Mark Cahill Mba Entrepreneurs Born Or Made

Entrepreneurs -born or made ?
Mark Cahill

Pre-MBA
Mark Cahill

Engineer/Project manager with Dell
Pre-MBA

Post-MBA
Mark Cahill

Self-employed consultant (J&J, Airtricy, Trinity Biotech...)
Director of North Tipperary Green Enterprise centre
Co-Founder of Socialbits
Organiser of Bizcamp Limerick
Blogger
Entrepreneur
Lecturer and speaker
Post-MBA

What I have learned
Mark Cahill

An Entrepreneurs job is to convert an idea into an innovation:
An idea is cool.
Innovation is cash.
What I have learned

To create a business an Entrepreneur needs:
A product/service
Team
Cash
Network
What I have learned

But a network gives access to Cash and a Team, therefore start building a network today.
Irish Times: Software company completes fundraising using only LinkedIn
What I have learned

To take risks but, take educated or estimated risks.
“the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
What I have learned

Financial Times – Entrepreneurship is all in the mind
The researchers suggested that the type of risk-taking essential to the entrepreneurial process could be taught, or enhanced by drugs.
What I have learned

Lewin's equation:
B=ƒ(P,E)

Behaviour is a function of Personality and Environment
What I have learned

There was always an Entrepreneur dormant inside me, the MBA was the catalyst.
MBA gave me the confidence and knowledge to accelerate me to this point.
What I have learned

What Ireland needs
Mark Cahill

A change of attitude to “what an Entrepreneur is”.
More educated risks (Not property investment).
An acceptance of that failure actually leads to success.
More Entrepreneurs
More Entrepreneurial Leaders
Action (Not task forces)
What Ireland needs

Entrepreneurs born or made ?
Mark Cahill

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(087) 9497083
MarkCahill@ConsultMark.ie
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MarkCahill.Ireland@GoogleWave.com
Mark@Socialbits.net
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0114516c-b101-11dd-8915-0000779fd18c.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0122/1224262838183.html
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Mark Cahill Mba Entrepreneurs Born Or Made

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