ABSTRACT
To shed light on the basic features of nothing, it is necessary to take a closer look at three assumptions constituting entrepreneurial theory, that is to say, becoming, decision-making and active or activity. By contrasting these assumptions with nothing “assumptions” such as being, being-in-the-world/dwelling and passive/passivity, it is possible to lay the groundwork and to realize what may be gained by a theory of nothing perspective in entrepreneurial research, theory and education. The narrative and prosaic perspectives have been in opposition to a one-sided focus on the individual, and important dimensions of this research have been a subsequent undervaluation of relational learning resources, and an upvaluation of everyday life. In the stratification and split into “passive and active” assumptions, the realm of passivity describes those acts that occur within being-in-the-world without the entrepreneur/researcher having to act on them, that is, without an obligation of consciously taking them up.
