answered or agreed upon. (Lazenby et al.‚ pg. 2) Issues include the definition of entrepreneurship and whether or not entrepreneurs are born or trained. In this essay the arguments involved in defining entrepreneurs will not be analysed‚ but specific attention will be given to the argument on whether or not entrepreneurs are born or trained. According to Reynolds et al. (2000) "entrepreneurs are people who have both the will (in other words‚ desire or motivation) and the skill (the ability) to project
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Contents Contents Table of Contents 1 History of Entrepreneurship 3 Characteristics and skills of an Entrepreneur 4 Ambition 4 Creativity 4 Enthusiasm 4 Decision-making 5 Perseverance 5 Skills 5 Communication Skills: 5 Marketing Skills 6 Leadership Skills: 6 Team Building Skills 6 Mary Ann O’Brien 8 Tony Ryan 8 Darina Allen 9 Conclusion 9 An Entrepreneur is someone who exercises initiative by organising a venture to take benefit of an opportunity and‚ as the decision
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Okonkwo’s fear of being thought of as emotionally weak acts as a motivation to hide his affection towards his children‚ which ultimately makes Okonkwo less successful as a father. Okonkwo’s fear of being perceived as emotionally vulnerable causes him to hide his relationship with Ikemefuna‚ resulting in Okonkwo being portrayed as an unsuccessful father. Throughout the novel Things Fall Apart‚ Okonkwo reveals his love for and special connection with Ikemefuna. In order to hide his affection‚ Okonkwo
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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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Asian cultures and this essay seeks to show that adapting a leadership style preferred by that culture will attract the greatest number of followers. This essay will also demonstrate that the key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs are consistent amongst Western and Asian entrepreneurs. Firstly culture will be defined using the four dimensions as detailed by Geert Hofstede. These will be illustrated using a comparison of Asian and Western cultures. Secondly‚ a discussion of leadership and the
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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 entrepreneurial
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Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur 1. They are self-motivated Successful entrepreneurs do not need someone who holds them accountable or forces them to be efficient and productive. Unfortunately‚ without a manager‚ many people cannot take their business past the planning stages. It takes hard work to create your own business; most people need someone who forces them to keep working. Moreover‚ when people do not have someone to hold them accountable‚ they may let their work’s quality
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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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Becoming an Entrepreneur Reel Classics Vintage Movies Memorabilia Coordinator: Prof. Anca Mândruleanu Student: Chioibasu Cristina Series A‚ Group 112 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. Theoretical Support What is entrepreneurship? .................................................................... p. 2 Reasons for becoming an entrepreneur .................................................. p.2 Entrepreneurship’s importance .......................................................
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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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