Study Paves Way for 'Entrepreneur Pill'

Start-up bosses seen to make tough calls under stress; researchers see hormone link
By Ambreen Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 13, 2008 10:59 AM CST
Study Paves Way for 'Entrepreneur Pill'
Entrepreneurs seem more content to take risks than business managers.   (Shutter stock)

A study that links entrepreneurial success to risky decision-making, a trait less prevalent among buttoned-up business managers, has scientists pondering whether a pill could boost enterprising behavior. Riskiness is associated with the hormone dopamine, which could inject chutzpah into hesitant managers, the Telegraph reports. Critics doubt chemicals are solely responsible, pointing out that older entrepreneurs—whose dopamine is depleting—remain risk-takers. (More dopamine stories.)

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