The main thesis I wish to develop in this chapter is that there are no born entrepreneurs, but that individuals become entrepreneurs in situations they have desired or are subjected to. They become entrepreneurs through a learning process thanks to which they acquire know-how and personal skills at various levels. Drucker (1985) clearly emphasised this point: ‘The entrepreneurial mystique? It's not magic, it's not mysterious, and it has nothing to do with the genes. It's a discipline. And, like any discipline, it can be learned.’ Admittedly, not all the aspects of entrepreneurship can be taught and acquired, but, for a number of years now, teachers and professionals have given up the idea of a born entrepreneur (Kuratko 2005). Shapero (1984: 28) confirmed this in one of his contributions:

Individuals first acknowledge the possibility of the entrepreneurial act (and process) owing to changes in perception and behaviour that in turn lead to the emergence of the entrepreneurial intention. The process evolves through changes in perception that modify what we call the perceived instantaneous strategic configuration of the actor.