Obviously "TechnoPreneurship" was coined from two words "technology" and "entrepreneurship." The first known use of the term technopreneurship was in 1987. It is possible that the term "technopreneurship" was more recognized when the Internet bubble began to break in April of 2000. Considering these facts, it can be said that technopreneurship has past gone its infancy. However, it is probable that it is still in its babyhood. Just for a quick exercise, try typing the word "technopreneurship" or technopreneur." You'll notice that the word would yield you a crooked red underline which is a typical warning of a misspelled word. Such case would reflect that the term "technopreneurship" have not yet been universally recognized as compared to terms such as entrepreneurship, technology, cyberspace, e-commerce, e-bay, and the like. Some would still prefer to call themselves online entrepreneurs, internet entrepreneurs; and their activities as online selling, e-commerce, online trading, or simply entrepreneurship. In fact as of this writing, the word Technopreneurship is not yet even included in the dictionary!
This neologism still causes too much confusion to the common people, and even to some who are actually in the IT world! The first Asian School to offer Master of Science in Technopreneurship and Innovation Program (M.Sc.TIP) is Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. According to some resources, the word technopreneurship is more popularly used in Asian countries compared to the Western world.
While it is true that we have to put in a lot of work before becoming a race of digital prosumers and technopreneurs, it is not fair to single out "Filipinos" as being clueless on technopreneurship.
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