The document discusses the key functions and roles of an entrepreneur including management, sales and promotion, finance, and contributing to economic growth through job creation and industrial development. It also addresses some common myths about entrepreneurship such as that it is easy or doesn't require funding. Finally, it outlines options for pursuing entrepreneurship as a career such as education programs, becoming a franchisee, or buying an existing business.

1. ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS-II

2. Functions of an Entrepreneur
Management:
1. Planning at every level including initiating the processes,
anticipating the risks and identifying resources.
2. Managing team functions, interactions with external entities like
vendors and organising promotional activities.
3. Recruitments and team building
4. Giving directions and guidance where ever needed
5. Controlling the proceedings to improvise strategy.

3. Sales and Promotion:
Addressing the customer segment and promoting the innovative
product, devising promotional strategy and activities are one of
the prime concerns of an entrepreneur.
Finance and Commerce:
Identifying sources of funding, getting prospective investors
interested.
Commercial functions like looking into production and
manufacturing process or the processes related to service delivery.

4. Role and significance of an Entrepreneur
Mobilization of public wealth: Entrepreneurs can invest their own
resources and arrange for capital and investments.
The source of funding may be investors, lenders and the public.
Creation of employment opportunities: Entrepreneurs are job creators
rather being job seekers.
Contribution in economical growth: India’s MSME sector, accounts for
over 35% of the country’s GDP by making use of resources like land, labor,
and capital that add to the national income, national product and per
capita of life of their employees, customers and other stakeholders,

5. Contribution to Industrial Development: Entrepreneurs setting up new
businesses and industrial units help with regional development by
locating in less developed and backward areas.
Enhancing living standard of people
Entrepreneurs create jobs:
Entrepreneurs create change: They give ideas to transform the world
around us, come up with revolutionary ideas which triggers remarkable
positive changes in the society and in lives of people.
Entrepreneurs give to change:

6. Myths related to Entrepreneurship
Myth: Entrepreneurship is easy to do
Myth: You have more freedom in entrepreneurship
Myth: You need to create an entirely new product or service to sell.
Myth: Lot of funding is required to start the business.
Myth: It is difficult to get loans for a start-up from banks.
Myth: Success is quick if we start small.

7. Entrepreneurship as a Career option
Learning Entrepreneurship- Universities and private management
institutes provide a range of diploma, certificate, professional,
undergraduate, post graduate and management courses to choose from.
Becoming a Franchisee-As a franchisee you get a ready setup with
facilities like training, sales support, branding and guidance with flexible
payment options.
Buying a Business- An existing business can be bought which has growth
potential in future and then innovations can be added to it to give it a new
shape.