TY - JOUR T1 - The Fabrication of Entrepreneurial Fable JF - The Journal of Private Equity SP - 8 LP - 19 DO - 10.3905/jpe.2005.580515 VL - 8 IS - 4 AU - Robert Smith Y1 - 2005/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/8/4/8.abstract N2 - Stories about famous entrepreneurs are often used to form our basic views of the field. Yet how accurate are these stories? What are the common themes that run through most? The author employs biographical analysis to posit the constructs of the stories about these fabled entrepreneurs. The difference between the stories entrepreneurs tell about themselves and the stories biographers tell about entrepreneurs is explored. ER -