most common characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurs‚ entrepreneur self-assessment and the differences between the entrepreneur‚ the small businessman and the managers. Topic 2 Identifying Entrepreneurial Characteristics LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this topic‚ you should be able to: 1. Identify sixteen characteristics of successful entrepreneurs; 2. Evaluate your entrepreneurial inclination potential using the entrepreneur self- assessment test; and 3. Describe at least three
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Small Business Idea Starting a business can be one of the most challenging endeavors to engage. Indentifying a need or want in a given industry‚ completing the pre-business research‚ demographics and analyses‚ then determining financial feasibility is only the tip of the iceberg. Choosing the right business structure will contribute to its long term success. Therefore‚ when selecting the appropriate business type‚ one must carefully consider the following: taxes‚ liability‚ administrative burdens
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Cassie Jian – Reflection paper #1 – Dropbox This Dropbox case study‚ to me‚ was a very interesting one to read just because there were so many different elements to think about as well as an overwhelming amount of information included in the case. I always enjoy the reading the case studies because it always amazes me to read about and think about how something so big and so popular in the present started out so small‚ virtually from nothing. I think that one of the biggest reasons this company
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The Value of Networking in Small Business Accounting Accountants have long faced the same dilemma faced by any professional who runs his or her own practice – should one expand one’s practice to attain a higher level of service and compensation or should one focus on running a “small” practice and reaping the fruits thereof? For many accountants‚ it may well seem as if the choice has already been made. As larger corporations have a tendency to turn toward big name accounting firms to handle
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to throw caution to the wind. An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it. What challenges did he or she face and overcome? In 1982‚ Mark Cuban moved to Dallas‚ Texas Cuban first found work as a bartender‚ then as a salesperson for Your Business Software‚ one of the first PC software retailers in Dallas. He was terminated less than a year later‚ after meeting with a client to procure new business instead of opening the store What
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John Ralph M Boo July 18‚ 2012 “English in my life” Personal Response Paper I. In my language‚ English has only a small part. First of all‚ I speak tagalog all the time and my dominant language is tagalog. For example at home‚ we rarely speak English. Most of the time my family and I speak in tagalog and taglish. So‚ I’m really adjusting during my social interactions‚ most of my friends
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Best Practice BY DANIEL J. ISENBERG The Global Entrepreneur A new breed of entrepreneur is thinking across borders – from day one. FOR A CENTURY AND MORE‚ companies have ventured abroad only after establishing themselves at home. Moreover‚ when they have looked overseas‚ they haven’t ventured too far afield‚ initially. Consumer healthcare company Johnson & Johnson set up its first foreign subsidiary in Montreal in 1919 – 33 years after its founding in 1886. Sony‚ established in 1946‚ took 11
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ID: 100321 1st Session: Creativity 1st Task The Most Creative Business Idea “Curiosity about life in all of its aspects‚ I think‚ is still the secret of great creative people” – Leo Burnett Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas‚ alternatives‚ or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems‚ communicating with others‚ and entertaining ourselves and others (Franken R.E‚ 1998). Creativity is the ability to generate innovative ideas and manifest
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at the same time it is wrong. They move into cities and drop their prices causing the clientele to shop at their store. As consumers start running to Wal-Mart instead of the Mom and Pop grocer down the road‚ the small businesses are forced into bankruptcy. As these small business owners are forced to liquidate their remaining stock and permanently close their doors‚ options are removed from the shopper’s list. When the majority of competing stores have shut down‚ Wal-Mart immediately raises their
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