The supposed creativity of left-handed and dyslexic individuals may fit well with an entrepreneurial occupation. Empirical evidence from two representative Dutch samples, however, shows that left-handed and dyslexic individuals are not more likely to be(come) entrepreneurs than right-handed and non-dyslexic individuals.

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Hessels, J., Rietveld, N., & van der Zwan, P. (2014). Unraveling two myths about entrepreneurs. Economics Letters, 122(3), 435–438. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.005