ABSTRACT
This chapter presents historical perspective about entrepreneurship and explores the domains of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. It shows the pathway between apprenticeships and entrepreneurship. The chapter explains the complete cycle of entrepreneurial process and discusses the process of entrepreneurship and its phases of development. It examines the notion of entrepreneurial brain and the four-quadrant model of the human brain. The chapter highlights the value of apprenticeships as pathway to entrepreneurship and emphasizes the importance of intrapreneurial innovation as a potent process for corporate renewal and success. It provides five inspirational examples including from the history context to show what entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial innovation entails and what they can deliver to the community and organization. These include Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and Steve Jobs. The chapter describes the notion of sustainability entrepreneurship and its related concepts of sustainopreneur and ecopreneurs. It illustrates the importance of embedding innovation and entrepreneurship into formal education and curriculum development to develop engaging entrepreneurial ecosystem.
