CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 MEANING The classic definition of an Entrepreneur is “a person who organizes and manages a business undertaking‚ assuming the risk for the sake of the profit.” The word ’entrepreneur’ is derived from the Old French word ’entreprendre’ which was first used by the economic ’theorist’ Richard Cantillon in 1755 in an essay where he used this term to describe a person who assumed the risk of buying goods in the belief that they could sell them at a higher price at a
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Drive to Achieve The drive for achievements; and entrepreneur must be greatly motivated in accomplishing his/her goals or objectives. He/she should posses a psychological drive to achieve things that he/she set for him/her self as a target to take in a given time. This drive could make him/her self as a person that has a result oriented views in life. One of the entrepreneur who best described in this entrepreneurial skills is Steve Paul “ Steve” Jobs. He is best known as the co-founder‚ chairman
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our government and corporations to create more entrepreneurs has showed the importance of growing entrepreneurship in Malaysia economy. In today’s globalized worlds‚ with a twist of creativity in entrepreneurial sector it will contribute significantly to its prosperity. To be a successful entrepreneurs‚ it should spot rich opportunities swiftly and make benefit from it. In Peter Drucker book Innovation and Entrepreneurship stated that: “Entrepreneurs see change as the norm and as healthy. He or she
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of SE and Entrepreneurship to prove that SE should be differentiated from Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are one who discover change‚ respond to it‚ and exploit it (Dees‚ 1998) as opportunities for the creation of personal wealth (Sundin‚ 2011). Starting a new business is not the essence of entrepreneurship (Dees‚ 1998). Not every new business represents entrepreneurship as well as not every entrepreneur is a business owner. Since the last century‚ scholars and businesses have deliberated on whether
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Types of Entrepreneurs 1. Classic Entrepreneur. Wants to innovate‚ grow big and make a lot of money. The classic entrepreneur is not interested in starting a business to give herself a job. If you want to start a company‚ make it profitable and sell it‚ then you are a classic serial entrepreneur. The SAC Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program wants to make sure that everyone understands Classical Entrepreneurship. Most community college entrepreneur programs focus on small business
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Successful Entrepreneur? ABSTRACT First‚ there was an interview with a successful entrepreneur. Second‚ there was a talk on entrepreneurship by a guest speaker‚ Mr. Azmi Ahmad (the CEO of Skali.com) and later‚ an "elevator speech" by fellow students on various issues related to entrepreneurship. This collective information and some reading on entrepreneurship journals‚ books and articles have brought to the idea on writing this paper‚ towards certain perspective‚ on successful
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Essay on Entrepreneurs There are many advantages when being an entrepreneur‚ some of which benefit a lot of the families all over the world. One of the many benefits offered when being an entrepreneur is‚ having time to spend with your family. It is said that families who have an enterprise can concentrate on their personal life and parents can have a more healthy relationship. The advantage would be that family members can be involved in the business as well. Both husbands and wives can help
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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: Women entrepreneurs may be defined as a woman or a group of women who initiate‚ organize and run a business enterprise. In terms of Schumpeterian concept of innovative entrepreneurs‚ women who innovate‚ initiate or adopt a business activity are called business entrepreneur. It is the group of women or single women running an enterprise or company in order to earn profit. Now days because of women empowerment women are stepping-stone into the industries and are taking the
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resources and taking both risks and rewards associated with the venture. Entrepreneur is a person who is able to exploit an opportunity or who has a bright business idea‚ organizes it‚ puts it into action though a business venture‚ and is prepared to take financial risks. All entrepreneurs are very different from each other. They all have a different entrepreneur mindset that contributes to their success. Their entrepreneur mindset might have to do with their personality or even in the field which
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Entrepreneurs are innovators or developer who recognizes and seize opportunities; converts those opportunities into a workable/marketable idea; adds value through time‚ effort‚ money or skills; assumes the risk of the competitive marketplace to implement these ideas and realizes the rewards from these efforts (Kuratko‚ 2009). Based on this explanation‚ we can assume that entrepreneurs are people who take risks and efforts to venture into a new business. In order for them to take such risks‚ they
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