Another frenzy with the Maslow Pyramid!

Hi again!

This time I wanted to write a few thoughts about the seminar today (about entrepreneurs born/made + opportunities recognized/created).
Actually I want to focus especially on the opportunities part.

I've thought it through a bit, because by simply watching our surrounding it becomes obvious that both alternatives are out there...
Here is my try to explain under which circumstances each of them show up.

For those who still don't know about the Maslow Pyramid, scroll down a bit and check the image and the explications I gave.


Let's start with opportunities recognition: it seems that when somebody looks for opportunities (which is the case here), he/she does so because he/she wants to start a business as an entrepreneur and simply needs a domain.
Therefore I would guess that this state of mind/way of thinking is valid for the 4th first level of the pyramid.
Put it simply: opportunity recognition occurs when somebody wants to become an entrepreneur and needs a field to do so. That person sees through entrepreneurship a way of being able to cover his/her basic needs (food...), or a way to get a status (recognition), a shelter, or anything else linked with that person's own needs.
I would also suggest that it is in this state of mind that we can talk of entrepreneurs "made".

Now for opportunity creation: I would guess that this occurs when someone has an idea (very often you need more than that actually: you need a dream, because you'll have to persevere and believe it will work out in the end), something he/she wants to bring to reality, and very few care is given to potential markets or more "down to earth" considerations.
In this case I think we go back to the entrepreneurs are "born" in the sense that what drives the process is something one likes (and who knows where our desires come from?).
However more importantly, I would guess that this will of bringing something to reality is directly linked with the top of the pyramid, because someone who wants to do it does it for the sake of the idea, something higher than him/herself...
It is an "idea-driven" person that becomes an entrepreneur without really looking for it ("from necessity" one could say), in opposition with an "entrepreneurship-driven" person.


I hope my mumbo jumbo makes sense for some of you! ^^

See you!

David