1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?
Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker explains what an entrepreneur is and defines the term "entrepreneurship" as well as what true innovation is.
2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?
I found Innovation and Entrepreneurship to be very insightful. There were certain subtle distinctions that Drucker made that made a lot of sense to me. For example, in this course, we have learned that we can become entrepreneurs and that our personality traits and characteristics can help us. In this book, it was pointed out that entrepreneurship is not a personality trait. It can help, but that is not what makes an entrepreneur.
3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?
In this book, Drucker says that innovation (an important aspect of entrepreneurship) ought to be simple. I think it would be a good exercise to look at a couple of big ideas and describe them in one or two sentences.
4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?
I found it really surprising that Drucker says we ought to innovate for the present, not the future. I would expect that innovation ought to be done with the future in mind but I can understand why he would emphasize the importance of the present.
Hey Rana, the book you read sounds like it was really interesting and helpful! The point about entrepreneurship not being a personality trait was interesting because I never really thought about it like that. You do not need to be born an entrepreneur to make yourself one. I also find it surprising that he says we should innovate for the present not the future since the point of innovating is to advance from where we are. Great work on this post!
ReplyDeleteHey Rana, great job on your post. I had never heard of Peter Drucker before but he seems like a very intelligent individual. He makes great points about becoming an entrepreneur and how the most important part is to have the right mindset and motivation to actually carry out your tasks. I was surprised about the innovating for the present not the future part initially, but upon second thought it does make a lot of sense to deal with the here and now.
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ReplyDeleteI like how you made the distinction between what traits actually make an entrepreneur rather than what people think. I think your reading will prove to be very helpful not only for the rest of this course, but the values you learned from Mr. Drucker will stay with you in whatever you decide to pursue! Keep it up, great work on this post!
Hey Rana, this seems like a perfect book to connect with the concepts of this entrepreneurship class. I agree with the author that entrepreneurship is not a personality trait but a tool you use to help you become an entrepreneur. The exercise you came up with sounds like a very easy and comprehensible activity that would help with understanding entrepreneurship.
ReplyDeleteHi Rana, this book seems great. It really seems like it helps with this class a lot. Considering the fact that this class is all about entrepreneurship and this reading defines entrepreneurship, I think that this is the perfect reading for this class. Great job with the post.
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