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Do You Think Like An Entrepreneur? – If Not, Maybe That’s What’s Holding You Back

Posted July 23, 2007 in Uncategorized 26 Rockin' Comments »

There has always been a consensus that entrepreneurs think differently than the average Joe; however, it was not until fairly recently that the root of this “entrepreneurial thinking” was identified.

Saras D. Sarasvathy, in her study, “What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial?” examined the reasoning of 30 founders of companies, ranging in size from $200 MM to $6.5 B. What Sarasvathy found was that these founders shared a distinct form of rationality that we have always intuitively recognized as “entrepreneurial”. She termed this type of rationality “effectual reasoning”.

Effectual vs. Causal Reasoning

The word “effectual” is the inverse of “causal” and It is causal reasoning that most of use throughout our professional lives. What is causal reasoning? Causal reasoning involves making the optimal choice, given a set of means and a pre-determined goal. An example of a causal reasoning decision would be the “build vs. buy” choice in production. [Click Here to Read More...]

Welcome To Freelance Folder – Please Make Yourself At Home!

Posted July 22, 2007 in News 32 Rockin' Comments »

Hello, welcome to Freelance Folder! If you got here it’s probably because you’ve read about this blog on another blog, or you read a press release. How you got here doesn’t matter in fact, what’s important is you’re here now! ;)

We just launched, and we’re happy to have you here, please take some time to check out the articles/posts already published. Of course, we will write many many more articles, our goal is to have at least a new one for you to read everyday.

To know more about the team behind this blog, the people writing the articles/posts, please visit our “authors” page, which will updated from time to time, as more contributing writers will join the team. We’re a bunch of cool people! (We really are!) ;) [Click Here to Read More...]