1.Individual factors that have influenced entrepreneurship could be the desire to chase your goals and also for the money. Societal factors are more influenced by the type of economy within your country. For example people who live in the United States live in a democracy and have the opportunity to become entrepreneurs but, if you lived in a communist country that opportunity does not exist.
2. Individually there is not really anything that has impacted my own personal pursuit of an entrepreneurial opportunity today. Being a sophomore in college with little knowledge or experience in this area is what would hold me back from any entrepreneurial pursuit. Until I graduate and get a few years of experiencing the real world I know I would be too hesitant and second guess the decisions I would make as an entrepreneur.