ABSTRACT

After studying this chapter you will be able to:

Expand the scope of your existing knowledge on the alternatives in entrepreneurial paths, based on the entrepreneur’s needs and vision.

Identify the variety of entrepreneurial avenues, distinguish between them and recognizing the pros and cons of each avenue to either choose or advise others on the alternatives in entrepreneurship.

Merge creativity and outside-the-box thinking in exploiting and/or creating entrepreneurial avenues to achieve business growth and self-realization.

Recognize that when encountering difficulties and constraints in the business, there are different entrepreneurial avenues which, by some alteration of the original business or path, may provide higher success and self-realization.

Identify the demographic, ecological and sociocultural characteristics of entrepreneurs that affect their choices of entrepreneurial avenues in order to facilitate the fit between the person and the business characteristics.

Further explore the entrepreneurial avenues and their chances of success.