Chapters 4 & 5 Flashcards
opportunity
a possibility of generating value through unique, novel or desirable products, services and processes that havent been exploited in a particular context
3 central characteristics of business opportunities
-potential economic value
-novelty or newness
-perceived desirability
idea
any conception existing in our mind
stages of idea becoming opportunity
idea, invention, innovation, imitation
first step of business opportunties
idea generation
quality and quantity important
idea generation skillset
scanning, connecting, lateral thinking, imagining, observing, collaborating
scanning
-scanning the environment for new opportunities
rugby balls
what allows us to have the ability to scan
prior knowledge + alertness
connecting
consciously making links between concepts to create new concepts
-bioscoiation
Amazon = bookstore x internet
biosociation
a mental process to connect two things seemingly unrelated into something new
-ie internet x bookstore = amazon
lateral thinking
using indirect and creative approaches to solve problems
-allows us to look at problems from different angles
-airbnb example, riddles
imagining
suspending disbelief and dropping constraints to create unrealistic states or fanatsies
gilette, Elon Musk
focused observation
shifting attention outward to look at the world in a new way
-ie “baby is annoying” OUT SHIFT “the baby’s mom must be so stressed”
4 pathways to opportunity identification
find, search, effectuate, design
what makes an opportunity favourable
valuable, rare, costly to imitate, fit
valuable opportunity
there is a market of customers
rare opportunity
offers novelty that doesnt exist
costly to imitate opportunity
creates barriers to entry to other entrepreneurs
fit opportunity
aligns with skills/knowledge of the entrepreneur
find pathway
assumes opportunities exist and are waiting to be found (luggage drop off)
the problem is known to everyone but acted on by the entr
search pathway
used when entrepreneurs are not sure what type of venture they want to start but engage in active search to discover new opportunities
ie hobby of crafts –> handmade card business