What is an entrepreneur, and what does it take be a successful one?

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WHAT IS AN
ENTREPRENEUR?
What are we talking about here?

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“Entrepreneur - A person who organizes
and manages any enterprise, especially
a business, usually with
considerable initiative
and risk.”

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Joseph Schumpeter (1934)
“Entrepreneurs are innovators who use a
process of shattering the status quo of
the existing products and services, to set
up new products, new services.”

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Peter Drucker (1964)
“An entrepreneur searches for change,
responds to it and exploits opportunities.
Innovation is a specific tool of an
entrepreneur…”

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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
AN ENTREPRENEUR?

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PERSONAL TRAITS /
COMPETENCIES
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Self-Motivation

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Personal Accountability

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Discipline

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Time
Management

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Learn to
Prioritize

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Be critical and
objective
when you
evaluate
yourself

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Know your
Strengths and
Weaknesses
What you can
do and what
you can't

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SERVICE
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Believe in what you sell – how?

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26. A GOOD PRODUCT IDEA IS
NOT ENOUGH
Many great ideas fails for other reasons
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You must be well
rounded

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Research and know your
market

29. Networking – Get involved
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30. HERE IS SOME ADVICE FROM
THE BEST
And if you don’t believe me…
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Richard Branson's
Five Secrets to
Business Success

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36. A SWOT ANALYSIS FOR THE
POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEUR
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37. Group SWOT
Analysis
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38. Take into
account…
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