Technology

Entrepreneurship

Introduction #2
1) BORN COUNT = 5 to 12 (Kyle Fernandez, Emman Atienza, Elaine Gonzales)
MADE COUNT = 8 to 15 (Janos Tiberio)
2) Not tallying 20 = 3, Counted traits totaling 20 = 2
3) “BORN” TRAITS “MADE” TRAITS
Natural drive Perseverance / Persistence
Courage / Fearless Hard work / Work Ethic
Curiosity / Trying new things Resilience
Leader / Desire to Lead Adaptive / Flexible
Talent / Intelligence Lifelong learner
Optimistic Continuous improvement
Creative Positive Outlook
Passion Goal Setter / Vision

Risk –taker, Innovation, Ambitious. Motivation

4) What’s My conclusion?
BORN = 1 MADE = 16 BOTH = 7 DOESN’T MATTER = 1
• [Emman Atienza] Entrep • [Arianna Chua] Comparison with pumpkin seeds
traits are Born, but • [Jeff Keh] Either B or M. Shouldn’t matter as traits are
people and environment classified interchangeably
bring out success • [Kyle Fernandez] With enough determination anything
• {Talline Shi] Long list of can be learned
born traits, but I • [JV Cortez] Motivation is in a grey area between B and
personally disagree with M, but Motivation to be an Entrepreneur can be made
a lot of them • [Janos Tiberio] anyone can become an entrepreneur at
any point in their life because these are “made”
• [Aron Vidad] Success are greatly affected by varying
factors … of one’s experiences in life. Even though we
possess such important traits at birth
• [Brian Bautista] “Made” traits are ALWAYS a product of
our PERSONAL CHOICES
Technology
Entrepreneurship

Self Mastery #1
Topic 1. Self Mastery
Born or Made? Entrepreneurs’ traits/skills? → Bridging the Gap
Topic 2. Environment Mastery
5 Forces Model, Technology Push vs. Market Pull,
Technology Lifecycle, Market & Tech Trends, FinTech Revolution,
Lean Canvas Approach → Ideas Generation
Topic 3. Enterprise Mastery
Marketing & USPs, Business Models, Sources of Capital,
Financial Management, Profitability Analysis → Business Basics
Topic 4. Development of Business Plan
Business Modelling, Pre-Commercial Launch Plan
→ Business Ideas and Plans Presentation
ENTERPRISE SKILLS
Homework - Individual
1. Take online Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test on
http://www.16personalities.com/personality-types
then forward results together with answers to questions #2 to #4 to:
joseph.sianghio@dlsu.edu.ph
2. Determine what the most ideal Personality Type for an Entrepreneur is
based on the Myers-Briggs application.

3. Based on your response to #2, identify your strong and weak areas in
becoming a successful Technopreneur.

4. Research on how to develop/improve your most “weak” area so that

you can transform/convert it to an Entrepreneur’s Personality Types.
Homework – Group
(Online preparation then email .ppt deck per Group)
1. Form 4 groups then research on successful PINOY Technopreneurs using following guide:
• Name, City/Base of Operations, Family & Educational Background
• Claim to Fame / Big Break / Success Story
• Idea source of Opportunity seized / Market Gap addressed
• Motivation / Circumstances that led to becoming a Technopreneur
• Anything interesting about his/her road to success (awards, current technology
ventures/business/brands, networth, etc)
2. Prepare a MS Powerpoint presentation with names & profile photo of each group member on
Title slide – 1 slide per bullet, 6 slides total. Email deck per group cc group members.

2. Exclusions: OLX (Sulit.com), Copylandia, Vazbuilt, Rappler, Bamboo bike, Loud BASStard,
Kalibrr, eTrike, WhenInManila.com, Vivid House, Phil Vending Corp, Microchips (Dado
Banatao), Awesome Labs, NextGen, Xurpass, ShapeCloud, Salt, Zesto, Kimstore, Cropital,
Orange Apps, Solar Power (Mark Leviste), Metrodeal, Level Up, Smart (Orlando Vea),
Thinking Machines (Stephanie Uy), Cubo, Grayscale, Chikka, Multisys, Spark Project, Kumu