Understanding Entrepreneurship

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Which of the following best describes the concept of 'Constructive Destruction' in entrepreneurship?

  • The calculated demolition of inefficient company structures to improve productivity.
  • The process of dismantling old businesses to make way for new construction projects.
  • Introducing new innovations that replace older ones, rendering them obsolete. (correct)
  • A strategic approach to devaluing competitors' products through marketing tactics.

Arthur H. Cole, an economic historian, defines entrepreneurship as what?

  • A commitment to the systematic practice of innovation.
  • The ability to mobilize factors of production to maximize profit.
  • The creation and management of a business that takes risks.
  • Purposeful activity or integrated sequence of decisions by an individual. (correct)

Which of the following is an example of 'fulfilling commitments' as a personal entrepreneurial competency?

  • Continuously seeking new business opportunities regardless of current obligations.
  • Consistently surpassing customer expectations to ensure loyalty.
  • Delivering on promises and maintaining reliability in business dealings. (correct)
  • Adapting products to meet changing consumer demands.

Entrepreneurs who have a(n) 'Imagining Style' learning preference might face which challenge?

<p>Struggling with the execution and follow-through of ideas. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which trait is most indicative of an entrepreneur with an 'Analyzing Style' of learning?

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Which potential challenge is most likely to be faced by an entrepreneur with a 'Deciding Style'?

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Which of the following is an example of an internal source of opportunity for entrepreneurs?

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What is the primary purpose of a positioning statement for an entrepreneur?

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In the context of prototyping, what does 'interactivity' refer to?

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Why is adaptability considered a key element during the start-up phase of the Enterprise Life Cycle?

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Flashcards

Entrepreneur

Someone who starts and manages a business, identifies opportunities, takes risks and organizes resources to grow.

Constructive Destruction

Replacing old innovations and businesses with new ideas, technologies, or products.

Entrepreneurship

A unique skill to mobilize factors of production to provide goods/services for profit.

Forms of Innovation

Launching new products, production methods, markets, or sources of supply.

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Achieving Behaviors

Refers to the drive and motivation required for an entrepreneur to set and accomplish business goals.

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Imagining Style

Prefer experiences, use varying thinking, may struggle with execution, and hesitate on decisions.

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Analyzing Style

Taking in abstract info through reflection, enjoying logical problems, and theory formulation.

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Opportunity

Potential to develop into a venture, turning into a profitable business.

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Low-Fidelity Prototype

Provides a quick and easy way to preview a product or service without any heavy testing, often paper based.

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

A business landscape with funds, tech, resources and services to help Entrepreneurs operate.

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Study Notes

  • Entrepreneur: someone who initiates and manages a business, using their mindset, actions, and abilities to turn ideas into reality, identifying business opportunities, taking risks, and organizing resources.
  • "Entreprendre" is a French term meaning "to undertake."
  • Jean Baptiste Say coined "Entreprendre."
  • Constructive Destruction: The process by which new innovations and businesses replace older ones.
  • Entrepreneurship: special ability mobilizes factors of production
  • Arthur H. Cole defined Success as purposeful activity
  • Peter F. Drucker defined Success as commitment to innovation
  • Schumpeter associated entrepreneurship with innovation
  • Innovation is essential to entrepreneurship.

Forms of Innovation:

  • Launching new product services.
  • Evolving production methods.
  • Opening a new market.
  • Discovering new sources.
  • Reorganizing an industry.

Fundamental Principles:

  • Having visions.
  • Innovating.
  • Managing.
  • Taking risks.
  • Deciding.

Personal Entrepreneur Competencies:

  • Opportunity Seeing
  • Identifying acting business opportunities
  • Persistence: Overcoming obstacles.
  • Committed.
  • Fulfilling commitments.
  • Delivering on promises.
  • Reliability.
  • Demand for quality and efficiency: Improving.
  • Taking well-thought out chances for success.
  • Setting clear goals.
  • Information Seeing
  • Gathering/Analysing data.
  • Planning - Organizing resources
  • Tracking Progress
  • Pursuading Others
  • Networking
  • Building connections
  • Self Confidence
  • Taking initiative

Clusters:

  • Achieving behavior: Setting goals
  • Planning behavior: Creating organized plans.
  • Power behavior: Using relationships for success

The Entrepreneurial Mindset:

  • Includes different learning styles.

Learning Styles:

  • Imaging Style varies concrete,varying, thinking processes
  • Potential challenges includes struggle with execution
  • Analysis Style Prefer taking in abstract information through reflection
  • Thinking logically is important
  • Deciding Style application or theory through practical task-oriented problem solving
  • Application is key
  • initiating is key
  • quick action is key
  • Balancing is key
  • flexible is useful

Sources of Opportunity:

  • Internal: Within the company or industry.

Internal Sources:

  • Unexpected: Events can open new opportunities.
  • Incongruities leads to innovation.
  • Process Needs: Improving weak areas can drive innovation

External Sources:

  • Industry/Market Change: Look for shifts in order and consumer preferences
  • Demographics: Look for trends in population
  • Perception: Look for current/evolving consumer trends/opinions
  • New Knowledge includes creating breakthrough ideas and finding advancements in science

Spotting opportunities:

  • How to listen to the Market
  • Feeling the competition
  • Following trends.
  • Opportunity Screening superior value.

Creating Product Concepts:

  • Includes generating good products that are above average.

Key Features of a Prototype:

  • Representation
  • Precision
  • Interactivity
  • Evolution

Categories of Prototypes:

  • LOW-FIDELITY is easy quick (PAPER BASED)
  • HIGH FIDELITY includes quick prototyping

Enterprise Life Cycle:

  • Includes many tests for a better cycle process

Start up Process:

  • Testing business cycle to see if you can get the expected end user

LESSON 3: Successful Filipino Entrepreneurship:

  • Entrepreneurial ecosystem: Funding, resources and assistance is required.
  • Serial entrepreneurship: Starting over and again
  • Philippines ranked 18th for entrepreneurship.

Filipino Entrepreneurs:

  • Henry Sy: Started Shoe Mart and has a worth of 2 Billion
  • Tony Tan Caktiong: created jolibee
  • Lucio Tan: Richest man in china
  • Socorro Ramos puts up shop in manila
  • Mariano Que: He is the founder of mercury drug
  • Ramon Ang: He heads San miquel
  • John Gokongwei: HE is entrepreneurial and has made a name for himself
  • VICKY BELO
  • JOSH MOJICA
  • LOUISE MABULO

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