Entrepreneurship Flashcards
A process that commenced with providing service in a feudalistic society. It is a creative wag of supplying the needs of consumer with benefit profit give and take
Entrepreneurship
One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of business or enterprise
Entrepreneur
The word which entrepreneurship originated that means to “to undertake.”
Entreprende
He defined entrepreneurship as a “go-between” or “between-taker.”
Marco Polo
The entrepreneur differs from the manager or small business owner, not so much on goals or in activities, but in approach in doing his business
Camposano
The growth orientation can be measured in terms of owner’s intention when starting a business, their propensity for fostering the firm’s growth, or their initiation of strategic plans designed to promote growth in the firm
Hisrich and Peters
Pointed out that the entrepreneurship is a dynamic process of innovation and new-venture creation through five major dimensions- individuals, organization, environment, process and institutions
Albert Shapero
8 Socio-Economic Benefits from entrepreneurship
- Promotes self-help and unemployment
- Mobilizes capital
- Provides taxes to the economy
- Empower individuals
- Enhance national identity and pride
- Enhance competitive consciousness
- Improves quality of life
- Enhances equitable distribution of income and wealth
He knows who he is, what he is good at, and what he likes to do
Self-awareness
One of the most important personality traits of successful entrepreneurs. This is the characteristic that gets him going and keeps him moving when he is in business
Self-motivated
The willingness to take risks is a valuable trait when striving for success
Courage
One of the most appealing traits he exhibits to prospective clients, for it lets them know that they will be getting the best their money can buy
Confidence
They think of success and bright sides
Positive thinkers
When one owns his business, there will be times when he feels like the roof is craving in, especially when the suppliers seem to be taking their own sweet time in fulfilling an important order or when a customer’s demands seems to be unrealistic
Patience
Business has been described as a process of making one fast decision after another. One should go with his intuition and trust that he is doing the right thing
Decisiveness