ABSTRACT
Shavinina (2008, 2009, Chapter 3, this volume) proposed that the most important element of innovation education is the development of entrepreneurial giftedness, or simply entrepreneurial ability. In her proposal, entrepreneurial giftedness referred to talented individuals who have succeeded in business by creating new ventures with at least a minimal financial reward or who demonstrated an exceptional potential ability to succeed in such ventures. Shavinina (2008, Chapter 3, this volume) identified the following five cardinal characteristics in the development of entrepreneurially gifted individuals, they: (1) constantly generate ideas on how to make money; (2) love to generate and implement real-life projects with at least a minimal financial reward; (3) love doing real business plans with predicted financial outcomes; (4) work passionately and hard on executing their plans; (5) wish to do “real” things that bring money and try to do whatever possible to cut unnecessary steps. Beginning from this five-point perspective on innovation education, how can entrepreneurial giftedness, or entrepreneurial ability, be developed in the future?
