Gary, I usually love your diatribes however, although I do believe you made some relevant points in this post, I have one very big problem with the premise that Entrepreneurship is not a developed skill.

Contrary to your opinion, the work of psychologists and behavioural scientists like Carol Dweck have shown that it in fact IS a developed skill and NOT something you are born with.

People are not born with some innate sense of what it means to create or run a successful business. Yes, it takes intense, unwavering work to reach the highest peaks of success in anything you do and Entrepreneurship is no different. Yes, sometimes people are lucky enough to be born into a family where the principles of success and work-ethic are taught from an early age. Yes sometimes people are lucky enough to have situations or people in their life that act as mentors or catalysts, BUT at the end of the day when someone dedicates their time to learning on improving a task be it entrepreneurship or sports they will get exponentially better.

Does it mean they will play in the NBA? No. Does it mean they will create some IP and receive a multi billion valuation No. It also does not mean that they will not succeed because the implied definition of success in your article is the what I take issue with. Entrepreneurs who have had single successes without a string of what you call “failures” make up less than 1% of the gargantuan freak successes we so often love to quote and admire. It has NOTHING to do with skills that are born, innate or pre-determined. Thats an antiquated idea from a bygone era where what drove human behaviour was misunderstood and is largely being disproven through Science today. In contrast it very much has everything to do with mind-set, hard work, determination, perseverance and ones ability to be malleable.

Food for thought. Still love ya.