3. 3 COMMON MYTHS
• An entrepreneur is the lone hero
• All entrepreneurs are charismatic
• There is an entrepreneurship gene
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4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• Entrepreneurship is the act of creating a new
business, in the face of risk and uncertainty by
identifying significant opportunities and
assembling necessary resources, while building
and scaling it to generate an economic value.
• Process of creative destruction
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5. TYPES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• SME Entrepreneurship
• Scalable Startup Entrepreneurship
• Intrapreneurship
• Large Company Entrepreneurship
• International Entrepreneurship
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Entrepreneurship
• Technopreneurship
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6. WHAT IS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
• It is a profit-oriented business model recognizing social issues and
enacting social change through entrepreneurial practices in order
to create social value.
• Spectrum of Entrepreneurship: It draws best of both worlds Not
For Profit as well as Profit
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Not for Profit For Profit
8. FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
• To address social issues often unnoticed/overlooked by the
authority
• To provide urgent but sustainable solutions to the difficult social
problems
• Bring professionalism & innovation in social sectors.
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