ENT 3139 – BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Preparatory Assessment#2

PART 1: From the attitudes/characteristics/traits described in Chapter on Developing an

Entrepreneurial Mindset, answer the following questions:

1. What are some of your attitudes/characteristics/traits that fit the entrepreneurial

mindset? Name three (3). Why do you say that you have these
attitudes/characteristics/traits? Cite your specific experience(s) in life to support
your answer.

2. What are some of your attitudes/characteristics/traits that DO NOT fit the

entrepreneurial mindset? Name three (3). Why do you say that you have these
attitudes/characteristics/traits? Cite your experience(s) to support your answer.
How will you improve these attitudes/characteristics/traits?

PART 1 : EXPECTED OUTPUT: Use the following templates:

I. My Characteristics/Attitudes/Traits that Fit the Entrepreneurial Mindset.

Characteristics/Attitudes/Traits
• Dedicated to improving my skills.
• Observant in all things that I am
concerned with.
• Able to imagine other possibilities
aside from the current solution.
Experience(s)
• I have always wanted to learn
how to do vexel art, but I
struggled in the past. Last
year, I decided to start learning
it seriously and would
continuously improve my work.
I have gained friends in the
community since then and
some of them are artist that I
admired in the past.
• Since I am a shy person, I often
spend my time watching
people and observing their
actions rather than talking. I
sometimes notice the little
details in them like their habits
and changes in their mood.
• I love to play strategic games
like Valorant. Oftentimes, I win
around simply by thinking of
other possibilities that I know
the enemy team won’t think of.
 II. My Characteristics/Attitudes/Traits that DO NOT fit the Entrepreneurial
Mindset

Characteristics/Attitudes/Traits Experience(s) How to improve

• Lazy • As a student, I • All of the listed
• Easily distracted. have days characteristics
• Shy when I don’t can be improved
really want to by practice and
work and habit. I can start
would just lay by slowly
in bed all day. changing these
• If I am not characteristics
motivated one by one until
enough to do I get used to it.
work, I am
easily
distracted by
things that are
seen as
interesting.
• There are
times that I
don’t want to
approach
people when I
don’t feel
confident with
the situation.

PART 2 – JOBS MOVIE

Answer the following questions:

1. What attributes did Steve Jobs possess which made him successful (Name 4)?
Explain how each attribute contributed to his success by citing a(n) event/scene in
the movie.

2. Do you have these attributes?

 • If YES, relate this to your personal experience to prove that you have these
attributes.
• If NO, how do you improve yourself in order to achieve these attributes?

II. Use the following template:

Steve Job’s Attribute Event/Scene Experience/How to improve

1. Determined In the movie, Steve I am not as determined as
meets a lot of obstacles Steve, and I can improve this
while building apple. It by learning how to trust myself
became what it is today more when making decisions
with his determination to that will affect my life.
make his ideas come to
life. In one scene, his
colleagues doubted his
plans early in the movie
because they couldn’t
finance the project.
However, Steve is
determined to push
through, even if it means
taking a leap of faith.

2. Intelligent In many events in the I can say that I am intelligent

movie, Steve is called a in certain aspects of life. I can
genius. He had ideas be very strategic when I need
that people had never to be, like how I handle life
thought of before, and right now.
his critical thinking skills
helped his company
become the top
company in the industry.

3. Persuasive All his deals were a My persuasive skills are not as

success because of his good as Steve’s, considering
persuasive skills. He that I am a shy person. I can
never let anyone see the improve this through practice
negative side of his as well; that way, I can be
plans; rather, he more confident with how I
presented the converse with other people.
astounding possibilities
of his plans, making
investors interested in
his projects.
4. Risk-taker Steve risked pretty much I am also a risk-taker. One
everything for his example is me taking civil
company. He risked engineering in college even if
friendships, time, trust, I have only moderate
and romantic mathematical skills.
relationships. He was
willing to make deals,
even if his friends were
uncertain of them, just to
make everything a
reality.