Spring 14 Vocab - Chp 1 - 6 Flashcards
entrepreneurship
the process of planning, organizing, operating, and assuming the risk fo a business venture
serial entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs that start, grow, and sell several businesses over the course of their careers
aspiring entrepreneurs
those that dream of starting a business; they hope for the chance to be their own bosses, but they have not yet made the leap from their current employment into the uncertainty of a start-up
lifestyle entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs that have developed an enterprise that fits their individual circumstances and style of life. Their basic intention is to earn an income for themselves and their families
growth entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs that have both the desire and the ability to grow as fast and as large as possible
social entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to society’s most social problems
technology entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs with ideas triggered by developments in science and engineering
scale-free network
network characterized by a few nodes with very high interactivity and many that are not often visited
five-stage entrepreneurial process
(1) conducting opportunity analysis (2) developing the plan and setting up the company (3) acquiring financial partners/soruces of funding (4) determining the resources required and implementing the plan (5) scaling and harvesting the venture
legal forms of business
(1) C-corporation (2) S-corporation (3) partnership (4) limited liability company (LLC)
early-stage funding sources
(1) self-funding (2) family and friends (3) angels (4) banks (5) government sources
business model
the frameworks in which a sustainable, high-profit company is constructed
virtual knowledge networks (or virtual clusters)
knowledge-centered structures such as virtual companies
innovation
the use of new technological knowledge, and/or new market knowledge, employed within a business model that can deliver a new product and/or service to customers who will purchase at a price that will provide profits
incremental innovation
innovations that are continual improvements on an existing product or service or in the ways that products are manufactured and delivered
radical innovations
innovations that are the result of major changes in the ground rules of competition, culminating in either a customer satisfying her needs in an entirely new way or in a totally new need being created through innovation
disruptive innovation
innovations that disrupt the status quo
technology discontinuity
technological product that obsoletes a prior product
five-stage idea evaluation
(1) seize the opportunity (2) investigate the need through market research (3) develop the plan (4) determine the resources needed (5) manage the business
factors that create opportunity
(1) technology factors (2) economic factors (3) demographic factors
social network
network of individuals who have a common interest
lock-in
development of a two-way valuable relationship between a customer and a company so that moving to another relationship has a high barrier. The barrier is often referred to as the switching cost
business model
the way that a company combines all of its functions and relationships to create a way of doing business
supply chain
the logistics network in which a company is embedded. It may include suppliers, customers, partners, distributors etc
venture capital
money from investment pools or firms that specialize in financing young companies’ growth, usually in return for stock
spiderweb model
a visual representation of an early-stage company indicating its fragility and that it can be severely damanged suddenly by events coming unexpectedly from many directions
initial public offering (IPO)
a privately held company that elects to sell a portion of its common shares of stock to the public, often used when a small company seeks outside equity financing for expansion
leveraged buyout
a method by which a firm is purchased by a private investment company and a significant part of the financing is accomplished using debt. These transactions require that the company have a dependable and sufficient cash flow to service the debt. The LBO firm may install its own management team or retain the existing management structure
long-tail
the part of a product range that consists of a multitude of different products, each of which has a small demand, but taken as a while may have a significant market value
first-mover advantage
the competitive lead that a company can build by being first into a new market and capturing market share before competitors emerge
marketing plan
a written formulation for achieving the marketing goals and strategies of the venture, usually on an annual basis. Business plans always contain a marketing plan section
web 2.0
a broad term to describe applications of the internet that are interactive rather than just one-way