Entrepreneurs and Their Impact
What does the word
Entrepreneur mean?
French
contractor, builder, undertaker
WHAT IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?
Activity 1
What is an Entrepreneur?
•
A person who organizes and operates a business
•
A person who organizes and operates an
enterprise
•
Someone who is willing to
take on risk
and
STARTS a business
•
one who creates a product of his or her own
•
A person who organizes and manages any
enterprise with initiative and risk
•
Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity
without regard to resources currently controlled.
List some synonyms for an
Entrepreneur
•
administrator
•
executive
•
organizer
•
founder
•
Manager
•
Tycoon
•
Mogul
What is a Social Entrepreneur?
•
One who creates innovation in public fields
•
pursuing innovative solutions to social
problems
•
take into account a positive return to society
•
Philanthropists
•
Social activist
•
Environmentalist
What is the difference between a
Social Entrepreneur and a
Commercial Entrepreneur
•
A social entrepreneur works for social
goals
•
A commercial entrepreneur works to earn
a profit.
•
examples
What is Investorworld’s definition for
an entrepreneur?
•
One who starts a business
What is a lifestyle entrepreneur?
•
One who is his or her own boss; one who
makes a good living whose main
motivation is to have control over their
life (ie. Writer, painter)
What is an intrapreneur?
•
One who nurtures an idea inside a
corporation
COMMON ASPECTS OF
ENTREPRENEURS?
Activity 2
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
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Risk taker
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Hard worker
•
Commitment
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Desire – drive
•
Disciplined
•
Knowledgeable
•
Able to Talk things out
•
Researches/investigates
•
Patience
•
Perseverance
•
Open Minded
•
Self Starter
•
Competitive
•
Strong work ethic
•
Endless Motivation
•
Hungry
•
Ability to Get Things
Done
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Creative
•
Outgoing
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Confident
•
Wacky – not status quo
WOULD YOU BE A
HAPPY ENTREPRENEUR?
Things to think about
•
Are you Santa or an elf?
•
What's your relationship with money?
•
Are you comfortable flying blind?
•
Are you ready to commit?
–
do you have a hard time staying focused,
–
Are you are lousy with commitments
–
Are you averse to the idea of working day in and day
out on the same thing
•
Were you born for business?
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE
Would you be a happy entrepreneur?
Take the quiz..... Let's look a one together
ENTREPRENEURSHIP QUIZZES
Activity 3
What’s your Entrepreneurial IQ?
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247560
https://quiz.infusionsoft.com/
http://www.humanmetrics.com/entrepreneur/quiz
http://www.forbes.com/static_html/2005/1115
_entrepreneur_quiz.html?cache=2
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Activity 4
•
Inc.
is an American weekly magazine which
publishes about small businesses and startups.
–
INC Magazine’s lists
•
https://www.inc.com/30-under-30
–
30 under 30 Activity
Forbes 2018 30 under 30
•
Forbes
launched its 30 Under 30 list in 2011. By 2016, the
nominations for the list had reached more than 15,000, with
Forbes
editors selecting 30 winners for each of 20 categories
•
Over time,
Forbes
has expanded the feature to establish
continental lists for Asia,
Europe (launched in 2016), and
Africa.
•
Forbes
also uses the Under 30 name for a dedicated channel
on its website, associated with a 30 Under 30 social media
app.
The Washington Post
reports the channel aims to provide
"
millennial
-focused programming to the magazine's many
influential consumers."The social media app is a collaboration
with
Tinder
via previous 30 Under 30 honoree Sean Rad,
cofounder and president of Tinder.
•
https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2018/#2c69d74b1aaf
Discover the essence of entrepreneurship, the roles and characteristics of entrepreneurs, differences between social and commercial entrepreneurship, as well as intriguing concepts like lifestyle entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Explore the diverse aspects of this dynamic field through informative visuals and definitions.
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What does the word Entrepreneur mean? French contractor, builder, undertaker
Activity 1 WHAT IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?
What is an Entrepreneur? A person who organizes and operates a business A person who organizes and operates an enterprise Someone who is willing to take on risk and STARTS a business one who creates a product of his or her own A person who organizes and manages any enterprise with initiative and risk Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.
List some synonyms for an Entrepreneur administrator executive organizer founder Manager Tycoon Mogul
What is a Social Entrepreneur? One who creates innovation in public fields pursuing innovative solutions to social problems take into account a positive return to society Philanthropists Social activist Environmentalist
What is the difference between a Social Entrepreneur and a Commercial Entrepreneur A social entrepreneur works for social goals A commercial entrepreneur works to earn a profit. examples
What is Investorworlds definition for an entrepreneur? One who starts a business
What is a lifestyle entrepreneur? One who is his or her own boss; one who makes a good living whose main motivation is to have control over their life (ie. Writer, painter)
What is an intrapreneur? One who nurtures an idea inside a corporation
Activity 2 COMMON ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURS?
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs Risk taker Hard worker Commitment Desire drive Disciplined Knowledgeable Able to Talk things out Researches/investigates Patience Perseverance Open Minded Self Starter Competitive Strong work ethic Endless Motivation Hungry Ability to Get Things Done Creative Outgoing Confident Wacky not status quo
WOULD YOU BE A HAPPY ENTREPRENEUR?
Things to think about Are you Santa or an elf? What's your relationship with money? Are you comfortable flying blind? Are you ready to commit? do you have a hard time staying focused, Are you are lousy with commitments Are you averse to the idea of working day in and day out on the same thing Were you born for business?
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE Would you be a happy entrepreneur? Take the quiz..... Let's look a one together
Activity 3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP QUIZZES
Whats your Entrepreneurial IQ? https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247560
http://www.forbes.com/static_html/2005/1115 _entrepreneur_quiz.html?cache=2
Activity 4 YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Inc. is an American weekly magazine which publishes about small businesses and startups. INC Magazine s lists https://www.inc.com/30-under-30 30 under 30 Activity
Forbes 2018 30 under 30 Forbes launched its 30 Under 30 list in 2011. By 2016, the nominations for the list had reached more than 15,000, with Forbes editors selecting 30 winners for each of 20 categories Over time, Forbes has expanded the feature to establish continental lists for Asia,Europe (launched in 2016), and Africa. Forbes also uses the Under 30 name for a dedicated channel on its website, associated with a 30 Under 30 social media app.The Washington Post reports the channel aims to provide "millennial-focused programming to the magazine's many influential consumers."The social media app is a collaboration with Tinder via previous 30 Under 30 honoree Sean Rad, cofounder and president of Tinder. https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2018/#2c69d74b1aaf
