*Faculty – Marketing and Law, Post Graduate Institute of Management, Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
**Faculty – Marketing and Communication, Post Graduate Institute of Management, Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Entrepreneurship is the most important foundation for innovations and change, which is ultimately linked to economic development and growth. The engines of this growth are the people with entrepreneurial spirits who have courage to bring their dreams into realities with their own individual capacities and support of various social institutions. Lately, various economies of the world have realized the importance of entrepreneur development for growth. Now countries are encouraging entrepreneurial practices right from the academic course work of an individual, to aiding an individual in developing a business. This paper tries to investigate into the behavioral nature of entrepreneurship and bring out the characteristics that distinguish individuals with entrepreneurial spirits from those who lack such characteristics. This has been done with the help of primary survey having projective techniques where the respondent is exposed to various situations and not to the direct questions. It was found that out of the total number of respondents only 8 considered themselves as entrepreneurs where as 22 of them had entrepreneurial potential and skills. This will help the academic institutions and social organizations supporting entrepreneurial activities to invest into the right candidate for growth and development.
Behavior, Entrepreneurship, Skills, India
