Entrepreneurship Basics Flashcards
Entrepreneurship
Process of developping, organizing and running a new business to generate profit while taking on financial risks
Entrepreneur
A person that evaluates a business opportunity, gathers necessary ressources and uses them to initiate and manage their business
5 main differences bet. entrepreneur and manager
Owns business VS Employee
Gets profit VS Receives a salary/wage
Decision maker VS Decision taker
Dependant VS Independant
Risk taker VS Takes no risk
Qualities of an entrepreneur
Decisiveness, Determination, Confidence
Creativity, Goal oriented, Discipline
Risk taking, persistence and networking, hard working
Steps for entrepreneurship process
Dis.Co.R.A.H
Discovery
Develop. Business idea by
-Considering your hobbies or skills
-Considering consumer needs and wants
-Conducting surveys and questionnaires and tes the market
- study demographics/ Market research
Concept dev.
This is the stage where entre. Develops a business plan.
-Detailed proposal describing the business idea
Ressour.
Ressources collection, financial, human, technologic
-Identify potential investors loans, hire employees etc.
Actualization
Entre. Operates the business
-Basically :Opening and day to day operations
Harvesting
Enjoying profit and dciding on business future growth and development. What is 5-10 year plan?
Future potential extension of the business
Types of entre
Innovative: new products and introduce new methods and techniques on the market
Imitative:imitates an already established business
Drone: do not accept changes
Fabian: accept changes and grow depending on the trends
Necessity of entrepreneurship
Aids students from all socioeconomic bacjground to think outside the box and nurture unconventional talents and skills.
7 traits of successful entrepreneur
Tenacity
Tolerance of ambiguity
Passion
Vision
Self belief
Flexibility
Rule breaking
4 types of main entrepreneurs
Imitative
Innovative
Drone
Fabian
Entrepreneurs that rarely(but still changes) changes or take risk out of fear, most of the times got business from ancestors
Fabian entrepreneur