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Why do entrepreneurial parents have entrepreneurial children?
Across all three studies, the people who become successful entrepreneurs were more likely to have teenage histories of defying their parents, staying out past their curfews, skipping school, shoplifting, gambling, drinking alcohol, and smoking marijuana.
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Parental belief that their kids can do anything becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that informs their later entrepreneurial pursuits.
David C. Baker • The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth
When entrepreneurs consume the products of the entrepreneurship industry, it increases their confidence and decreases perceived risks, but usually without materially increasing their chances of success. In this sense, the industry could perhaps be seen as an industrial-scale manufacturer of “picks and shovels” that ultimately produce poor performin... See more
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Children naturally try to emulate their parents, at least in the early years, and for the most part a child's values are a direct reflection of his parents', either conformingly aligned or diametrically opposed.
Jacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence
Studies indicate that parents do have some influence, but it is transmitted by their unique relationship with each child,
Samuel Barondes • Making Sense of People: Detecting and Understanding Personality Differences
On the supply side, according to a Dartmouth study on latent entrepreneurship, 71% of Americans (110M) would prefer to be self-employed. This huge contingent of aspiring entrepreneurs suggests that many individuals will embark down the “enterprization of consumer” journey, initially exploring side hustles and earning supplemental income, with some ... See more
Li Jin • Four implications of disruption theory for the Passion Economy
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Raising our kids and being an entrepreneur wasn’t easy. Being in a startup and having a successful relationship and family was very hard work. But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents.
Steve Blank • Steve Blank Epitaph for an Entrepreneur
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