This workshop/ webinar, conducted by small business and executive coach
ManthaBala, an accredited trainer in entrepreneurship and small business development for engineering and
management students.
Having an entrepreneurial mindset is critical to fulfilling one’s
potential!!!
The noun mindset was first used in the 1930s to mean
“habits of mind formed by previous experience.
”We all have been used to the usage of the word
mindset more frequently whenever a free advice is given – “It is all in your mindset”. I am not sure how
many of us would have understood as to what that meant at that point of time.
We also have
experienced usage of mindset on different contexts or situations like., positive mindset, winning mindset,
and entrepreneurial mindset etc.,
In her classic text, Mindset: The New Psychology of
Success, Stanford Professor Carol S. Dweck presented her research showing that hard work and
mindset impact success more than natural talent. She came to the
conclusion that people have the ability to choose which mindset that wish to operate
from.
Dr. Alain Fayolle in the Financial Times defines an Entrepreneurial mindset as
a specific state of mind which orientates human conduct towards entrepreneurial activities and outcomes.
Individuals with entrepreneurial mindsets are often drawn to opportunities, innovation, and new
value creation In terms outlined by Dr. Dweck this would be a specialized growth
mindset as opposed to fixed mindset.
You will find dictionary, research definition and
expert opinion on mindset and entrepreneurial mindset. It is a specialized mindset.
How about
experiencing the mindset? This workshop (Part I) would help in achieving that and other parts of the
workshop will strengthen and develop the specialized mindset. This would be helpful whether one pursues
entrepreneurship or just continues as an Intrapreneur.
