Personal Essay
An important component of entrepreneurship is understanding qualities and characteristics of an intrapreneur and entrepreneur. In this personal essay, students will be required to take a critical lens to understanding their own entrepreneurial skills.
Directions
In a 5-10-page paper, students will:
- Theories and Qualities of an Entrepreneur
- Describe the most important theories of entrepreneurship and qualities of an entrepreneur
- The Self-Assessment
- Reflect on the entrepreneurial self-assessment
- Write about observations from the assessment.
- Were you surprised or not surprised? Why?
- Reflect on the entrepreneurial self-assessment
- Self-SWOT Analysis
- Strengths: What do students think are their entrepreneurial strengths?
- Weakness: What do students think are their entrepreneurial strengths?
- Opportunities: What opportunities do students think are uniquely available to them?
- Threats: What do students think are personal threats to their future success?
- Synthesis and Conclusion
- Explain whether you are more prepared to be an entrepreneur or intrapreneur?
- Reflect on how this assignment has helped them further understand themselves and their professional goals in education.
The assignment should follow the standard guidelines for American Psychological Association (APA) formatting for paper organization and references and use Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, and double-spaced text. The page limit does not include figures, graphs, tables, charts, and references.