5 The saying ‘no entrepreneur is an island’ refers to the tendency to overemphasize the role of the individual as the ‘lone hero’ in entrepreneurship. Recent discourse suggests that the team, network,

structure and context are just as important to recognize if we want to understand entrepreneurship.
Examine the two positions of the ‘individual-centric’ versus the ‘environment-centric’ explanation in a typical start-up initiative. Find arguments supporting both views.