The egg of entrepreneurship
The egg of entrepreneurship
I am an intrapreneur!
WHY AN ‘EGG OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP’?
The discovery of the Americas left some Spanish nobles sceptic. During a dinner with
Columbus, they claimed that ‘it wasn’t that great an accomplishment, that another man
couldn’t have done it also’. Columbus asked his table-companions whether they could
make an egg stand on its end without any kind of help or aid. Everybody tried, but wit-
I put plans into actions
I actually get started
I know what I want
I take responsibility
I want to improve things
it slightly at its end by tapping it gently on the table. Thus the egg stood on its end. Then
I know what I am worth
he said: ‘The difference is that you could have done it, but I did!’
I get things done
I work independently
and may also cooperate
I know what others want
See opportunities
hout success. They all agreed it was impossible. Then Columbus took the egg and broke
Seize opportunities
Creating values
I improve my company
continuously
I know my market
I know and use
my network
I am interesting to
my customers
I write a business plan
I start my own company
I am persistent
I have customers who
recommend me to others
I ensure the continuity
of my company
I am an entrepreneur!
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Can anyone be an entrepreneur
or is everybody an intrapreneur?
Everyone has an entrepreneurial spirit to some extent. The pupil who sells
biscuits for charity as well as the director of a multinational company.
Columbus was an enterprising explorer. He saw and seized
possibilities, calculated the risks and took the plunge.
Others stood by and watched until that ship had sailed.
Sure as eggs is eggs!
The labour market is in need of entrepreneurial people, more and more of
them want to be entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship from primary education up to higher education
The labour market doesn’t only require an entrepreneurial attitude of future entrepreneurs,
Entrepreneurial people see opportunities and seize them to improve things.
They have no doubt to grasp these opportunities with both hands.
but also of employees. It is therefore obvious that, as early as primary education, attention
must be given to stimulating creativity, to the courage to enter into something new and to
taking responsibility for actions and choices made. Especially in early education entrepreneurial talents are discovered, nurtured and developed.
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T h e egg o f e n tr e
I am an
rs h ip
intrapreneur!
What is the egg of
entrepreneurship?
Within each form of education there are programmes that stimulate an entrepreneurial attitude
The egg of entrepreneurship challenges us to
in children and adolescents. It is learning by doing! Jong Ondernemen, the Dutch platform for
think about our own entrepreneurial attitude and
entrepreneurship education, offers educational projects and programmes for entrepreneurship,
our possible ambitions to start our own business.
starting with primary education up to university college. These differ from simulation games to
starting a real business, in which pupils and students experience at various degrees what it is
Seize
See
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op rtunities
opportunities
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I am an entre
Creating
values
reneur!
The tip and end of the egg make one whole.
like to start and run their own business. This way they’ll find out what challenges entrepreneur-
The tip describes ‘characteristics’ fundamen-
ship can offer.
tal to an entrepreneurial attitude: soft skills.
Employees and other people with such cha-
Real entrepreneurs in the classroom
racteristics are called ‘intrapreneurs’. The
Inviting entrepreneurs to tell their stories and experiences, is
end describes the actual knowledge and skills
a valuable addition to entrepreneurship education. A school
needed for self-employment, whether one is
with an entrepreneurial spirit ensures a network of inspi-
a small business owner or a great entrepre-
ring entrepreneurs, that brings actual business within the
neur. The most successful ones possess all
school walls.
elements of the egg.
Entrepreneurship
The egg of entrepreneurship is a KCH initiative
at the request of the Ministry of ECS.
explained:
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