What is an Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurial Traits
Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors
Entrepreneurs and Risk
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur – Origin of the term
5. Entrepreneur – Origin of the term
ENTREPRENDRE
(19TH
C. FRENCH WORD):
means ‘somebody who undertakes’.
6. Definition of an
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is someone
“who sets up a business or
businesses, taking on financial
risks in the hope of profit”.
(Oxford Dictionaries definition)
9. Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors
‘Entrepreneurs’ chiefly describes people starting their
own business.
Angel investors only invest their capital in other
people’s start-up businesses.
10. Well-known Entrepreneurs include…
NEW ZEALAND
•Sam Morgan (TradeMe), AJ Hackett (bungee jumping),
Karen Walker (fashion designer)
INTERNATIONAL
•Richard Branson (Virgin empire), Steve Jobs (Apple
and Pixar), Thomas Edison (General Electric)