This document summarizes an interview conducted with a successful entrepreneur in the computer hardware servicing business. The interview focused on identifying the entrepreneur's personal entrepreneurial competencies (PECs) that contributed to their success. Key findings include: the entrepreneur emphasized characteristics like patience, commitment, and hard work. They stressed the importance of proper preparation, problem-solving skills, and learning from more experienced businessmen. The document compares the PECs of the entrepreneur to the interviewer's own PECs, finding similarities around traits like patience and flexibility but also differences in skills. It outlines an action plan to help align the interviewer's PECs with the successful entrepreneur.

1. Group 5
Duane Ashley Alfelor
Mary Grace Graganza
Trisha Ann Guinto
Jocel Nica Pascua

2. Directions:
Using the PECs checklist, assess yourself by putting a check (✓) mark in either strengths or
development areas column. Interpret the results by counting the total number of check marks
in each of the columns. After accomplishing the checklist, form a group and share your
insights on the result of the personal assessment.
I am a hardworking because I always work
with love and put on a dedication to finish
every task given to me
Strength: ✓Hardworking - Works diligently -I am a
hardworking because I always work with love and
put on a dedication to finish every task given to me

3. Strength: ✓ Confident - Self-reliance
in one’s ability
Everyone knows that if you are confident
and you know what you can do anything is
possible.

4. Strength: ✓ Committed - Solid
dedication
Being committed to your business is very important,
because if you are committed to your business, you
have the power to reach the goals, mission and your
vission of your business. You will consistently work
hard and passionate toward your business goals
even through the hard times of your business, you
will still committed, you will remain committed as
long as you have the heart to your business and if
you have a goal that you want to reach.

5. Strength: ✓ Profit-oriented - Always looking
for an opportunity to have/earn income
I manage online baked good business,
because I know to baked and also to
improve my skills and earn money

6. Directions:
In your province, interview a successful entrepreneur whose type of
business is related with computer hardware servicing. Focus your
questions on PECs and other business-related attributes that helped
them become successful. Analyze the results of the interview and
reflect on the similarities and/or differences.
Name of Proprietor/ Practitioner: Niña
Angelica Pascua
Age: 41
Number of Years in Business: 5 years
Business Name: Niña's Store Business
Business Address: Batangbatang, Victoria,
Tarlac

7. 1. What preparations did you make before you
engaged in this type of business or job?
We earn enough money to build and
start this business. We also get a
business permit. We talk how to
serve the customers, and we also
considered the location, selling price
and saving profits, before we start
this business.

8. 2. What special skills and characteristics do you have that are
related with your business or job?
Patience, commitment to this kind of business,
hard work.

9. 3. How did you solve business-related problems during the
early years of your business operation?
During the early years of your business it is normal to
encounter different kinds of business problems but
you have to solve them quickly, immediately. In
solving business problems, it is important to identify
which things of process involved in this problem so
that you can find solution easily. Always consider to
allow your business with the downfall, this is the way
for your business to grow.

10. 4. Did you follow the tips from a successful businessman or
practitioner before you engaged in your business?
Yes, we also considered the suggestions,
opinions, and tips of a successful business
person.

11. 5. What best business practices can you share with aspiring
entrepreneurs?
Visualizing how to make your business more
profitable, and planning on how you raise
your capital.

12. 6. What do you think are the salient characteristics,
attributes, lifestyle, skills and traits that made you
successful in your business or job?
Being patient, hard working, positive
thinker, goal oriented, and it is important
that you are committed to take a risk just
make your business more successful.

13. Personal
Entrepreneurial
Competencies
Characteristics Attributes Lifestyles Skills Traits
Successful
Entrepreneur in
the province
 Patient
 Hard working
 Committed
 Positive thinker
 Goal oriented
 Determination
 Initiative
 Smart thinker
 Building
Relationship
 Power of
commitment
 Financial
management
 Goal focused
 Flexibility
 Passion
 Confidence
My PECs  Willing to take
a risk
 Hard working
 Patient
 Never give up
 Manage
money and
people
 Passionate
 Being innovate
 Skill
development
 Selling product
Online
 Power of
commitment
 Communication
skills
 Time
management
skills
 Strategic
planning
 Goal focused
 Vision
 Confidence
 Flexibility
Directions:
Copy the tables below in your notebook or in a separate sheet of paper. Gather
the needed information from the interview to supply answer/s to row 1 in the
table below, after which, fill out the second row with your PECs.

14. Personal
Entrepreneurial
Competencies
Similarities Differences
Characteristics
Attributes
Lifestyles
Skills Traits
 Patient
 Hard working
 Power of commitment
 Goal focused
 Confidence
 Flexibility
 Committed
 Positive thinker
 Goal oriented
 Willing to take a risk
 Never give up
 Manage money and people - Skill development
 Determination -Passionate
 Initiative -Being innovate
 Smart thinker - Self motivated
 Skill development
 Building Relationship
 Selling product Online
 Financial management
 Communication skills - Time management skills - Strategic planning
 Passion
 Vision

15. Objective Area Activities Strategies Time Frame Expected
Outcome
To align my
PECs with
the PECs of a
successful
entrepreneu
r
Characteristics You need to be nice
and friendly to gain
more customers
when you are a
entrepreneur
As entrepreneur you
have to be creative
and confident in your
product
Give time to your
customer to decide
what they want to
buy.
Uniqueness and
creativity of
everybody are their
advantage to stand
out
Attributes As an entrepreneur,
you have always to
consider the location,
selling price for the
sake of your
costumer and for
your profit
A entrepreneur
should adopt the
changes and
suggestion of other
successful
entrepreneur or a
customer
The benefits and
side effects of our
product must you
know how long will
be consume
By knowing our own
product, we are
confident to share to
our customers the
benefits that we get
from it
Skills
Makes a promo
and discounts
every holidays
and be good in
sales talking
By having
enough
knowledge and
skills with the
competitor’s
product, you
know what you
can develop or
enhance in your
product
Achieved your
long terms goals
by planning a
smart strategies
Every
entrepreneurs has
skills and
knowledge
differences, and
that differences
the set goal
becomes into
reality

16. Objective Area Activities Strategies Time Frame Expected
Outcome
Traits
You have to be
knowledgeable to
your product before
you introduce to
your customers
Explain well the
benefits of your
product to your
customer
Exert extra time
and effort to asses
your customer
wants and give the a
trivia about your
product
Learn from your
mistake and make it
as your stepping
stone

17. 1. Why is there a need to compare and align one’s PECs with the PECs of a successful
entrepreneur?
- PECs is a guide for oneself to think positive of a entrepreneur to reach their expected
output
And everybody has creative ideas for a business.
2. How does your action plan help sustain your strong PECs and/or address your
development areas?
- Entrepreneurship needs an action plan to ensure that the business has a string
foundation and developmental skills that we learned from our past experience.
3. What plan of action will you utilize to address
your development areas?
- It’s all about your will to build a business and
PECs is only one of the guide to enhance your
areas of development . And also you have to be
ready to take all the risk because business is all
about taking risk to be successful and to set you
fear of failure.