1. Topic 1 What is Entrepreneurship ?

3. discuss the importance of entrepreneurship

4. discuss the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs

6. What do you understand by “entrepreneurship”? The word entrepreneur is derived from the French wordentreprendre, whichmeans “to take risk”.

7. Entrepreneurship

9. introduction of innovative, new, or unique products or services.

10. activities are substantially different depending on the type of organization that is being started.

12. Small firms that practice this are called ‘innovators’.

14. Malaysian Entrepreneurs….

15. Trends in Entrepreneurship

16. Characteristics Of Successful Entrepreneurs Use of Influence Strategy Information Seeking Persistence High Quality Of Work Initiative Efficiency High Degree of Commitment Systematic Planning Self Confidence Problem Solving Persuasion Assertiveness Opportunity Orientation

18. The Myths of Entrepreneurship

19. The Myths of Entrepreneurship

20. Businessman vs. Entrepreneur

22. However, when the British colonized the Malay Peninsular, they changed the structure of the society and practiced the “divide and rule” system; Malays (administration & agriculture), Chinese (mining & business) and Indians (rubber plantations).

24. Since then, the government has been focusing on the field of entrepreneurship until today.

25. The New Economic Policy (1971-1990),

26. National Development Policy (1990-2000)

27. Vision 2020,all encourage and support entrepreneurship development in Malaysia. Entrepreneurship Development in Malaysia

30. SME Corp. development programmes focusing on 3 main strategic thrust. They aim to:

31. Strengthen the enabling infrastructure

32. Build the capacity and capability of domestic SMEs