http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/04/23/entrepreneurial-motivation/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/04/23/entrepreneurial-motivation/#comment-47640 Why Start a Business - Home business Carnival #9 at Start a Side Business Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:25:00 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2006/04/23/entrepreneurial-motivation/#comment-47640 [...] Finding an answer, however proved to be more challenging! Mike Linksvayer points us to a very relevant set of studies on Entrepreneur Motivations. From the first study (Viralli 1991) of Italian Entrepreneurs, we learn that: Among multiple reasons that people can choose from, “aspiration to a higher income” is mentioned by less than half of the entrepreneurs as a motivation for engaging in entrepreneurship (47.1%). In contrast, non-pecuniary factors are considered to be much more important. [...] [...] Finding an answer, however proved to be more challenging! Mike Linksvayer points us to a very relevant set of studies on Entrepreneur Motivations. From the first study (Viralli 1991) of Italian Entrepreneurs, we learn that: Among multiple reasons that people can choose from, “aspiration to a higher income” is mentioned by less than half of the entrepreneurs as a motivation for engaging in entrepreneurship (47.1%). In contrast, non-pecuniary factors are considered to be much more important. [...]

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