Born to business: Why entrepreneurship is inherent and can be taught
4 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM
8 minutes to read
Adults have a role to play in teaching children entrepreneurial skills. Photo/supplied
Jane Phare is a senior business reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjane.phare@nzme.co.nz
In part two of the Herald's series Jane Phare looks at whether entrepreneurial skills can be taught and meets a teenager who launched a successful gift-wrap business with the help of mentors.
Everyone is born
with entrepreneurial traits as far as Professor Nathan Berg is concerned.
"We proactively search our environment for opportunities," he says.