Posted Feb. 28, 2010 at 7:03 a.m.
Entrepreneurship doesn't start in the family. (Chart courtesy Vivek Wadhwa)
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Opinion from Vivek Wadhwa: Contrary to VC’s conventional wisdom, the majority of successful entrepreneurs didn’t have entrepreneurial parents. They didn’t even have entrepreneurial aspirations while going to school. They simply got tired of working for others, had a great idea they wanted to commercialize, or woke up one day with an urgent desire to build wealth before they retired. So they took the big leap....Copyright 2013 WRAL Tech Wire. All rights reserved.
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Entrepreneurship doesn't start in the family. (Chart courtesy Vivek Wadhwa)
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Opinion from Vivek Wadhwa: Contrary to VC’s conventional wisdom, the majority of successful entrepreneurs didn’t have entrepreneurial parents. They didn’t even have entrepreneurial aspirations while going to school. They simply got tired of working for others, had a great idea they wanted to commercialize, or woke up one day with an urgent desire to build wealth before they retired. So they took the big leap....Copyright 2013 WRAL Tech Wire. All rights reserved.
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