Week 3 Reading Reflections

Week 3 Reading Reflections

Through this week’s readings, I found the study of and examination of the dark side of entrepreneurship interesting. The various types of risk associated with maximizing an opportunity to create value around the solution can have risks financially, on a career track, for family, socially, not to mention the psychic risks that can all lead to stress on the individual or the other aspects of their life. The reading overall this chapter I felt was rather straight forward focusing on the pitfalls of risks and while balancing ethical dilemmas. Two questions I would like to ask the author would be:

1.       What role does the obstacle of controlling stress play in the longevity of successful entrepreneurs?

2.       How has the incorporation of ethics in entrepreneurial decisions effected the innovation and playing field for entrepreneurs versus larger corporate entities?

There wasn’t anything that I’d disagree content wise with the author. I felt as though the content in the chapter helped shape a new perspective on how things have changed since the financial collapse of the early 2000s and how that has shaped entrepreneurial decisions.