Características empreendedoras dos fisioterapeutas empresários do município do Natal/RN

Abstract

Entrepreneurs are groups of people and processes that transform ideas in opportunities. Taking advantage of these opportunities brings to the creation of successful businesses. An entrepreneur is a person that identifies business opportunities, that has administrative experience, the capability to be different from competitors, tenacity, that tolerates uncertainties, uses networking and establishes and reach goals. This research attempted to identify the characteristics of the entrepreneurs from the county of Natal, RN and the its social demographic distribution. A sample of 24 physiotherapists executives registered with CREFITO-1 were used for the experiment. They answered a series of questionnaires to obtain the information used in the research. The data was quantitatively categorized and analyzed, going through an statistic evaluation. The research gave us the following profile: Female, between 25 and 29 years old who graduated from public colleges. Most have been to graduate schools and have been in the market from 2 to 5 years. To conclude, the research results gives us evidence that shows almost all the sample studied possess an entrepreneur's profile.