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Learning Objectives
L01: Describe why people become entrepreneurs and what it takes, personally. L02: Summarize how to assess opportunities to start new companies. L03: Identify common causes of success and failure.

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Learning Objectives (contd)

L04: Discuss common management challenges. L05: Explain how to increase your chances of success, including good business planning. L06: Describe how managers of large companies can foster intrapreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation.

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What is an Entrepreneur?

Entrepreneur an individual who establishes a new organization without the benefit of corporate sponsorship.

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Small Business vs. Entrepreneurial Venture Small business: a business having fewer than 100 employees, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and not characterized by many innovative practices. Entrepreneurial venture: A new business having growth and high profitability as primary objectives

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Myths about Entrepreneurship

Myth #1: Anyone can start a business. Myth #2: Entrepreneurs are gambles Myth #3: Entrepreneurs want the whole show to themselves. Myth #4: Entrepreneurs are their own bosses and completely independent. Myth #5: Entrepreneurs work longer and harder than managers in big companies. Myth #6: Entrepreneurs experience a great deal of stress and pay a high price. Myth #7: Entrepreneurs are motivated solely by the quest for the almighty dollar.
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Myths about Entrepreneurship (contd)

Myth #8: Entrepreneurs seek power and control over others. Myth #9: If an entrepreneur is talented, success will happen in a year or two. Myth #10: Any entrepreneur with a good idea can raise venture capital. Myth #11: In an entrepreneur has enough start-up capital, he or she cant miss. Myth #12: Entrepreneurs are lone wolves and cannot work with others. Myth #13: Unless you attained 600 on your SATS or GMATs, youll never be a successful entrepreneur.
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New Venture Creation

Entrepreneurs: Individuals who establish a new organization without the benefit of corporate support. Intrapreneurs: New-venture creators working inside big companies; corporate entrepreneurs.

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Why become an entrepreneur?

Challenge Profit potential Enormous satisfaction Better quality of life Desire for independence Satisfaction of building something from nothing Watching the market embrace your ideas

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What does it take to succeed?

Innovation and creativity skills General management skills Business know-how Social networks

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Which one are you?

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Ingredients for starting a business

A great idea Spot, create and exploit opportunities

y Technological discoveries y Demographic changes y Lifestyle and taste changes y Economic dislocations y Calamities y Government initiatives and rule changes

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Franchises

An entrepreneurial alliance between a franchisor (an innovator who has created at least one successful store and wants to grow) and a franchisee (a partner who manages a new store of the same type in a new location).
y Franchisor an innovator who has created at least

one successful store and seeks partners to operate the same concept in other local markets. y Franchisee the operator of one or more stores according to the terms of the alliance.

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Coulee Region Bio-Fuels Runs on Veggie Power

Read the story on page 104 Taavi McMahon had an idea for a business. Do you think it is a good idea? Why or why not? How is that idea reflected in his vision for CRBF? Do you think CRBF, PrarieFire, and INOV8 have a better chance of success with producing, distributing, and marketing their products than three giant corporations that are trying to do the same thing? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a small operation?
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E-commerce Business Models

Transaction fee model companies charge a fee for goods or services. 2. Advertising support model advertisers pay the site operator to gain access to the demographic group that visits the operators site. 3. Intermediary model a web site brings buyers and sellers together and charges a commission for each sale.
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More E-commerce Business Models

Affiliate model sites pay commissions to other sites to drive business to their own sites. 5. Subscription model The website charges a monthly or annual fee for site visits or access to site content.
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Side Street Effects

When entrepreneurs start their enterprises and then let the market decide whether it likes their ideas. Unexpected opportunities may appear, so you must be prepared to act quickly and effectively on any opportunity that presents itself.

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Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
1. 2. 3. 4.

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Commitment and determination Leadership Opportunity obsession Tolerance of risk, ambiguity, and uncertainty Creativity, self-reliance, and ability to adapt Motivation to excel
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Entrepreneurial Strategy Matrix

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Improving the odds of success

Anticipate risk and cushion business to help it weather setback. Foresight and talent to survive in an hostile environment. Business incubators protected environments for new, small businesses.

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Test Your Knowledge

Which of the following characteristic(s) does NOT contribute to entrepreneurs success? A) commitment and determination. B) tolerance of risk, ambiguity, and uncertainty. C) motivation to excel. D) opportunity obsession. E) need for affiliation.
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Common Management Challenges

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

You might not enjoy it Survival is difficult Growth creates new challenges Its hard to delegate Misuse of funds Poor controls Mortality Going public
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Can organizations outlive the entrepreneur?

Yes, if
The company has gone public 2. The entrepreneur has planned an orderly succession, usually to a family member
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Pointers for Family Businesses

Family members working in the business must be at least as capable and hard-working as other employees. 2. At least one key position should be filled by a nonfamily member. 3. Someone outside the family and the business should help plan succession.
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Initial Public Offering

Sale to the public, for the first time, of federally registered and underwritten shares of stock in the company.

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Test Your Knowledge

Entrepreneurial ventures must be prepared to face all but one of the following hazards. Which one? A) mortality of the entrepreneur B) misuse of funds C) poor planning and controls D) inability to delegate E) decreased mortality.
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Planning for Success

Business Plan to help determine the viability of your enterprise, guide you as you plan and organize, and help you obtain funding.

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Opportunity Analysis

A description of the good or service, an assessment of the opportunity, an assessment of the entrepreneur, specification of activities and resources needed to translate your idea into a viable business, and your source of capital.
y What market need does my idea fill? y What personal observations have I experienced or

recorded with regard to that market need? y What social condition underlies this market need?
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Key Planning Elements

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The People The Opportunity The Competition The Context Risk and reward

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Nonfinancial Resources
Legitimacy peoples judgment of a companys acceptance, appropriateness, and desirability, generally stemming from company goals and methods that are consistent with societal values. Social capital a competitive advantage from relationships with other people and the image other people have of you.

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Nonfinancial Resources
Top-management team Advisory boards Partners

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Test Your Knowledge

A description of the product or service, an assessment of the opportunity, an assessment of the entrepreneur, specification of activities and resources needed to translate the idea into a viable business, and the source(s) of capital is a(n): A) opportunity analysis. B) business incubator. C) business audit. D) accounting analysis. E) business plan.

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Build support for your intrapreneurship ideas

Get others in the organization to buy in or sign on Clearing the investment with your immediate boss Make cheerleaders people who will support the manager before formal approval from higher levels. Horse trading offer promises of payoffs from the project in return for support, time, money, and other resources that peers and others contribute Get the blessing of relevant higher-level officials
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Building in Intrapreneurship
Skunkworks a project team designated to produce a new, innovate product. Bootlegging informal work on projects, other than those officially assigned, of employees own choosing and initiative.

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Entrepreneurial Orientation

The tendency of an organization to identify and capitalize successfully on opportunities to launch new ventures by entering new or established markets with new or existing goods or services.

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Five Components of Entrepreneurial Orientation

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Independent action Innovativeness Risk taking Proactiveness Competitive agressiveness

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Test Your Knowledge

Justine decides to offer incentives from a potential project to her subordinates. She is: A) making cheerleaders. B) horse trading. C) clearing the investment. D) getting the blessing. E) bootlegging.
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Test Your Knowledge

The tendency of an organization to identify and capitalize successfully on opportunities to launch new ventures by entering new or established markets with new or existing goods or services is a(n): A) entrepreneurial orientation. B) opportunity cost. C) multinational corporation. D) global business. E) skunkworks.
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YOU should be able to

L01: Describe why people become entrepreneurs and what it takes, personally. L02: Summarize how to assess opportunities to start new companies. L03: Identify common causes of success and failure.

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YOU should be able to

L04: Discuss common management challenges. L05: Explain how to increase your chances of success, including good business planning. L06: Describe how managers of large companies can foster intrapreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation.

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