TY - JOUR
T1 - Aligning personal and entrepreneurial vision for success
T2 - The entrepreneur counseling model of the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship
AU - Hurst, Deborah
AU - Macdougall, Shelley
AU - Pelham, Chris
PY - 2008/10/17
Y1 - 2008/10/17
N2 - Purpose While there is no definitive profile of the successful entrepreneur or prescribed pathway for success, research suggests that individuals who proactively accommodate factors that push and pull them into entrepreneurship, align their personal and entrepreneurial visions, and to some extent, build emotional intelligence (EQ), are more likely to succeed. This paper aims to describe an entrepreneur counseling process developed and used by the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship (ACSBE), located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Design/methodology/approach The authors propose an entrepreneur's success, negotiation of push and pull factors, and EQ are all linked, and the ACSBE counseling model draws on these. The case study method was used. ACSBE staffs were interviewed regarding the entrepreneur counseling process, counselortraining sessions were observed and documents were reviewed. Two ACSBE clients, who together started a successful fairtrade business, were interviewed for their insights regarding the ACSBE counseling model and their own experiences starting their business. Findings The responses of the ACSBE clients illustrate a successful application of the ACSBE Entrepreneurial Decision Making Cycle
AB - Purpose While there is no definitive profile of the successful entrepreneur or prescribed pathway for success, research suggests that individuals who proactively accommodate factors that push and pull them into entrepreneurship, align their personal and entrepreneurial visions, and to some extent, build emotional intelligence (EQ), are more likely to succeed. This paper aims to describe an entrepreneur counseling process developed and used by the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship (ACSBE), located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Design/methodology/approach The authors propose an entrepreneur's success, negotiation of push and pull factors, and EQ are all linked, and the ACSBE counseling model draws on these. The case study method was used. ACSBE staffs were interviewed regarding the entrepreneur counseling process, counselortraining sessions were observed and documents were reviewed. Two ACSBE clients, who together started a successful fairtrade business, were interviewed for their insights regarding the ACSBE counseling model and their own experiences starting their business. Findings The responses of the ACSBE clients illustrate a successful application of the ACSBE Entrepreneurial Decision Making Cycle
KW - Business formation
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Performance counselling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84993016607&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/17506200810913926
DO - 10.1108/17506200810913926
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993016607
SN - 1750-6204
VL - 2
SP - 367
EP - 386
JO - Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
JF - Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
IS - 4
ER -