Abstract This article arises from the research in which one of its objectives was to characterize the entrepreneurs of the small and medium industries of Tachira, Venezuela in terms of their managerial competencies, developed under the qualitative approach, having these entrepreneurs as key informants. The interview and field notes were used as techniques for data collection. Today the entrepreneurs of the construction sector are mostly engineers and architects, graduates of universities in the region, who have the technical skills related to the core of the business, but have shortcomings in other managerial and entrepreneurial skills, so we propose a change in the curriculum study that includes as a longitudinal axis of engineering careers, subjects that allow the internalization of various managerial skills that increase the likelihood of success in future companies.