Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?

There is an age old question—Are entrepreneurs Born or Made?  Below, please find a list of articles from some of the most important magazine’s in the business sector.  Your mission is to choose one of the articles and to create a two page paper that summarizes the author’s point of view.  In addition, you will need to explain whether you agree or disagree with the perspective.

List of Articles with Links:

Views From the Life of a Made Entrepreneur                http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurayecies/2012/01/06/are-entrepreneurs-born-or-made-views-from-the-life-of-a-made-entrepreneur/

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?  http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2010/sb20100723_154719.htm

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made? http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/09/smallbusiness/entrepreneurs_born_not_made.fsb/

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?                                                   http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/literally-born-entrepreneurs/

You will be scored as follows:

TIMELINESS:
Paper is submitted on Time 15 points
FORMAT:
Paper is two pages in length 5 points
Font is Times New Roman 2 points
Font size is 12 2 points
Paper is double spaced 1 point
Margins are set to 1″ on all sides 2 points
Your name is included on the   second page after your last paragraph 3 points
Leave a line blank between each paragraph 1 point
Justify your paragraphs 2 points
Create and add a unique title in bold 2 points
Make the title bold and increase font size to 14 2 points
Use black as your font color 2 points
insert a page number on the bottom of each page 2 points
CONTENT:
Paper is free from spelling errors 3 points
The paper includes an introductory paragraph 3 points
The first sentence is a clear topic sentence 5 points
At least one quote in quotation   marks appears in the paper 3 points
Paragraphs read in a logical sequence 3 points
The author’s name is included 2 points
The name of the publication is included 2 points
The name of the publication is italicized 1 point
The nature of the magazine is included 1 point
The summary clearly touches on   the main points of the article 10 points
A clear position that either   agrees or disagrees with the article is made 10 points
The position is logical 5 points
A second article or website is quoted or referenced 4 points
A third article is quoted or referenced 4 points
The paper includes a conclusion 3 points
TOTAL 100 points

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