What is it and who is an entrepreneur?

-The term Entrepreneur typically refers to an

independently – minded and innovative
business person.

-What defines an Entrepreneur is the desire and

courage to strike out one’s own in the world of
business instead of working for someone else!
Most Famous and Greatest
Entrepreneurs of our Time
Brief Info.

Company: Apple
Sales: $108.2 Billion
Market Value: $546 billion
Employees: 63,300
Advice: Say no to focus groups and
market research.
Company: Microsoft
Sales: $69.9 billion
Market Value: $273.5 billion
Employees: 90,000
Advice: Find very smart people and create small
team
 Fred Smith
Company: Fed Ex
Sales: $39.3 billion
Market Value: $30 billion
Employees: 255,573
Advice: Rely on first level managers
 Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Company: Google
Sales: $37.9 billion
Market Value: $203.2 billion
Employees: 32,500
Advice: Spare no expense on innovation
 Howard Schultz
Company: Starbucks
Sales: $11.7 billion
Market Value: $40 billion
Employees: 149,000
Advice: Always challenge the old ways
“So how do you become a
successful entrepreneur? “
 IT IS NOT EASY!
Job Description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of
public or private sector organizations.

Duties and responsibilities include formulating

policies, managing daily operations and planning
the use of materials and human resources.
“A job as a Entrepreneur falls under
the broader career of General and
Operations Managers”
 Core Competencies
1. Personal Competencies

Optimism
Initiative
creativity
Determination
2. Interpersonal Competencies
Leadership and motivation
Communication Skills
Listening
Ethics
 3. Business Competition
Vision
Personal Relations
Negotiation
Decision Making
 Get Inspired!
Research , learn , talk to people, Study and
motivate yourself!!!

YES, it is very important.

 Identify your present personal ,
interpersonal and business
competency
My Present Personal, Skills that I want to Acquire and
Interpersonal and business Develop
competency
 What if somebody told you
that 10 years from now, your
life would be exactly the
same?
 Career Opportunities for
Entrepreneurship Graduates

1. Mid-level management
2. Business consultant
3. Sales
4. Research and Development
5. Not-for-profit fundraiser
6. Teacher
7. Recruiter
8. Business Reporter
 Some Myths about
Entrepreneurship

1. Entrepreneurs, like leaders are born

, not made
2. Entrepreneurs are academic and
social misfits
3. To be an entrepreneur, one needs
money only
 Success seems to be connected
with action.
Successful people keep moving. They
make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
 4. To be an entrepreneur, a
great idea is the only
ingredient
5. One wants to be an
entrepreneur as having no
boss is great fun
Satisfy the demands of the
following
1. Explain the concepts of
entrepreneurship
2. Briefly discuss the core competencies
and the factors needed.
3. Give at least one job and career
opportunities for entrepreneurship
graduate