By Matt Leeburn
Anthill Magazine (www.anthillonline.com)

Can entrepreneurship be taught? This is a question I get asked every other week. Some people are quite sceptical about the graduate entrepreneurship programs around the world, while others embrace them.

I think these people are getting lost in the question they are asking. What they need to realise is that anything can be taught. Whether you want to become a mortician, an acrobat or an entrepreneur, you can read a blog, pick up a book or take a course. We live in an information rich world, where we can learn anything we want.

The real question should not be: “Can it be taught?” The real question should be: “Do people have the stomach to do it?”

Could you embalm a dead body? Could you be flung through the air? Could you fire your best friend?

Daniel Isenberg recently posted a blog on Harvard Business Review titled Should you be an Entrepreneur? The post consisted of a list of 20 questions about your habits to determine whether you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

Isenberg’s test was quite a positive view on entrepreneurship, listing statements such as “I always look for new and better ways to do things” and “I like challenging myself”. Although these questions may separate some entrepreneurs from the masses, they may also mislead people who are simply enthusiastic or driven. 

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