"EstudyantePreneur"

 

Student entrepreneurialism is booming, according to recent articles by The Guardian and others. Indeed, last week, I found myself surrounded by hundreds of Scotland’s student entrepreneurs who descended on Edinburgh for the Scottish Institute for Enterprise’s annual summit (more on that here). But how much do we know about this growing mass of entrepreneurial talent? Surprisingly little, it turns out.

Many academics have passed over student entrepreneurs in the debate regarding ‘what makes an entrepreneur?’ describing them as individuals who exploit academic research for financial gain. I’m sure that many student entrepreneurs will agree with me when I say that this simply isn’t true. In fact, my own research points to quite the opposite; student entrepreneurs are creative individuals with a passion for helping others within their own communities, and their start-up businesses do everything from web design, to serving tea and coffee, to the development of pioneering medical technology. Today, I want to share some of my research about the ‘student entrepreneur’ with you, in the hope that we can better understand this fascinating subset of entrepreneurs, their needs, and their goals.

Young students as entrepreneurs take up all the problems and hardships that come along their way as opportunities for growth, development, and learning. Having rather more time as compared to duty bound adults; student entrepreneurs can easily set their own schedule and can act upon it in a more committed modus.

They are self-motivated and can easily believe in what they do. They are more self-assured and confident than adults and can inspire themselves in line with the wants of time. Having in-depth knowledge of the area they work in, they can rather create new ideas and may come up with an entirely novel thing, never thought of before.

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Reference:

https://mystudentvoices.com/understanding-the-student-entrepreneur-64bdd87d0c4a