From academe to business: A personal journey.

Identifying the entrepreneur

“…'People are most likely to be successful when they' have 'a well-thought-out and consistently applied set of business values' that 'then become an anchor for effective decision-making' (Langhorne, 2000). For example, honesty in telling the customer the true state of an order or a supplier when the cheque is really in the post.…”

On becoming an entrepreneur.

“…He describes in accurate detail the struggle of the transitional experience. Langhorne (2000) points out the need for active marketing and the emotional struggle that such a drastic role-shift involves. Smith (2000) describes in general terms what he did to sustain high motivation and morale in his company.…”

“…More pressing are those private issues—some personal, some professional—with which we all struggle from time to time but cannot discuss with colleagues or friends. These issues, to which Langhorne (2000) alludes, argue strongly for having a clinical consultant to whom one can turn as necessary. Denial is an even greater problem for psychologists than for others because, given our professional training, we expect to be able to deal more expertly with our own problems.…”

Psychologist-entrepreneurs: Channeling creative and oppositional energy.

“…This paper reviews six articles (Byham, 2000; Cummings, 2000; Gowing, 2000; Langhorne, 2000; Smith, 2000; and Watts, 2000) that, along with two commentaries (Levinson, 2000; VandenBos, 2000), constitute a special section of The Psychologist-Manager Journal on “The Psychologist-Entrepreneur.” Common themes of the psychologist-entrepreneurs represented in this series are identified and compared with findings from the empirical research literature. Conditions that are conducive to, and that distract from, the entrepreneurial enterprise in organizations are also discussed, including the “dark side” of entrepreneurialism.…”

“…It gives me special pleasure, therefore, to introduce this unusual collection of articles written by some of the most entrepreneurial psychologists in the country. The special section on the psychologist-entrepreneur includes articles by psychologists who have begun a world-class consulting business (Byham, 2000), a major test publishing firm (Smith, 2000), the nation's first managed behavioral health care corporation listed on a stock exchange (Cummings, 2000), a corporate takeover artist (Watts, 2000), one who created an entrepreneurial enterprise in that most unlikely of entities, the U.S. government (Gowing, 2000) and another who created a much smaller entity that appears to work just right for him (Langhorne, 2000). Levinson (2000) and VandenBos (2000) provide expert commentary that searches out common themes and identifies issues sometimes not examined by the authors themselves.…”