According to entrepreneurship professor Donald F. Kuratko in his text, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process & Practice, “three major sources of information supply data related to the entrepreneurial mindset. The first source is publications, research based as well as popular
Entrepreneur Interview Assignment
According to entrepreneurship professor Donald F. Kuratko in his text, Entrepreneurship: Theory,
Process & Practice, “three major sources of information supply data related to the entrepreneurial
mindset. The first source is publications, research based as well as popular. The second major source
of information is direct observation of practicing entrepreneurs (e.g. interviews). The final source of
entrepreneurial information is speeches and presentations” (the UT Entrepreneurship program “Main
Street Speaker Series”). In order to better understand the entrepreneurial mindset we will utilize all
three of these sources of information.
The Assignment:
• Each student will interview two entrepreneurs (as defined generally) from the local, regional
or national business community using the interview topics from the text and developed in class. Better
papers will interview one small businessperson and one “entrepreneur” (as defined in class), the latter
likely being more difficult to identify and interview, and thus, if done well, awarded a higher grade
for that effort. You may not interview immediate family members (parents, aunts, uncles, cousins,
etc.). The focus of the interview and subsequent paper should be on the entrepreneurs and their
“entrepreneurial traits” and not on the entrepreneurs’ business. The interview must be conducted
in-person (No telephone/email interviews), unless instructor grants specific permission.
• Note: Entrepreneurs are generally speaking, very busy people. Therefore, students should locate
and interview their prospective entrepreneurs as soon as possible to avoid submitting a paper late.
Papers turned in after the due date/time will be subject to the penalties specified in the syllabus.
• After conducting the interviews, students will submit a double-spaced paper between 3 (minimum)
and 5 (maximum) pages long that summarizes the interviews (Do not submit or attach the actual
interview). Due to the 5-page limit your writing will need to be concise with no excess verbage. The
grade for this assignment will be based on content, writing style (i.e. correct grammar, usage,
spelling, etc.) and your ability to follow the assignment’s instructions. Better papers will be those
that display a level of creativity and innovativeness and, analyze/compare/contrast the information
gained during the interview with the materials from our class discussions, assigned readings or other
outside sources (other books, magazine articles, newspapers, etc.). All outside sources should be
properly cited in a List of References located at the end of the paper. The list of references will
not count toward the 5-page limit.
• Business cards containing the phone number of both entrepreneurs must be stapled to the last
page of your paper as your instructor intends to call a random sample of the interviewees to verify
that an interview did in fact take place.
• The paper should be stapled together in the upper left hand corner. No covers, binders or
folders. E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
• The paper should be double spaced with no more than two (2) spaces between paragraphs (Caution:
the new version of Word uses 1.5 spacing as a default setting). 12 pt., Times New Roman font. 1-inch
top, bottom and side margins.
Make sure you proofread and edit the paper thoroughly! Check for spelling, grammar, punctuation and
capitalization errors, as well as run-on and fragmented sentences. At your level of education, spelling
and grammatical errors are not acceptable. Additionally, papers that contain multiple spelling or
glaring grammatical errors (fatal flaws) will be returned ungraded. The student will then have an
opportunity to resubmit a corrected version subject to a TWO (2) letter grade reduction.
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According to entrepreneurship professor Donald F. Kuratko in his text, Entrepreneurship: Theory,
Process & Practice, “three major sources of information supply data related to the entrepreneurial
mindset. The first source is publications, research based as well as popular. The second major source
of information is direct observation of practicing entrepreneurs (e.g. interviews). The final source of
entrepreneurial information is speeches and presentations” (the UT Entrepreneurship program “Main
Street Speaker Series”). In order to better understand the entrepreneurial mindset we will utilize all
three of these sources of information.
The Assignment:
• Each student will interview two entrepreneurs (as defined generally) from the local, regional
or national business community using the interview topics from the text and developed in class. Better
papers will interview one small businessperson and one “entrepreneur” (as defined in class), the latter
likely being more difficult to identify and interview, and thus, if done well, awarded a higher grade
for that effort. You may not interview immediate family members (parents, aunts, uncles, cousins,
etc.). The focus of the interview and subsequent paper should be on the entrepreneurs and their
“entrepreneurial traits” and not on the entrepreneurs’ business. The interview must be conducted
in-person (No telephone/email interviews), unless instructor grants specific permission.
• Note: Entrepreneurs are generally speaking, very busy people. Therefore, students should locate
and interview their prospective entrepreneurs as soon as possible to avoid submitting a paper late.
Papers turned in after the due date/time will be subject to the penalties specified in the syllabus.
• After conducting the interviews, students will submit a double-spaced paper between 3 (minimum)
and 5 (maximum) pages long that summarizes the interviews (Do not submit or attach the actual
interview). Due to the 5-page limit your writing will need to be concise with no excess verbage. The
grade for this assignment will be based on content, writing style (i.e. correct grammar, usage,
spelling, etc.) and your ability to follow the assignment’s instructions. Better papers will be those
that display a level of creativity and innovativeness and, analyze/compare/contrast the information
gained during the interview with the materials from our class discussions, assigned readings or other
outside sources (other books, magazine articles, newspapers, etc.). All outside sources should be
properly cited in a List of References located at the end of the paper. The list of references will
not count toward the 5-page limit.
• Business cards containing the phone number of both entrepreneurs must be stapled to the last
page of your paper as your instructor intends to call a random sample of the interviewees to verify
that an interview did in fact take place.
• The paper should be stapled together in the upper left hand corner. No covers, binders or
folders. E-mail submissions will not be accepted.
• The paper should be double spaced with no more than two (2) spaces between paragraphs (Caution:
the new version of Word uses 1.5 spacing as a default setting). 12 pt., Times New Roman font. 1-inch
top, bottom and side margins.
Make sure you proofread and edit the paper thoroughly! Check for spelling, grammar, punctuation and
capitalization errors, as well as run-on and fragmented sentences. At your level of education, spelling
and grammatical errors are not acceptable. Additionally, papers that contain multiple spelling or
glaring grammatical errors (fatal flaws) will be returned ungraded. The student will then have an
opportunity to resubmit a corrected version subject to a TWO (2) letter grade reduction.
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