Entrepreneurial Mindset Flashcards
The knowledge structures that people use to make assessment, judgements, or decision including opportunities evaluation, venture creation, and growth
Entrepreneurial cognition
Refers to the unique way entrepreneurs mentally process information that helps them identify and invent new services, and to assemble the necessary resources to start and grow a business
Entrepreneurial Cognition
It is the mental or the thinking process of an individual in venture creation
Entrepreneurial cognition
The ability to be dynamic, flexible and self-regulating in one’s cognition given dynamic and uncertain environments
Cognitive adaptability
Awareness or analysis of one’s own learning or thinking process
Metacognition
Strategies that help the entrepreneur examine their cognition processes that have led to them the decision they made
Metacognitive strategies
True or False
Entrepreneur must have determination and perseverance
True
It is continuing one’s dream and goal
Determination and Perseverance
Characteristics of an entrepreneur where they refuse to give up
Determination and Perseverance
Nobody have to push them to start something
drive to achieve
It is the essential ingredient for anyone to become successful
drive to achieve
True or False
An entrepreneur must have a drive to achieve
True
Entrepreneurs are constantly aware of opportunities that exist in everyday life
opportunity orientation
Setting a high but attainable goals and have the ability to focus their energies, selectively sort out opportunities, when to say “no”, and define their priorities as well as measures to know how well they are performing
Opportunity Orientation
Entrepreneurs have strong desire to know how well they are doing
seeking feedback
This helps entrepreneur to improve and be better
seeking feedback
Entrepreneurs are not intimidated by difficult situations
persistent problem solving
Simple problems bore them; but they couldn’t care less about unsoved ones
persistent problem solving
They are realistic in recognizing what they and and cannot do and where they can get hell to solve difficukt but unavoidable tasks
Persistent problem solving
They have control in what they are doing
internal locust of control
They are responsible of their own actions
internal locust of control
They are not affected by environment or circumstances
internal locust of control
Successful entrepreneurs believe in themselves
internal locust of control
They believe that their accomplishments and setbacks are within their control and influence, and that they can affect the outcome of their action
internal locust of control
Successful entrepreneurs can deal with various setbacks and changes that constantly confront them
tolerance for ambiguity
Successful entrpreneurs are not gamblers they are calculated risk takers
calculated risk taking
They do everything possible to get the odds in their favor, and they often avoid taking unnecessary risk
calculated risk taking
They have the courage to take risk but they are not reckless
calculated risk taking
They assess their ideas if it is worth it or not
calculated risk taking
Once regarded as an exclusive inherited trait
creativity
An expanding school of thought believes that creativity can be developed
creativity and innovativeness
New ventures often possess a collective creativity that emerges from the joint efforts of the founders and personnel, and produces unique goods and services
creativity and innovativeness
Successful entrepreneurs know where they want to go
vision
They have a _______ or concept of what their firms can be
vision
True or False
Eventhough not all entrepreneurs have predetermined vissions for their firms, the vision will not develop overtime
flase (it will develop overtime)
A fundamental emotional experience for entrepreneurs
passion
The underlying force that fuels your stringest emotions
passion
The intensity felt when engaging in activities of deep interest
passion
The energy that enables entrepreneurs to achieve peak performance
passion
Most successfuk entrepreneurs have highly qualified, well-motivated teams that help them handle the venture’s growth and development
team building
Created to pursue new and unique opportunities
entrepreneurial ventures
They often fail due to the _______ environment within which they developlearning process
uncertain