1. Societal factors that have influenced entrepreneurship throughout history is the government placing regulations on monopolies, which led to more competition in the market and created many more businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. Individual factors that have influenced entrepreneurship throughout history are poverty rate and accessibility to funds to begin a start up.
2. Factors that would impact my personal pursuit of an entrepreneurial opportunity today are my experiences and my education. I have done many odd jobs and have made a small company in high school digging drains. These jobs give me a small understanding as to how to use my experiences to make money. My education also will be a factor in the sense that I will have learned business concepts in a different way than at other schools and can use them to be successful.