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University  \nWayne H.StewartUniversity of North Texas  \n# ABSTRACT\n\nThe process is clear:entrepreneursinitiate business ventures.What is not clear is whythey do so.The debate continues to rage about entrepreneurialbehavior and this singular actof individual volition which is so vital to a nation's economic health and well being.Thedrives and personalities continue to be debated.Gartner (1988)asks,\"Can one know thedancer from the dance?”Is it even importantto try?Carland,Hoy and Carland(1988)thinkit is essential because one cannot understand the dance without understanding the dancer.  \nWe think that the dance takes on the personality of the dancer.It is the dancer whointerprets the dance and each artist makes the process his or her own.Ifwe seek to understandthe entrepreneurialprocess,we must have some insight into the entrepreneurial psyche.Thisis especiallytrue ifwe wish to design educational and training programs for prospective andpracticing entrepreneurs.  \nIn this work,we empirically examine 502 owner/managers of small businesses.Weidentifyentrepreneurialvision,the ability to see what is not there,as their commonality.Weempiricallylink that vision to the entrepreneurialpsyche and use that to build insight into theentrepreneurial enigma,the process ofentrepreneurship.  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nThe process is clear:entrepreneurs initiate business ventures.What is not clear is whythey do so.The debate continues to rage about entrepreneurial behavior and this singular actof individual volition which is so vital to a nation's economic health and well being.Thedrives and personalities continue to be debated.Gartner(1988)asks,\"Can one know thedancer from the dance?”Is it even important to try?Carland,Hoy and Carland(1988)thinkit is essential because one cannot understand the dance without understanding the dancer.Wethink that the dance takes on the personality of the dancer.Each artist makes the process hisor her own.  \nThe outcome of the process ofentrepreneurshipis obvious for all to see:the creation ofa new venture.That the venture may be the culmination of the dreams of a life time seemsunimportantin the face of the incontrovertible:the tangible outcome of the process.But wecannot lose sight of an another fact that is beyond debate:the trigger of the act is anindividual.The key is that individual,the initiating force,the one who sees the opportunity,  \n1  \nthe challenge,and the one who takes that challenge.If we would understand the enigma ofentrepreneurship,we must begin to circumscribethe behavior of the entrepreneur.Herron andSapienza(1992)avow that the individual entrepreneur is the most salient unit of analysis inentrepreneurship research and theory.  \nThe value of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship is well established,both in terms ofeconomic vitality and research and development.We may be interested in supporting andfacilitating the process in the interests of national well being,economic development,oradvancing the standard of living.We may be concerned about designing and administeringentrepreneurial education and training programs to inculcate the skills and abilities requiredfor success.In either event,but particularly so in the latter case,we must begin byunderstanding the initiator:the entrepreneur.How can one design a training program or acurriculum of entrepreneurship education if one does not understand the drives andcharacteristics which lead to the decision to initiate a venture,to concentrate on its growth,totake it public,to strive to dominate an industry?To teach the dance,one must teach thedancer.Here,then,is our effort at understanding the dancer,at unraveling the enigma ofentrepreneurship.  \n# CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS\n\nMuch of the research in entrepreneurship has been founded upon the premise thatentrepreneursembody distinctive personality characteristics which can be identified 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