About Development Entrepreneurship
Development Entrepreneurship is the use of entrepreneurial logic to improve people’s lives.
Drawing on decades of research and experience, the approach highlights how leaders use entrepreneurial principles to introduce policy reforms that bring about transformational change. Development Entrepreneurship has 12 principles that increase the likelihood of success in pursuing reform.
The 12 Development
Entrepreneurship
Principles
Development Entrepreneurship offers a
unique approach to introducing policy
reforms. It uses entrepreneurial principles
and logic to increase the likelihood of
success of introducing a reform.
ENTREPRENEURIAL LOGIC
Just Start
Learn by Doing
Expect and Exploit Surprises
Harness Coalitions and Networks
Future is made not predicted
BEHAVIORS OF LEADERS
Grit
Confidence
Humility
Autonomy
CRITERIA FOR REFORM
Impact
Sustainability
Political Feasibility
key idea 1
Development Entrepreneurship seeks to pursue transformative reforms. We use three criteria to pick these reforms: Impact, Sustainability, and Political Feasibility,
key idea 2
We apply five Entrepreneurial Principles to pursue reform: Just start, Make small bets, Work with partners, Expect surprises, and Influence the future.
key idea 3
These three ideas comprise development entrepreneurship.
It is a call for leaders eager to use entrepreneurial principles to introduce reform that leads to improved outcomes.