1.5.1 Role Of Entreprenur Flashcards
Entrepreneur
A person willing to take a risk in setting up + growing their own business
Solve problems + create wealth in economy
What do entrepreneurs?
Innovate/invent
Take risks (financial security)
Organise (capital/people/tech)
Make decisions
Running/expanding/developing business
Financial management - raising capital/managing costs
Purchasing - suppliers/deliveries
Managing people - recruitment/training/motivation
Marketing - promotion/advertising
Administration -insurance
Production - storage/goods
Intrapreneurship
Employees within a business who have freed = opp to develop ideas + use creativity to innovate
Solve problems/create new products and add huge value
Risk + uncertainty
Risk- can plan for (theft/hack)
Uncertainty - can’t plan for (sometimes natural) (pandemic/flood)
Prep by
-carrying out detailed plans
Analysing external influences
Barriers to entrepreneurship
Lack of finance
Lack of ideas
Lack of skills