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• This is alarming, as the vast majority of jobs in Canada — 98 per cent — are created by small business entrepreneurs.
• My recent study with my colleagues Shasha Liu and Brock Smith at the University of Victoria offers a way forward.

Daydreaming reality into being

• These possible selves play a crucial role in shaping the actual identities we assume.
• If we don’t develop an entrepreneur-possible self, we are unlikely to develop the mindset that fosters entrepreneurship.

• It’s about letting your mind freely wander through creative musings, wondering, considering and thinking.
• Substantive-play involves physically acting to learn more about the possibility of being an entrepreneur.

Creating entrepreneur-possible selves

• One way individuals can do this is by engaging in daydream-play to imagine the entrepreneur they could become.
• This can involve, for example, reading biographies of entrepreneurs, listening to podcasts with or about successful entrepreneurs or watching movies about entrepreneurial journeys.

Entrepreneurship support organizations

• To encourage more focused daydream-play, these organizations can create resources for exploring entrepreneurship as a career, provide access to success stories and create an accessible database of entrepreneurs willing to have conversations with those interested in learning more.
• Lastly, these organizations can create opportunities for hands-on experience by hosting or promoting hackathons, short-sprint entrepreneurship competitions, pitch events, maker spaces and side-hustle experiences.

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s entrepreneurs

• Across the country, there are many entrepreneurship classes, summer camps and entrepreneurship youth experiences that foster daydream and substantive-play in children, including the UVIC Gustavson School of Business’ Kidovate program.
• The takeaway is clear: building more opportunities for Canadians to create entrepreneur-possible selves will result in more Canadians who think and act based on believing they are entrepreneurs.

Claudia Smith does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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