 Honest  STAAD design

 Hard working  Excel programming

 Perfectionist
 Innovative
 Optimistic
 Opportunist
 Ambivert
 Confident
 Can play an instrument (guitar/
drums)
 Driving
 Skilled in Manual Labor
 Efficient in clerk work
 Manual sketching

 Can work under pressure  Structural Engineers from DLB

 Leadership skills
 Decision making under
pressure
 Persuasive
 Microbiologist Professors in
UPLB
 Engr. Entice from PPA
 Engr. Milan from MDC
 Managers of various Mc
Donalds Branch
 Activity
Take Stock of Your Means

Part 2

Identify any three local entrepreneurs whobuilt their business based on who they were and their
strengths. They could be entrepreneurs you know or from your country. Fill in the table below to record
your findings. You have 20 minutes to complete this activity.

Entrepreneur Venture Name How did they leverage the Bird-in-Hand

principle?
1 Henry Sy, started a sari sari store business.
Henry Sy
SM Malls As the store turns out to be a success, he
Foundational Course in Entrepreneurship

moved to selling shoes same goes when he

first opened the SM Malls. One step at a time.

2 He honed his skills in silk screen printing. Year after year

Candido MNS Silk Screen his contracts on public schools increased. Focusing on
Sabino Services one product at a time led to great quality of prints and
eventually uniforms and PE gear.
3 He started Jollibee within the country. decades
Tony Tan Jollibee later as Jollibee branches all over the country, he
Caktiong decided to go international one country at a time
and testing if it would appeal to the locals before
opening another branch abroad.

You know that the future is unpredictable—so, rather than defining a specific plan to reach a specific
goal, it makes sense to focus on what means are available to you right now
.

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