ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Chapter 1
Entrepreneurship, Canadian Edition by William D. Bygrave, Andrew Zacharakis & Sean Wise,
Fall 2014,
©2014,
Toronto,
Entrepreneurship,
Canadian
Edition
byWiley
William D. Bygrave, Andrew
Zacharakis & Sean Wise, Fall 2014, ©2014, Toronto, Wiley
Today’s Focus
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business in Canada
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• Learning Objective 1.1 Describe entrepreneurship and small business in Canada.
Causes of the Entrepreneurial Revolution
• Learning Objective 1.2 Outline the causes of the entrepreneurial revolution. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
• Learning Objective 1.3 Describe what is the Global Entrepreneurship
Monitor (GEM).
Principal Findings from GEM
• Learning Objective 1.4 Outline the principle findings from GEM.
21st-Century Economies: Anglo-Saxon or Social Models
• Learning Objective 1.5 Compare the Anglo-Saxon economic system and the social model.
Entrepreneurship, Canadian Edition by William D. Bygrave, Andrew Zacharakis & Sean Wise,
Fall 2014,
©2014,
Toronto,
Entrepreneurship,
Canadian
Edition
byWiley
William D. Bygrave, Andrew
Zacharakis & Sean Wise, Fall 2014, ©2014, Toronto, Wiley
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What’s an Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship, Canadian Edition by William D. Bygrave, Andrew Zacharakis & Sean Wise,
Fall 2014,
©2014,
Toronto,
Entrepreneurship,
Canadian
Edition
byWiley
William D. Bygrave, Andrew
Zacharakis & Sean Wise, Fall 2014, ©2014, Toronto, Wiley
History’s Greatest Entrepreneurs?
1. Jobs & Wozniak
2. H. Ross Perot
3. Ray Kroc
4. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
5. Henry Ford
6. Thomas Edison
7. The Google Boys
8. Elon Musk
9. Jack Dorsey
10. Temujin aka Genghis Khan
Entrepreneurship, Canadian Edition by William D. Bygrave, Andrew Zacharakis & Sean Wise,
Fall 2014,
©2014,
Toronto,
Entrepreneurship,
Canadian
Edition
byWiley
William D. Bygrave, Andrew
Zacharakis & Sean Wise, Fall 2014, ©2014, Toronto, Wiley
What do Entrepreneurs all Great have in common?
Climbers
Campers
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Internal Locus of