Gates is one of the 21st Centuries most successful entrepreneurs. This report will take a closer look into Bill Gates whilst simultaneous exploring entrepreneurship and its role in business‚ entrepreneurial approaches to opportunity and innovation‚ management and leadership‚ growth and longevity in additional to entrepreneurial traits and characteristics. Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 The Opportunity Recognised 1 3.0 The Entrepreneur 2 4.0 Managing and Leading 3 5.0 Growth
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1. Define and discuss the importance of the following traits associated with leaders: intelligence‚ self-confidence‚ determination‚ integrity‚ and sociability. Is this list all inclusive? a. Intelligence: Having a strong verbal ability‚ perceptual ability‚ and reasoning abilities; Leaders intellectual abilities‚ however‚ should not differ too much from their subordinates; Intelligence is also defined as a trait that significantly contributes to a leader’s acquisition of complex problem-solving skills
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Launching a New Venture | Are entrepreneurs born or made? | ID: 1011838 2011-3-19 Word Count: 2‚438 | Introduction The term entrepreneur is not a recent invention. It was first coined in the eighteenth century by Richard Cantillon‚ who identified the risk-bearing function of an entrepreneur (Jennings et al. 1994). According to Morrison (1999 p30)‚ entrepreneurs can be regarded as “first among equals in the process of wealth creation”. Moreover‚ entrepreneurs are presented as economic heroes
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Carlisle Pike‚ Mechanicsburg‚ and an online business. The online shop (www.ilovecrabs.com) is ran out of his Carlisle pike location where fed ex comes daily to deliver next day shipment to anyone within the 50 states. His business has been very successful. 3. Do you believe the efforts and rewards for owning your own business are worth the sacrifices? Yes‚ Curt believes that he is very happy with the outcome of where his business is today. He says that he might change a few things looking back but
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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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Leadership Traits Although research has shown that the presence of specific traits alone do not ensure successful leadership‚ it has been proven that successful historical leaders share certain key traits. According to Shelley Kirkpatrick and Edwin Locke‚ “leaders do not have to be great men or women by being intellectual geniuses or omniscient prophets to succeed‚ but they do need to have the "right stuff" and this stuff is not equally present in all people” (Kirkpatrick & Locke‚ 1991‚ p. 12)
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Women entrepreneurs have made extraordinary progress‚ but they still have much to learn My presentation is inspired by a book I read at the begining of this year‚ wrote by Gail Evans. The name of the book is „Play like a man‚ win like a woman” and it’s a practical guide for business women who must develop their business and approach success in domains dominated mostly by men. Love the game‚ with these words Gail Evans concludes one of the most successful and influential books about women in
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Teddy Roosevelt‚ John Muir‚ Susan B. Anthony and Dr. Maria Montessori are just a few of the names of social entrepreneurs of our history. Social entrepreneurs have been around for well over a century. The title of social entrepreneur was never there‚ but the idea was. I see it as something that can truly help this world but only if the world helps adopt some of the great ideas that these individuals or groups bring light to. Our society is filled with a bunch of needy‚ greedy‚ whinny beggars. There
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What does an entrepreneur need to do before even trying for a formal term sheet? An entrepreneur need to prepare a presentation and business plan to submit to the potential investors they have identified. According to Berkery‚ 2008‚ the entrepreneur should consider are “propose that the stock option pool be put in place after the investment this will reduce the dilution experienced by the preexisting shareholders.” (pg. 171) “They need to understand from a legal process how to manage the process
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FEASIBILITY STUDY MJSAM Photography! “Capture the sweetest smile you ever have.” A proposed project by: Anna Paulina Garcia Micah Dyan Matahom Ma. Bernadeth Joy Manahan Shaira Encinares Mario Alimoot Submitted to: Professor Neil Gamus TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary………………………………………………………… 1-3 II. Marketing Aspect ……………………………………………………........... 4 A. Product
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