Anyone know what this is or what an entrepreneur does?
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
the process of identifying, developing, and bringing a vision to life. The vision may be an innovative idea, an opportunity, or simply a better way to do something. The end result of this process is the creation of a new venture, formed under conditions of risk and considerable uncertainty
Entrepreneur
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.
Spanish
Anyone know the Spanish translation of the following terms:
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur
Spanish
Entrepreurship
espíritu emprendedor
Entrepreneur
empresario
Joseph Schumpeter
Austrian economist who pioneered the category
1950- an entrepreneur is a person who is willing and able to convert a new idea or invention into a successful innovation
First person to develop theories on entrepreneurship relating them to the field of economics
Entrepreneurs necessary for economic growth
Becoming an Entrepreneur
Offer a product or service
Can be a totally new concept or merely improve an already existing one
Examples?
Assist a business that performs the latter
Walt Disney
What makes this man an entrepreneur?
Walt Disney
Started Disney Brothers’ Studio in about 1925
First office was based out of his uncle’s garage in Hollywood
Started making cartoon film “shorts”
Evolved into full-length cartoon films
Branched into producing live-action films
1955- Mickey Mouse Club- jumping into TV
1966- Began planning for Disney World
Walt Disney
His achievements have led to:
EPCOT Center
The Magic Kingdom
Countless other parks in Florida, California, and Across the World
The Disney Channel
Toon Disney
Sam Walton
What makes this man an entrepreneur?
Sam Walton
Started the first true Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962
Today, Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer and employs 1.5 million people worldwide
Other Entrepreneurs
Oprah Winfrey
Steve Jobs
Jim Henson
Ray Kroc
Donald Trump
Benjamin Franklin
Martha Stewart
Coco Chanel
George Forman
Jenny Craig
Henry Ford
Michael Dell
More Entrepreneurs
Bill Gates
Rupert Murdoch
Estee Lauder
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olson
Ted Turner
PT Barnum
Milton Hershey
JW Marriott
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Alexander Graham Bell
Entrepreneurs
Can you name some entrepreneurs?
Market Opportunity
First and foremost, there must be a demand for the product or service
How useful is it? Is it desired or needed?
Must offer something that people are willing to spend their hard-earned money on
Name some products that are desired
Name some products that are not desired
Demand, desire, and need all translate into profitabilty
Without profitability, there is no product and no company
Getting Started
You must first must obtain the funding necessary in order to become entrepreneurs
Venture capital allows you to start the business or develop the product
Venture capitalists (those who fund entrepreneurs) give their money in return for any or all of the following:
Share in profits- indicates some level of ownership
Share in management- indicates some level of ownership
Percentage of sales
Repayment with interest (lenders)
What’s Required
Risk- putting your life, money, reputation, and time on the line
Literally, success or failure can make or break you
Due to the uncertainty of many circumstances aside from your own personal management (variables)
Name some variables
Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
Can you name some characteristics that an entrepreneur must possess?
Building for the Future
You will become the entrepreneur
Holy Hot Sauce
Tomorrow we will go over how an entrepreneur markets their product
Will begin developing a marketing concept for your Holy Hot Sauce product
Review
What’s an entrepreneur?
What’s the Spanish word for entrepreneurship, entrepreneur?
Who pioneered the concept of entrepreneurship?
What must you identify before developing a product or service? What’s the goal of becoming an entrepreneur?
What do we call someone who funds an entrepreneur?
What’s one major downfall to becoming an entrepreneur?
This is a presentation I created for the 2006 Hispa more
This is a presentation I created for the 2006 Hispanic Initiative to teach middle school and high school students about the importance of business. Each day, I introduced the students to business new topics, such as entrepreneurship, marketing, ethics, corporate social responsibility, and accounting/finance. less
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