A new study of UK entrepreneurs has dispelled the myth of a 'jean-clad boardroom hotshot' and replaced it with one of a family orientated, hard worker, driven by a desire for autonomy.
Accountancy Age, 16 Sep 2002
As the government comes under pressure to foster start-up businesses, a study of 400 owner-managers by BDO Stoy Hayward found that the vast majority of entrepreneurs were middle-class, well educated, married males with children - their average age was 43.
Most came from families that fostered an entrepreneurial spirit, with over a third having parents who ran their own businesses.
And they appear to be ready put their noses to the grindstone, working more than 10 hours a day, with the average working week for an entrepreneur clocking in at 54 hours.
Not surprisingly then, a fifth said they would consider returning to paid employment.
Peter Leach, head of BDO's growth service, said the 'get rich quick, fame-hunting, aggressive owner manager of the early nineties' was gone.
'The emerging entrepreneur has an altogether different aim in life and wants to create a sustainable business for personal fulfilment and a rewarding work life balance,' Leach added.
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