Subject: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Notes to guide your response: Gordon Butch Stewart is a successful Jamaican businessman. He possesses characteristics such as creativity, innovation, risk-taking, leadership, social skills, planning, dependability, discipline, passion and hard work. Question 1: How do you think these characteristics listed above and the entrepreneur's cultural background influenced their success?

Subject: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Notes to guide your response: Gordon Butch Stewart is a successful Jamaican businessman. He possesses characteristics such as creativity, innovation, risk-taking, leadership, social skills, planning, dependability, discipline, passion and hard work. Question 1: How do you think these characteristics listed above and the entrepreneur's cultural background influenced their success?

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Chapter6: Managing Start-Ups And New Ventures

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