This article discusses the myth of the “unicorn entrepreneur,” stating: “In the public mind, entrepreneurs have been reduced to young people who want to create world-changing businesses that can quickly reach $1 billion or more in market value — the fabled unicorns.”

In reality, the article discusses, entrepreneurship can be much messier. The article gives its own definition to “entrepreneurship”: “A more useful definition might be someone who sees an opportunity to create value and is willing to take a risk to capitalize on that opportunity; some elements of this are opportunity spotting, risk taking, and value creation.”

The article also discusses the value in having entrepreneurship increase in developing economies, stating: “A key to accelerating the growth of developing economies will be the ability to encourage more and more entrepreneurs throughout these countries, both in growing cities and in rural areas. While they may not be unicorn entrepreneurs, they can create value in their neighborhoods and perhaps beyond.”

The article also references Peter Drucker, who we have discussed in class, by describing the differences in management between larger firms and smaller companies. The article concludes: “We’re on the cusp of a Big Shift from an employee society to an entrepreneurial one, as Peter Drucker so perceptively predicted. The forces driving it are too big, too inexorable to turn back That might be frightening to employees, but it’s exciting to entrepreneurs.”