Week 14 Reading Reflection

What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 

I would say; oddly, that the biggest surprise I had was that this came towards the end of our semester instead of closer to the beginning.  I would assume that the opportunity for corporate entrepreneurship would be more common place than the idea of the individual entrepreneur.  I somewhat understand the reasoning for "starting our business" then "marketing it" and now "creating a corporate entrepreneurial environment."  

Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

The chapters we fairly straight forward.  I was a bit frustrated by the section on sustainable entrepreneurship; however, it wasn't confusing just (perhaps) a little too much. 

If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?

Why did you put this as chapter three in the book?  Why wasn't there more mention her of the idea of locating intrapreneurs and intracapital as a way to make these corporate entrepreneurial ventures more viably successful? 

Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?

I disagree with the bifurcation of entrepreneurial enterprises that have a desire for sustainability.  

● Ecopreneurship (i.e., environmental entrepreneurship with entrepreneurial actions contribut- ing to preserving the natural environment, including the Earth, biodiversity, and ecosystems); 

● Social entrepreneurship, which encompasses the activities and processes undertaken to discover, define, and exploit opportunities in order to enhance social wealth by creating new ventures or managing existing organizations in an innovative manner; 

● Corporate social responsibility, which refers to actions that appear to further some social good, beyond the interests of the firm and that which is required by law and often denotes societal engagement of organizations.

I don't disagree that these subtitles may exist but for some reason I can't see three different entrepreneurs sitting at the table arguing that one is a Social Entrepreneur and not an Ecopreneur... this seems a bit silly of a distinction and to be honest should be less a categorization and more of a topic on being ethical towards the greater social benefit.