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Intrapreneur
• An intrapreneur is an inside entrepreneur, or an entrepreneur within a
large firm, who uses entrepreneurial skills without incurring the risks
associated with those activities.
• Intrapreneurs are usually employees within a company who are
assigned to work on a special idea or project, and they are instructed to
develop the project like an entrepreneur would.
• Intrapreneurs usually have the resources and capabilities of the firm
at their disposal.
Key attributes an entrepreneur
• Goal-oriented • Strong communication skills
• Committed to their business • Inherently creative
• Proactive • Passionate and always full of
• Prosper on uncertainty positivity
• Look for opportunities to • Willing to take risks
improve • Willing to listen and learn
• Willing to take risks • Strong communication skills
• Willing to listen and learn
Myths and realities of entrepreneurship
1. Myth: Venture capitalists fund startups. Fact: Less than one percent
of all new businesses are backed by venture capital.
2. Myth: Access to capital is required for a startup. Fact: More than 80
percent of new ventures are boot-strapped from personal savings,
credit cards, second mortgages and the like.
3. Myth: Someone will steal my idea. Fact: Someone probably already
has your idea. And your next one.
Myths and realities of entrepreneurship
4. Myth: Being first to market is important for success. Fact: Being first to execute well and
delight customers is important for success.
•Economic Factors
1. Capital
2. Labor
3. Raw Materials
4. Market
5. Infrastructure
Factors influencing Entrepreneurship
• Social Factors
1. Caste Factor
2. Family Background
3. Education
4. Attitude of the Society
5. Cultural Value
Factors influencing Entrepreneurship
• Psychological Factors
1. Need Achievement
2. Withdrawal of Status Respect
3. Motives (wealth, entrepreneurs seek power, prestige, security and
service to society)
Entrepreneurial Development Programmes
(EDP)
• EDP is a programme meant to develop entrepreneurial abilities
among the people.
• It refers to inculcation, development, and polishing of entrepreneurial
skills into a person needed to establish and successfully run his / her
enterprise.
• Thus, the concept of entrepreneurship development programme
involves equipping a person with the required skills and knowledge
needed for starting and running the enterprise.
Objectives of EDP:
a. Develop and strengthen the entrepreneurial quality, i.e. motivation
or need for achievement.
b. Analyze environmental set up relating to small industry and small
business.
c. Select the product.
d. Formulate proposal for the product.
Objectives of EDP:
e. Understand the process and procedure involved in setting up a small
enterprise.
f. Know the sources of help and support available for starting a small
scale industry.
g. Acquire the necessary managerial skills required to run a small-scale
industry.
h. Know the pros and cons in becoming an entrepreneur.
i. Appreciate the needed entrepreneurial discipline.
Business Incubators
• A business incubator is a company that helps new and startup
companies to develop by providing services such as management
training or office space.[
• They are catalyst tool for either regional or national economic
development.
• Incubators provided by :
• Academic institutions;
• non-profit development corporations;
• For-profit development ventures;
• Venture capital firms, and
• Combination of the above.
Incubator types:
• Virtual business incubator - online business incubator
• Kitchen incubator - a business incubator focused on the food industry
• Public incubator - a business incubator focused on the public good
• Seed accelerator - a business incubator focused on early startups
• Corporate accelerator - a program of a larger company that acts akin to a seed
accelerator
• Startup studio - a business incubator with interacting portfolio
companies , get equity in exchange of funds and expertise.
• Hybrid Incubator - A business incubator that combines virtual incubator
with on-premise activities
Common Services Provided By : Business Incubators