LESSON 1.

RELEVANCE AND
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEFINED
-The activity of setting up a business
or businesses, taking on financial risk in
the hope of profit is called
entrepreneurship (Oxford Dictionaries).
-It can also be defined as “one who
undertakes innovations, finance and
business acumen in an effort to
transform innovations into economic
goods”.
-The act of creating business while
building and scaling it to generate profit
-An important driver of economic
growth and innovation.
-About building a life at your own
terms. No bosses.no restricting
schedules. And no one holds your.

AN ENTREPRENEUR IS...
-A person who sets up a business with
the aim to make a profit and create a
new business, bearing most of the risks
and enjoying most of the rewards.
-The term “entrepreneur” comes from
the French word “entreprendre” which
means “to undertake”.
-an innovator, a source of new ideas,
goods, services and business and
procedures.
-Playing a key role in an economy
using the skills and initiatives necessary
to anticipate. N

eeds and bring good new ideas to the

market.