital

6. Entrepreneurs Fail Most of the Time

7. Jobs at Entrepreneurial Firms are Inferior

8. Entrepreneurs & Small Businesses Are Essentially the Same

9. Small Firms are the Job Creators

            You have to be small/new to be entrepreneurial

10. We Can Have Innovation without Innovators;

We Can Have Entrepreneurship without Entrepreneurs

Bonus Myth: Business Plans, Not Business Models