Entrepreneurship Test 1 Flashcards
Entrepreneur
Someone who takes the risk to start a business to earn a profit
Venture capital
Money provided by large investors to finance new products/businesses that they believe will be successful
Innovation
Invention/ creation/ idea that is brand new
Improvement
Design change that increases the usefulness of a product or service or process
Small business
Fewer than 500 employees
Business plan
Written description of business idea, how it will be carried out, including all major business activities
Start up financing
Money needed to open a business
Short term financing
Money needed to pay for the day to day operating activities of a business
Long term financing
Money needed for the main resources of a business
Freelancing
Being your own boss and you are the only boss
Franchising
A continuing relationship in which a franchisor provides a licensed privilege to the franchisee to do business and offers assistance in organizing, training, merchandising, marketing and managing in return for a monetary consideration. Franchising is a form of business by which the owner (franchisor) of a product, service or method obtains distribution through affiliated dealers (fran
Crowdfunding
Getting people to donate towards the cause of starting a business
Microloan
Small-short term loan
Entrepreneurship
Process of starting, organizing, managing, and assuming responsibility for a business