got many opportunities to prove their computer skills. In 1972‚ they started their own company called ’Traf-O-Data.’ They developed a portable computer that allowed them to do analysis and prepare reports. This made them a sum of $20‚000. An entrepreneur has to have a persuasive style and possess good communication skills. This was a key factor in one of the turning points in Gates’ career‚ when at 25 he
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these activities are called entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur is one who always searches for change‚ responds to it‚ and exploits it as an opportunity. Assessment of Market Opportunity‚ responding to competition‚ gaining command over scarce resources‚ identifying sources of inputs‚ and marketing of products‚ dealing with public‚ bureaucracy‚ management of human resources‚ technological innovation and improvements in production techniques are prime functions of an entrepreneur. According to Schumpeter
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Entrepreneurship is the level that all individual who dream to create and build their business to become successful. However‚ in today economy it’s hard to keep company going without losing your shirt. For potential and veteran entrepreneurs who believe that one day their product(s) would be the one to put their business on the map. Here are steps to make sure it happens. Therefore‚ discussing the best case scenario of Entrepreneurial will give the reader a good view to start on how to follow your
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Natural-Born Entrepreneur by Dan Bricklin Reprint r0108b HBR Case Study r0108a What a Star –What a Jerk Sarah Cliffe First Person r0108b Natural-Born Entrepreneur Dan Bricklin Different Voice r0108c Is Success a Sin? A Conversation with the Reverend Peter J. Gomes In Praise of Middle Managers r0108d Quy Nguyen Huy The Superefficient Company r0108e Michael Hammer The Weird Rules of Creativity r0108f Robert I. Sutton What You Don’t Know r0108g About Making Decisions David A. Garvin
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draft: 25th November‚ 2002 ABSTRACT We study the determinants of equity and loan financing in an equilibrium model of financial markets with adverse selection. In our model all agents are endowed with initial wealth and choose to invest as entrepreneurs or financiers‚ or not to invest. We find that i) equilibrium financial contracts are either equity-like or “pure” debt contracts; ii) agents only earn rents when employing pure debt contracts; iii) When agents split in their occupational choices
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Panino Restaurant The entrepreneur that I interviewed was Lydia Patterson. In 1989‚ Lydia and her husband‚ Lou‚ decided to start planning to open up a new Italian restaurant in Virginia. The restaurant industry‚ especially in the Washington DC area is very competitive. It is highly competitive with respect to price‚ value and promotions‚ service‚ location‚ and food quality. There are a substantial number of restaurant operations that compete for customer traffic‚ some of which have significantly
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A Dream of A Social Entrepreneur “I have a dream that in the near future‚ Ecolife Café will become the bridge of knowledge for people in Phu Long and promote Community Ecotourism for the Protection of Mangrove so that tourists and foreigners will know and love the community initiatives to protect the green environment here‚ and then have a chance to experience life with local people in our island.” Lying on the coastal island of Cat Hai‚ Hai Phong City‚ Phu Long commune’s population is consisted
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Study of the essay "Power and Weakness" by Robert Kagan Robert Kagan‚ American neoconservative scholar and political commentator created an international sensation in 2002 with his essay "Power and Weakness‚" that he later expanded into a bestselling book entitled Of Paradise and Power. His essay announced that "Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus." Here is a summary of his essay and the different steps of his analysis of the deteriorating US-Europe relationship According
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Candace Allen’s article titled “The Entrepreneur as Hero”‚ she introduced that every society needs heroes. First she said that heroes go to the unknown. Second is the encountering of the hardship and challenges. Third is the return with something new. The author tries to compare the pattern of the hero to the entrepreneur‚ finding themselves in a difficult situation then finding ways to get a solution. Furthermore‚ she also mentioned that “The heroic entrepreneur will continue to anticipate what the
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Strengths and Weaknesses Communication is essential in my life if I am going to have successful relationships with my family‚ friends‚ and co-workers. When I think of communication I think of all the ways in which I express myself to those around me. Communication could mean a phone call‚ letter‚ e-mail‚ face to face conversation or simply snuggling up on the couch to watch a good movie. There are ways in which my communications skills are powerful‚ and other times when I feel as if I should place
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