Entrepreneurial Lives - Audio
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 13 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe hear much about eureka moments that launched exciting new businesses. But what happens after taking that bold step to become your own boss? Juggling family and work demands, running businesses from home, the role of friends and family members, lifestyle, resource acquisition, and the fascinating, messy realities of entrepreneurs are themes explored in this series by Dr. MariaLaura Di Domenico of The Open University.
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Episodes
Invisible Boundaries: When Home is the Business
December 03, 2010 05:06 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBMariaLaura examines the challenges of running a home-based business, the coping strategies used - including time / spatial management - and the need to act-out or ‘perform’ to clients and customers.
Transcript -- Invisible Boundaries: When Home is the Business
December 03, 2010 05:06 - 32.5 KB application/pdfTranscript -- MariaLaura examines the challenges of running a home-based business, the coping strategies used - including time / spatial management - and the need to act-out or ‘perform’ to clients and customers.
Mompreneurs: Working mothers who run their own businesses
December 03, 2010 05:05 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBMariaLaura focuses on women entrepreneurs with children, the reasons for their business choices, and the challenges / rewards of balancing demands of work and family in this way.
Transcript -- Mompreneurs: Working mothers who run their own businesses
December 03, 2010 05:05 - 31.8 KB application/pdfTranscript -- MariaLaura focuses on women entrepreneurs with children, the reasons for their business choices, and the challenges / rewards of balancing demands of work and family in this way.
Friends, family and fools: A help or a hindrance?
December 03, 2010 05:04 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBMariaLaura explores the complexities of running a small business with friends or family members.
Transcript -- Friends, family and fools: A help or a hindrance?
December 03, 2010 05:04 - 33.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- MariaLaura explores the complexities of running a small business with friends or family members.
Making it up as you go along: Business as bricolage
December 03, 2010 05:03 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBBricolage refers to ‘making-do’ with limited resources in new and creative ways. How do entrepreneurs approach the realities of running a business?
Transcript -- Making it up as you go along: Business as bricolage
December 03, 2010 05:03 - 32.1 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Bricolage refers to ‘making-do’ with limited resources in new and creative ways. How do entrepreneurs approach the realities of running a business?
Lifestyle entrepreneurship: A life affirming business ethic
December 03, 2010 05:02 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBMariaLaura unpacks the notion of ‘lifestyle’ and explores the priorities and orientations of the so-called ‘lifestyle entrepreneur’.
Transcript -- Lifestyle entrepreneurship: A life affirming business ethic
December 03, 2010 05:02 - 31.4 KB application/pdfTranscript -- MariaLaura unpacks the notion of ‘lifestyle’ and explores the priorities and orientations of the so-called ‘lifestyle entrepreneur’.