Chapter 1: Flashcards
Entrepreneurship
take a new business idea and start a company to bring idea to market
Entrepreneurship: way of thinking and combining abilities…..
to find/create opportunities and act on them for economic progress
Media and Entrepreneurship (2)
- media exaggerates people as overnight success
- no such thing as overnight success
Who is Jaun Giraldo
- where was he born, what did he create and what did it provide
- what is it made from what does it mean?
- how did he obtain deal and what did he learn
- Ecuador, Waku wellness teas to provide health benefits
- filtered from 20 super herbs/flowers, not fermented. means together
- went to Ecuador to secure supplies and learned not to be shy to ask for help
7-truths of entrepreneurship
- not reserved for start-ups
- do not have special set of personality traits
- can be taught
- not extreme risk takers
- collaborate more than they compete
- act more than they plan
- is a life skill
Truth 1: Entrepreneurship is Not Reserved for Start-up’s (3)
- hint 1: research
- hint 2&3: funds
- create business off research to assess validity of idea/model
- Business funded and if successful then no longer start-up
- many types of entrepreneur
Start-up
temporary organization level in search of scalable business model
traditional view
anyone who starts business is an entrepreneur
Truth 2: Entrepreneurs Do Not Have Special Set of Personality Traits (2)
- thinking patterns of entrepreneurs different than non-entrepreneurs
- patterns in thinking but not behaving <- change way we think
Effectuation
Starting small with what you have, not what you think you need. Take quick action using available resources to start idea.
4 main traits of entrepreneur personality
achievement need, take risk, influence events, ambiguity tolerance
Truth 3: Entrepreneurs Can be Taught (3)
- change way we think towards entrepreneur
- if entrepreneurs had natural traits, could not be taught
- not predictable and cannot be taught as a linear process
Truth 4: Entrepreneurs Are Not Extreme Risk Takers (3)
- they take good risks and don’t gamble when risk is too high
- risk is personal and relative to individual/business
- should never be zero sum game or all or nothing
Truth 5: Entrepreneurs Collaborate More Than They Compete (2)
What cycle (1)?
- strong connection with others is key to business success
- Entrepreneurs draw on shared experiences and desires to learn from others
- Act learn build cycle
Truth 6: Entrepreneurs Act More Than They Plan (2)
- Does business plan have value? Depends on stage, while it is required for investing and obtaining funds, it is also valuable to be agile and adaptive.
- Too much time on business plan takes time from putting into action