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1.4 - Entrepreneurs and Leaders Flashcards

Theme 1 - Marketing and People

1
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Define an entrepreneur

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is a person who is wiling to take a risk in setting up and growing their own business

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Skills and characteristics of entrepreneurs

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  • innovate and invent
  • take risk
  • organise
  • make decisions
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Reasons why an entrepreneur may decide to set up their own business

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  • business experience: some start a new business using the experience of their current job
  • lifestyle choice: some decide that they would like to be their own boss and work on their own terms
  • personal experience: may be based on a hobby or interest
  • spotting a gap: seeing an opportunity and realising that they could fulfil this need
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List 4 functions of an entrepreneur

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  • Financial management: raising capital, managing costs, profitability and cash flow
  • Administration: insurance, tax, legal set up and business records
  • Managing people: recruitment, training, motivation and leading people
  • Marketing: research, promotion and branding
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Define intrapreneurship

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refers to employees within a business who have the freedom and opportunity to develop their own ideas and use their creativity to innovate

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Ways entrepreneurs can deal with risk and uncertainty

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  • carrying out detailed research
  • producing detailed plans
  • analysing external influences
  • creating contingency plans
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List the barriers of success a person may face when setting up a business

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  • lack of finance
  • lack of entrepreneurial skills
  • lack of ideas
  • competition from larger, established businesses
  • legal barriers
  • not willing to take a risk
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List 4 characteristics an entrepreneur may have

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  • self confidence
  • self determination
  • initiative
  • commitment
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List 4 skills an entrepreneur may have

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  • organisation
  • financial management
  • managing and communicating with people
  • negotiating
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Name 2 financial motives for setting up your own business

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  1. Profit maximisation - to generate as much wealth as possible
  2. Profit satisfying - to generate enough income to live a comfortable lifestyle
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Name 3 non-financial motives for setting up your own business

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  1. ethical stance - running a business to support their ethical principles
  2. social enterprise - running a business for a social or environmental cause
  3. independence and home working - the control and flexibility of running their own business
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Purpose of business objectives

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  • provide steps to achieve aims
  • clarify the direction of the business
  • measure success against targets
  • motivate employees to achieve
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List 4 financial objectives of a business

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  1. survival
  2. profitability
  3. sales maximisation
  4. cost efficiency
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List 4 non-financial objectives of a business

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  1. customer satisfaction
  2. brand recognition
  3. employee welfare
  4. social objectives
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Name the influences on business objectives

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  1. size
  2. sector
  3. market
  4. ownership
  5. owner
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role of an entrepreneur

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  • creating and setting up a business
  • running and expanding the business
  • innovating within the business
  • anticipating risk and uncertainty
17
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Limited liability

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personal assets are protected

18
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unlimited liability

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personal assets are vulnerable

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Forms of businesses that have unlimited liability

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  • sole trader
  • partnerships
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sole trader

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one person on their own running their business that has no separate legal identity

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partnerships

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more than one person running the business and sharing the work and risk

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forms of businesses that have limited liability

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  • private limited company
  • public limited company
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private limited company

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a registered company under private ownership

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public limited company

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a registered company that has been floated on the stock market

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franchises

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where a franchisor allows a franchise to run an outlet or outlet of their business

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social enterprise

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a business that exists for a social or ethical purpose

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opportunity cost

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what is sacrificed when a decision is a made

28
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trade off

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where the more you have of one thing, the less you can have for the other thing

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reasons why an entrepreneur would move to a leader due to sales and growth

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  • may need help
  • may need new skills
  • may have to give up some control

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