Professional Documents
Culture Documents
UNIT1
Slides By
Supreet Juneja Wahee
Learning Objectives
Describe the meaning of the term entrepreneur and discuss the
evolution and development of the concept
Highlight the characteristics of successful entrepreneur
Classification of Entrepreneurship
Theory of Entrepreneurship
Development of entrepreneurship
- Earliest period.
- Middle Ages.
- 17th Century.
- 18th Century.
- 19th and 20th centuries.
Opportunists
Recognize and take advantage of
opportunities
Resourceful
Creative
Visionary
Hardworking
Optimistic
Independent Thinkers
Excellent Leaders
Dreamers
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Why Be an Entrepreneur?
The biggest reward of becoming an entrepreneur is the
The biggest reward of becoming an entrepreneur is the
personal satisfaction that comes from having the freedom to
personal satisfaction that comes from having the freedom to
make your own business decisions and then act on them.
make your own business decisions and then act on them.
Making Your Own Rules. When you own a
business, you get to be your own boss.
Doing Work You Enjoy. Since the majority of
most peoples lives is spent working, why not
spend that time doing something you enjoy?
Creating Greater Wealth. Theres no limit to
what an entrepreneur can make.
Helping Your Community. Being an
entrepreneur lets you make your community and
world a better place.
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Risks of Being an
Entrepreneur
Potential Business Failure. Being fully
Potential Business Failure. Being fully
responsible means the success or failure of your
responsible means the success or failure of your
business rests on you.
business rests on you.
Unexpected Obstacles. Problems can happen
Unexpected Obstacles. Problems can happen
that you dont expect.
that you dont expect.
Financial Insecurity. Many new businesses
Financial Insecurity. Many new businesses
dont make much money in the beginning, so
dont make much money in the beginning, so
you may not always be able to pay yourself.
you may not always be able to pay yourself.
Long Hours and Hard Work. Its not unusual
Long Hours and Hard Work. Its not unusual
for entrepreneurs to work a lot of extra hours to
for entrepreneurs to work a lot of extra hours to
make their businesses successful. This is
make their businesses successful. This is
especially true during the initial start-up
especially true during the initial start-up
process.
MBA
process.
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What are the different
outcomes of engaging in
entrepreneurship?
Innovation or newness product or service.
Organizing resources finance, people, physical and
information resource.
Creating new product or service.
Generating wealth
Taking risk in a business venture.
Prepared to face uncertainty.
Create job opportunity
Increase the abundance of wealth generation for the nation.
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Characteristics of Successful
Entrepreneurs
Personal Characterisitics Skills
Personal Characterisitics
Courage A skill is an ability thats
Courage
Creativity learned through training
Creativity
Curiosity and practice.
Curiosity
Determination Business Skill
Determination
Discipline Communication Skill
Discipline
Empathy Computer Skill
Empathy
Enthusiasm Decision-Making and
Enthusiasm
Flexibility Problem-Solving Skills
Flexibility
Honesty Mathematical Skill
Honesty
Patience Organizational Skill
Patience
Responsibility People Skills
Responsibility
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Successful and Unsuccessful
Entrepreneurs
Successful Unsuccessful
Creative and Poor Managers
Innovative Low work ethic
Position
Inefficient
themselves in
shifting or new Failure to plan and
markets prepare
Create new Poor money
products managers
Create new
processes
Create new
delivery
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Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
Key Personal
Attributes
Entrepreneurial Careers
The idea that entrepreneurial success leads
to more entrepreneurial activity may explain
why many entrepreneurs start multiple
companies over the course of their career
Corridor Principle- Using one business to start
or acquire others and then repeating the
process
Serial Entrepreneurs- A person who founds
and operates multiple companies during one
career
Self-Confidence
Because of the high risks involved in running
an entrepreneurial organization, having an
upbeat and self-confident attitude is
essential
A successful track record leads to improved
self-confidence and self-esteem
Self-confidence enables that person to be
optimistic in representing the firm to
employees and customers alike
Self-Sacrifice
Essential
Nothing worth having is free
Success has a high price, and entrepreneurs
have to be willing to sacrifice certain things
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Myths of Entrepreneurship
They are doers not thinkers
An economic activity
1. Educational background
2. Occupational Experience
3. Desire to work independently
4. Desire to branch out to manufacturing
5. Family background
6. Assistance from Government
7. Assistance from financial institution
8. Availability of technology/raw material
9. Profit margin
10. Desire for taking personal responsibility
11. Anticipation of future possibilities
12. Success stories of entrepreneurs
13. To gain social prestige
14. Heavy Demand
15. Technical knowledge
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Functions of Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur is the person who takes the initiative of establishing a business
enterprise. He is also designated as the captain of the industry, business
organizer, and the business manager. An entrepreneur is responsible for the
performance areas of:
PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY FINANCE
Functions of Entrepreneur
Innovation.
- The unexpected success or failure or any unexpected outside event.
- Innovation based on process need.
- Changes in industry and market structure.
- Demographics changes.
- New knowledge.
Organization building.
- Perception of market opportunities.
- Gaining command over scarce resources.
- Purchasing inputs.
- Marketing the products.
- Dealing with bureaucrats.
- Managing human relations within the firm.
- Managing customer and supplier relations.
- Managing finance.
- Managing production.
- Acquiring and overseeing assembly of the factory.
- Upgrading process and product.
- Introducing new production techniques and products .
INTERNAL FACTORS
Strong desire to do something new.
To be independent in Life.
Making the maximum use of technical/professional
knowledge.
Occupational experience/background.
Passionate about particular activity.
Dissatisfaction with present job.
To attain self-satisfaction.
methods of production)
i)Business entrepreneurs:-who start business units after developing ideas for new
products/services.
ii)Trading entrepreneurs :-who undertake buying & selling of goods, but not
engage in manufacturing.
Novice who starts first venture but differ from early starter
as in this vovice can also be a 50 year old with over 25 years
of exp in the industry.. For eg. Vishamber Saran from Visa
Steel
ACQUIRING
SPOTTING RESOURCES
OPPORTUNITY
IDENTIFYING MANAGING
RESOURCES VENTURE
Resources
Organisation
Primary motive
Risk
Activity
Skills
Attitude towards risk
.Decision
Operations
Attitude towards courage and destiny
1.Primary motive Wants promotion and other traditional Wants promotion and other Wants freedom and access to
corporate rewards power motivated, traditional corporate rewards corporate resources, goal oriented
power motivated, and self motivated, but also
responds to corporate rewards and
recognition.
2.Risk Careful, completely avoid risk activities such Moderate risk taker Not fully risk taker, he tends to
as risk projects hide risky projects until there are
on lower level of risk
3.Activity Delegates and supervises more than direct Direct involvement Direct involvement more than
involvement delegation
4. Skills Professional management ; often business Knows business intimately; Professional management ; often
school trained; uses abstract analytical tools, more business acumen then business school trained; uses
people-management and political skills managerial or political skills; abstract analytical tools, people-
often technically trained if in management and political skills
technical business; may have along with business acumen
had profit and loss
responsibility in the company,
6.Decision Usually agrees with those in upper Follow dreams with Follow dream but able to
management decisions get others to agree to help
in achieving the dream
7.Operation Involves in functional operations
Operates from inside Operation from within the
or outside depending organization
on firms size
8. Attitude Sees others being in Self confident, Self confident and
towards charge of his or her optimistic and courageous; many
courage destiny; can be forceful and courageous, are cynical about the
and destiny ambitious but may be system but
fearful of others ability to optimistic about their
do him or her in, ability to outwit it.