The Cayun Builder and the Jiu-Jitsu Entrepreneur: A Narrative of the Making of an Entrepreneur in the Digital Age |
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Authors: | Kurt Beyer |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Computer Science in Mechanical Engineering (HDZ/IMA), University of Technology (RWTH), Aachen, Germany, DE |
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Abstract: | This narrative describes the making of a German electrical engineer, Kurt Beyer, into a micro-entrepreneur. He set for himself
the goal of sailing around the world in his own vessel – without being able to afford to buy such a ship. Many people in Germany
have in recent years started to build their own sea-going vessels in order to escape from the creativity-stifling and restrictive
patterns of their lives and work. Only a few of them have ever finished building their vessels. Firstly, this report describes
the experiences of one of those few who have made it. Secondly, it tells the story of how this engineer himself turned into
a micro-entrepreneur during the period of yacht-building and how later he started his own charter enterprise, centred around
his yacht. Following the model of entrepreneurship described by Dassen-Housen in this issue of AI & Society, the narrative illustrates what it means to run such an enterprise in view of the international competition. Here follows
the narrative of the engineer and ship-builder himself (translated by D. Brandt). |
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Keywords: | : Lifelong Learning – Micro-entrepreneurship |
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