Chapter Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Explain entrepreneurship and discuss its importance; Discuss three main reasons people decide to become entrepreneurs; Identify four main characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. Explain five common myths regarding entrepreneurship. Explain how entrepreneurs differ from businessperson. Discuss the impact of entrepreneurial firms on economies and societies. Explain the entrepreneurial process. Minicase: KLYMIT • Who? • What? • Why? • Where
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Concept of Entrepreneur The concept of Entrepreneurship is comparatively new and dynamic. The following eleven qualities/ attributes are considered to be some of the important ones for a successful entrepreneur on the basis of the research and experience is as follows:- a]High level of motivation‚ b]Moderate Risk-taker c]Self-confident with positive self concept‚ d]Excellent Leadership qualities e]Good Business acumen
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signature fragrances‚ and Estee Lauder‚ Beauty products. This is a very small list of a few famous female entrepreneurs throughout history. These women started their own businesses with the passion and desire to help others or provide a product they felt was needed. Females have difficulty climbing the corporate ladder and it is just as difficult‚ if not more‚ to open their own business. But clearly‚ as I will indicate‚ and history has presented‚ women have the vision‚ capacity‚ and perseverance
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Characteristics of an entrepreneur Entrepreneurs have many of the same character traits as leaders‚[10] similar to the early great man theories of leadership; however trait-based theories of entrepreneurship are increasingly being called into question. Entrepreneurs are often contrasted with managers and administrators who are said to be more methodical and less prone to risk-taking. Such person-centric models of entrepreneurship have shown to be of questionable validity‚ not least as many real-life
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Entrepreneur Report Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are life-long friends and the cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ Incorporated- a American ice cream company which manufactures ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ sorbet‚ and ice cream novelty products. They originally decided to go into the food business making bagels but found that the machines would be too expensive and settled on ice cream instead by taking a $5 course at Pennsylvania State University; an idea that
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encourage foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational corporations (MNC). However‚ MNC are not able to fully understand local consumers‚ implying that production is less likely to be at the efficiency frontier‚ implying the need for local entrepreneurs (Corbett‚ 2008). More pointedly‚ what has also been generally accepted is the notion that for economic growth to be self-sustaining the allocation of resources to production should be based on consumption priorities as revealed by the prices (values)
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Chapter 3: THE ENTREPRENEUR PROCESS The virtues of a successful entrepreneur (The Start-Up) A successful entrepreneur has to have the ability to bring together team members who can complete each other. An entrepreneur faces challenges like a coach or a symphony conductor‚ who must blend a group of individuals with different backgrounds and expertise together to become a superb team. To do this‚ an entrepreneur needs to have strong leadership‚ organization‚ and communication skills. In the corporation
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Entrepreneur Interview Salam Alshaikh MGMT 3850/090 Mar. 1‚ 11 UNT Dallas Entrepreneur Name: Nick Hammad Business: Shell Gas Station Interview Questions for Entrepreneur 1. What ignited the spark in you to start a new business venture or to make significant changes in an existing business? How did the idea for your business come about? Actually I decided to enter the business field following my father’s achievements. My father owned a convenient grocery
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A Paper Presentation on ROLE OF NEW AGE ENTREPRENEURS IN SHAPING INDIA Submitted by SHASHANK S SHENOY‚ PGDM‚ MATS Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship‚ Bangalore Email: mime.12.shashanksshenoy@gmail.com SUMANLATA SINHA‚ PGDM‚ MATS Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship‚ Bangalore Email: mime.12.sumanlata@gmail.com MATS Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (Approved by AICTE‚ New Delhi) Jakkasandra Post‚ Kanakapura Taluk‚ Ramanagara Dist - 562112‚ Karnataka
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BEHAVIOURAL AND MOTIVATIONAL CHARATERSITICS OF CORPORATE AND INDEPENDENT ENTREPRENEURS Vikalp Patel (646642) LITERATURE REVIEW “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t‚ so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” Is something that most people who dream of becoming entrepreneurs have heard at least once in their life. It’s not easy to be as successful entrepreneur but they are a certain set of characteristics that most of them have
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