Topic 1 - Job Opportunities for Entrepreneurship as a Career Flashcards
Analyze organizational practices, identify weaknesses, and recommend solutions.
Business Consultants
Types of Enterprises according to concept
a) NEW-NEW
b) OLD-NEW
c) OLD-OLD
How to Create New Ventures
a) Boostrapping
b) Minipreneurship
c) Funding
This usually means creating or stumbling on a new idea or concept, and creating or inventing something radically new. The inventor then builds a new business around this product.
New-New enterprise
An enterprise that is built on an existing concept. This usually means creating a new business based on the existing concept.
Old-New enterprise
An enterprise that involves an existing concept and an existing business
Old-Old enterprise
Through highly creative acquisition and use of (sometimes other people’s) resources.
Founding or running a company using only personal finances (savings and credit) and or operating revenue.
Relies greatly on networks, trust, cooperation, and wise use of existing resources.
Bootstrapping
Main objective of Bootstrapping
For the venture to stay alive
Pros of Bootstrapping
The entrepreneur maintains control of the venture
Cons of Bootstrapping
Increase financial strain
consumers who create, produce and trade goods, services and experiences.
Minipreneurship
a person whose business is based on the expert knowledge or experience that person has acquired and how they leverage the Internet.
Minipreneur
Example of minipreneurship
ebay trading, blogging, vlogging, podcasting, online stores, online training, freelance research, copywriting and editing, consultancies, and transciption services, etc
borrowing funds from another party - e.g.,
banks, credit cards, family or friends
debt
provide financing in exchange for part ownership in the business
equity