Title: (Optional) Describe the entrepreneurial mindset.
Course: Entrepreneurship Infusion Unit > Section: Understanding Entrepreneurship

Description should include personality traits and skills that make an effective entrepreneur:

- Ability to recognize opportunity
- Comfort with risk
- Creativity and innovation
- Future orientation
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Initiative and self-reliance
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Communication and collaboration

Process/Skill Questions:

- What common traits are found among successful entrepreneurs? Can any of these traits be learned? If so, how?
- What circumstances can motivate a person to become an entrepreneur?
- If a person lacks interpersonal skills, can he or she be a successful entrepreneur? Why, or why not?
- What is the most crucial personal characteristic for entrepreneurs? Why?
- How can a person develop entrepreneurial traits? Entrepreneurial skills?
- What personality traits could interfere with someone becoming an entrepreneur?
- How can an awareness of societal or technological trends benefit an entrepreneur?
- Why is it important to examine one's interests and aptitudes before starting a business?
- Why are entrepreneurs often considered leaders?

Teacher Resources:

- Entrepreneurial Mindset, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
- Free Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Skills Poster, VentureLab