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The Entrepreneur as Hero
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- Thu Jul 11 2002

... In Candace Allen's article "The Entrepreneur as Hero," Allen argues that the entrepreneur fits the description of a hero, a title that is normally reserved for those "who fought dragons or overcame evil." Allen states that there are three stages that qualify a person as a hero. First, a hero departs from the familiar and comfortable enters the unknown, risking failure or loss. Second, a hero encounters hardship or challenge and overcomes it. Third, a hero brings back the community something new or better than what they had. Allen is correct in her reasoning that the entrepreneur is a hero of our society due to the fact that an entrepreneur fits the criteria for a hero and is a key to the economic growth of our economy. An entrepreneur fits the first criterion of being a hero by moving past the current expected ways or norms and moves forth to find














