Micro-perspective lens on entrepreneurs in the early stage of business: Expectations vis-à-vis realities

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dc.contributor.authorNheta, Daniel Silent
dc.contributor.authorShambare, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSigauke, Caston
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-12T13:30:02Z
dc.date.available2022-09-12T13:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn the early stage of business, which is where most new ventures fail, many entrepreneurs experience discrepancies between their entrepreneurial expectations and business realities. These discrepancies referred to by this paper as an entrepreneurial gap (EG) are, therefore, among other factors, professed to be responsible for the high attrition rate of emerging ventures in South Africa. An oversight in this area of EG, despite the provision of most required resources, may still lead to business failure. This paper argues that there is more yet to be comprehended regarding early-stage business success, concerning the entrepreneur component. The purpose of this paper was to recognize and classify factors responsible for establishing entrepreneurial gaps with the intent to improve the level of preparedness among emerging entrepreneurs. A qualitative approach with in-depth interviews was employed in the data collection. ATLAS ti 8 was used to unpack factors that instigate entrepreneurial gaps while posing challenges to emerging entrepreneurs in the early stage of business. The groups identified were: entrepreneur management, familism and personal management. The findings provide information that is credible to improving the level of preparedness among emerging entrepreneurs, and could be used by mentors, coaches and relevant support structures.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNheta, D. S. et al. (2022). Micro-perspective lens on entrepreneurs in the early stage of business: Expectations vis-à-vis realities. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development ,14(2), 384-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1835175en_US
dc.identifier.issn2042-1346
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1835175
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7871
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectBusinessen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectBusiness failureen_US
dc.titleMicro-perspective lens on entrepreneurs in the early stage of business: Expectations vis-à-vis realitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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