Competencies model for entrepreneur development in software industries

Abstract

Most of entrepreneurs in software industries in Indonesia have sufficient capabilities for developing their products, but lack of managerial skills in managing business. To achieve business success, the entrepreneurs need not only technical knowledge gathered from their technical education, but also need managerial business knowledge. This paper aims at presenting an integrated competency model for entrepreneurs in software industries. The research was firstly carrying out with a comprehensive literature study related to competency model. In-depth interview was conducted to gather qualitative data from some entrepreneurs in the industries to validate the model. The result of this research is a competency model for entrepreneurs in software industry which consists of three groups of competencies, namely entrepreneurial, managerial and industrial context competencies. The model may provide a preliminary guidance for competencies development of entrepreneurs in software industries.