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CHAPTER 1
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
UNDERSTANDING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Chapter Objectives
To understand the evolution of the term
entrepreneur
To study the reasons for the current growth in
entrepreneurship
To list various reasons driving a person to
starting a business
To explore the characteristics and skills of
successful entrepreneurs
To classify different types of entrepreneurs
To look at the reasons for entrepreneurial failure
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The Entrepreneur
entreprende, which means to undertake
Webster dictionary one who organizes, manages
and assumes the risks of a business or
enterprise
Richard Cantillion an entrepreneur is someone
who takes the risk of running an enterprise by
paying a certain price for securing and using
resources to make a product and reselling the
product for an uncertain price.
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Industry Structure
New technologies
Deregulation and privatization
Formation of new business communities
Increasing demand for variety
Government incentives and subsidies
Increasing flow of information
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Job Creation
Economic growth
New Technology
Serving small markets
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Control
The idea
Flexibility
Money
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Pros
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Cons
You are alone
All decisions are yours
All losses are yours
Work may not be
satisfying
You will need to put in
long hours
Lack of success will effect
self esteem
Exiting the business is
difficult
Pressures will affect
social and family life
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Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Timmons:
1. commitment and determination;
2. leadership;
3. opportunity obsession;
4. tolerance of risk, ambiguity and uncertainty;
5. creativity, self-reliance and ability to adapt; and
6. motivation to excel.
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1. being an offspring of self-employed parents;
2. being fired from more than one job;
3. being an immigrant or a child of immigrants;
4. previous employment in a firm with more than
100 people;
5. being the oldest child in the family; and
6. being a college graduate.
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Entrepreneurial Skills
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Entrepreneurial Attitudes
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Types of Entrepreneurs
Based on Timing of Venture Creation:
Early starters
Experienced
Mature
Based on Socio-cultural Variables:
1st generation entrepreneurs
From Business families
Minority entrepreneurs
Women Entrepreneurs
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