Group 1: Introduction Flashcards
Plays a key role in any economy, using the skills and initiative necessary to anticipate needs and bringing good new ideas to market.
Entrepreneur
A set of skills that enable people to identify and make the most of opportunities, overcome and learn from setbacks, and succeed in a variety of settings.
Entrepreneurial Mindset
8 Skills of Entrepreneurial Mindset
1.Critical Thinking
2.Creativity & Innovation
3.Communication & Collaboration
4.Comfort with Risk
5.Initiative & Self-Reliance
6.Future Orientation
7.Opportunity Recognition
8.Flexibility & Adaptability
The capacity to apply higher-level, process-oriented thinking, consider an issue from a range of possible perspectives, and use that reasoning to make decisions.
Critical Thinking
The ability and willingness to change actions and plans to overcome present and future challenges.
Flexibility & Adaptability
The ability to clearly express ideas to an intended audience, including persuading others to work towards a common goal
Communication and Collaboration
The capacity to move forward with a decision despite inevitable uncertainty and challenges.
Comfort with Risk
Strategies used when taking risks:
o Research
o Marketing
o Planning
o Testing and reporting
The power to take ownership of a project without input or guidance and work through obstacles independently.
Initiative & Self-Reliance
An optimistic disposition with a focus on obtaining the skills and knowledge required to transition into a career.
Future Orientation
The practice of seeing and experiencing problems as opportunities to create solutions.
Opportunity Recognition
The ability to think of ideas and create solutions to problems without clearly defined structures.
Creativity and Innovation
novel/ new/ original product, device, process, or concept.
Invention
Derived from the Latin verb innovare, which means “to renew”
Innovation
Involves applying new processes, introducing new techniques, or establishing successful ideas to create new value.
Innovation
the indispensable start-up ingredient all inventions and innovations need.
Ideas
Starting point for any current or future entrepreneur.
Ideas
What is Next after the Idea?
- Define Your Target Market
- Define Your Products and Services
- Define the Market for Your Business Idea
- Define Your Main Competitors
- Competitive Benchmarking
- Define Resources Required by Your Business Idea
- Calculate Your Startup Costs
- Calculate Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) and Operations Costs
- Develop Your Business Model
A group of individuals working together to achieve their goal.
Team
Creates a system to ensure that deadlines are met and that there’s high quality work
Team
Tuckman’s Stages of Team Formation
- Forming
- Storming
- Norming
- Performing
- Adjourning
Stage where a group of people comes together to accomplish a shared purpose
Forming
The leader plays a dominant role at this stage because team members’ roles and responsibilities aren’t yet clear.
Forming
Disagreement are constant at this stage of development since team members are still getting to know each other
Storming