The rural entrepreneur capacity is divided into;

Technical Capacity
a. The enterprise
b. The business

Personal capacity
 

Technical Capacity
a. The enterprise
b. The business
 is supported by specific mentoring and your enterprise support team
 

Personal capacity as addressed following:
 

Your personal characteristics are your values, and beliefs.

The question for the rural micro-enterprise entrepreneur is:
Do you have the mindset that's typical of successful entrepreneurs? 
This includes ….
 

• Optimism: 
• Vision: 
• Initiative: 
• Desire for Control: 
• Drive and Persistence: 
• Risk Tolerance: 
• Resilience: 
   

The Entrepreneurs Magasine suggests the 17 Skills Required to Succeed as an Entrepreneur (See https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/242327) as follows

1. The ability to manage money.
2. The ability to raise money.
3: The ability to relieve stress.
4. The ability to be productive.
 

5. The ability to make entrepreneur friends.
6. The ability to identify strengths and weaknesses.
7. The ability to hire effective people.
8. The ability to train new staff.
9. The ability to manage staff.
 

10. The ability to conduct basic SEO.
11. The Ability to A/B split test.
12. The ability to connect via social networking.
13. The ability to focus on your customers.
14. The ability to close a sale.
 

15. The ability to spot new trends.
16. The ability to deal with failure.
17. The desire to improve your world.
 

Capacity building is the process of developing and strengthening the skills, abilities, processes and resources that organisations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in the fast-changing world.

1. Do I attend regular meetings?
2. Do I keep up with news/newsletter?
3. Am I actively involved in activities such as Forums, Workshops, Mentoring?
4. How can I enhance my personal capacity?
    

Dylan Jones-Evans in the OECD report found (see http://www.oecd.org/site/cfecpr/38320458.pdf)  
 

1. UNCTAD’s Key policy and programme areas for entrepreneurship education are
2. Embedding entrepreneurship into formal education and training
3. Entrepreneurship education is curriculums that are tailored to the local environment, and 
4. Teachers are the key to entrepreneurship education

(See http://unctad.org/en/docs/ciimem1d9_en.pdf) 
 

Here are 4 areas  of development 

1. Drive, Ambition and Stamina.
2. The Temperament to Manage Adversity.
3. The Capacity to Embrace Change.
4. A ton of Chutzpah. 

(see https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/243059)
 

2 hour 20 minute course 

See https://www.lynda.com Search entrepreneurship foundations)
 

Networks, as discussed in Unit, 1 are a very valuable form of entrepreneur education
 

The website http://smallbusinessbc.ca/article/five-benefits-networking/ provides a valuable argument for the benefits of networking