I agree that multiple approaches towards learning will facilitate entrepreneurship and innovation, but I think this article missed something important; the Self

I agree that multiple approaches towards learning will facilitate entrepreneurship and innovation, but I think this article missed something important; the Self-Learner. College Education and Supplemental Education have something very basic in common; the information is provided to you. Conceptually speaking, this implies that there is a limitation to the amount that you learn. Because the person learning is reliant on being provided with information to learn, they will only learn what is provided. Conceptually speaking, this seems like a somewhat controlled (in-the-box) approach towards learning, and does not really remind me of entrepreneurship and innovation. In real world practice, this does not hold true because people are always looking for more to learn. People are not limited, especially in today’s Information Age. Being able to find new information to learn with no limitations is an extremely powerful concept. And I think this is what was missing from the article. I call it the Self-Learner, but I'm sure there are many different names for it; The Tinkerer, the Enthusiast, the Hacker, etc. This is someone that finds so much enjoyment in learning about a specific topic or craft that they pursue it as their Passion. Depending on their level of enjoyment and/or drive to learn, I believe that the Self-Learner approach provides an unlimited potential with regards to learning. So where College Education and Supplemental Education might eventually run out of material to provide to you, the Self-Learner never runs out of material because they are always driven to learn more. And the longer they pursue their Passion, the more they learn, and the better they become at their craft. I think this is an extremely important aspect of entrepreneurship and innovation. I think you'll find that most successful innovators practice self-learning in one form or another throughout their life. They may have been participating in College Education and Supplemental Education, but it was the stuff they learned on their own that really gave them the skills to do something amazing.