Technopreneurship 1st PDF Flashcards
Technopreneurship is the combination of?
Technology and Entrepreneurship
It is simply entrepreneurship in a technology intensive context.
Technopreneurship
It is a process of merging technology prowess and entrepreneurial talent and skills.
Technopreneurship
This is a new breed of entrepreneurship.
Technopreneurship
Entrepreneur is a person who _____ an opportunity, ______ it into a product or service, ______ earnings and profit and _______ a successful business with it.
- identifies
- converts
- estimates
- builds
A Technopreneur starts out with nothing but an _____. He defies existing practices and systems and thinks of doing things differently. He creates a product or solution ______.
- ‘idea’
- that uses the heft and capability of technology
The first known use of the term “Technopreneurship” was in ____.
1987
_____ was more recognized when the Internet became more accessible to the public on ____.
- Technopreneurship
- April of 2000
This is a process of commercializing an invention or introducing something new or improved that creates value in the form of a commercial product.
Innovation
Types of Innovation
● Incremental
● Disruptive
● Architectural
● Radical
take existing product and tweak to suit different market.
Architectural
small changes (e.g. Coca-cola)
Incremental
new, slightly similar to disruptive, creates an entirely new market. Riskiest (e.g. YouTube)
Radical
newer, sometimes hard to use, expensive. Uses existing market.
Disruptive
Types of Enterprise
● Innovation Driven Enterprise (IDE)
● Small-Medium Enterprise (SME)
bring traditional ideas to local markets.
Small-Medium Enterprise (SME)
require an investment to develop the innovation, more risky
compared to SMEs
Innovation Driven Enterprise (IDE)
Business Philosophies
● Market oriented
● Product oriented