who is an entrepreneur? entrepreneur : insane perseverance in the face of total rejection
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Who is an Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneur :Insane perseverancein the face of total rejection.
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ENTREPRENEUR
A vision-driven individual who assumessignificant personal and financial risk
to start or expand a business.
What Is An Entrepreneur?
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The pursuit of opportunitythrough innovation, creativity
and hard workwithout regard for
the resources currently controlled.
What Is An Entrepreneur?
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Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship—a way of thinking, reasoning, and acting that is opportunity obsessed, holistic in approach, and leadership balanced
(This definition of entrepreneurship has evolved over the past two decades from research at Babson College and the Harvard Business School and has recently been enhanced by Stephen Spinelli, Jr., and John H. Muller, Jr., Term Chair at Babson College.)
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Situational more than personality
AgeDistribution
forStarting Company
Who is an Entrepreneur?
Ability
Age
20 3025 35 4540
Flexibility
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PerceivedCapability
Future Goals
Change Status Quo
Possible
Blocked
Who is an Entrepreneur?Manager’s Opportunities
SatisfiedmanagerEntrepreneur
Frustratedmanager
Classicbureaucrat
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Who is an Entrepreneur?
X = Entrepreneur
Analytic
Amiable Expressive
High
Driving
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Swaine and TuckerThe Effective Entrepreneur
Assertiveness
Objectivity
High
Low
Low
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Classic Entrepreneurship: The Startup
• Raw startup company—an innovative idea that develops into a high growth company– Qualities of a startup company
• Strong leadership from the main entrepreneur
• Complementary talents and outstanding teamwork of team members
• Skill and ingenuity to find and control resources
• Financial backing to chase opportunity
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The Timmons Model of the Entrepreneurial Process
Opportunity(2)
Resources(4)
Team(3)
Creativity Leadership
Communication
Business PlanFits and gaps
Ambiguity Exogenous forces
Capital market contextUncertainty
Founder (1)
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A belief that achievement of that state is possible
Recognizing a desired future state involving growth or change
What Is An Opportunity?
OPPORTUNITY
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• Time for new technologies to reach 25% of the U.S. Population– Household electricity (1873)—46 years– Telephone (1875)—35 years– Automobile (1885)—55 years– Airplane travel (1903)—54 years– Radio (1906)—22 years
New Technology
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New Technology
• Time for new technologies to reach 25% of the U.S. Population– Television (1925)—26 years– Videocassette recorder (1952)—34 years– Personal computer (1975)—15 years– Cellular phone—13 years– World Wide Web—7 years
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The pursuit of opportunitythrough innovation, creativity
and hard workwithout regard for
the resources currently controlled.
What Is An Entrepreneur?
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ENLIGHTENED SERENDIPITY
– Being in the right place
– At the right time,
– Recognizing it, and
– Acting upon it,
– APPROPRIATELY and
– PASSIONATELY!!!