Week 3 Reading Reflection

After reading the chapter, I noticed that the content was very straight forward. From the common characteristics of the entrepreneur, to the dark side. The dark side of the entrepreneur was the most challenging to read, but also the most interesting.

1. The biggest surprise from the reading was the entrepreneurial ego. Most importantly the sense of distrust, that can result in their focusing of trivial things and cause them to lose sight of reality, and can even lead to failure. Also, the need to control everything can be destructive in their professional and personal life.
a. This is something you can see in entrepreneurs, and sometimes their own ego causes them to be unaware of their employees and their business success.
2. The dark side of an entrepreneur to an extent was challenging, but it also put all the risk components an entrepreneur faces.
3. How and when does a family member or friend of an entrepreneur intervene when he/she is stressed? Or when their ego is affecting their company?
a. How should the person to handle the situation if the entrepreneur itself does not see it as an issue?
4. In this reading assignment, I agree with the author, and there were no sections in the readings that I disagree with him.