What are some

entrepreneurial job
opportunities?
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the traits required for
entrepreneurs.
2. Explain why those traits are important for a
job as entrepreneurs.
Try looking around, you would find
certain entrepreneurs doing exceedingly
well. Or think of someone who succeed in
his/her business ventures.
1.What does it take to be
a successful
entrepreneur?
2.What do you think is/are
needed to be successful?
3. What is an entrepreneurial
traits? Why it is important?
Entrepreneurial traits or competencies are a
mixture of skills, knowledge and personality of
a person. Successful entrepreneurs have more
than a few traits in common.
GROUP ACTIVITY. Group Students into 2. Divide the
class into two (2 groups.)

Activity 1: Entrepreneurship puzzle

Directions: Find and encircle the entrepreneurial traits
in the word puzzle:
QUESTIONS:

1. What are some entrepreneurial

traits you have fine?
2. Why entrepreneurs should
possess those traits?
Entrepreneurial Traits
Common traits of successful entrepreneurs are as
follows:

1. Risk Taker
• Successful entrepreneurs have a risk tolerance. They
are willing to do things that involve danger in order
to achieve the goal.
2. Innovative
• Entrepreneurs think differently from
anyone else. They can create innovative
products according to changing demands
of the market.
3. Creativity
• An entrepreneur can develop new ideas
and to discover new ways of looking at
problems and opportunities.
4. Problem Solving skills
• Successful entrepreneurs take a problem as a
challenge and put in their best in finding out the most
appropriate solution for the same.
5. Self-confidence
• Entrepreneurs have confidence in themselves
and in their business. They believe in their
ability and ideas even they face rejection along
their way.
6. Optimistic
• Successful entrepreneurs are always
showing hope for the future.
7. Planner
• Entrepreneurs develop future course of action
keeping in mind the goals to be realized. They
believe that developing realistic plan can ensure
proper execution for attaining their goals.
8. With clear vision
• Successful Entrepreneurs have a clear vision of what
their business will be. They can create a big picture
the purpose, goals and market position of the
business. They can do strategic planning.
9. Patience
• Successful entrepreneurs believed that they can
change the world. There’s an excitement and belief in
what they are doing that gets them through the hard
times.
10. Resilience
• No matter how successful the business is, there
will be bumps along the road. A successful
entrepreneur is resilient and can bounce back
from a setback. They understand that failure is
part of the game.
11. Agility
• Entrepreneurs are able to treat every problem they
encounter and they address it without taking too long. They
remain proactive and vigilant, preventing small problems
from becoming major ones.
12. Passion
• Entrepreneurs work hard for their business, they put their
long hours doing job that they love to do. It drives them to
keep working to achieve their vision.
13. Flexibility
• They are able to adopt to change and solve
problems as they arise. They are receptive to
other people’s needs, opinions, and ideas and
being open-minded to feedback from the other.
WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED?
What is/ are the traits that
entrepreneur must possess to
succeed?
Why those traits
are important?
QUIZ. ¼. Choose only the letter of the correct
answers.
1. Which of the following entrepreneurial traits refers to the
ability to develop new ideas and to discover new ways of looking at
problems and opportunities?
a. Creativity c. Patience
b. Passion d. Resilience
2. Entrepreneurs must remain proactive and vigilant,
preventing small problems from becoming major ones.
This entrepreneurial trait refers to what?
a. Creativity c. Patience
b. Agility d. Resilience
3. This is the trait a successful entrepreneur
possesses when he always sees hope for the future.
a. Agility c.
Patience
b. Optimism d. Creativity
4. Successful entrepreneurs have a risk tolerance and
are willing to do things that involve danger in order to
achieve the goal. Which entrepreneurial trait is it?
a. Risk-taker c. Patience
b. Agility d. Optimistic
5. When an entrepreneur develops future
course of action keeping in mind the goals to
be realized, he is exhibiting which
entrepreneurial trait?
a. Planner c. Patience
b. Agility d.
Optimistic
ASSIGNMENTS:

1. What are the relevance of Entrepreneurship to an

organization?
2. What are the factors affecting Entrepreneurship?
3. What are some common and core competencies in
entrepreneurship?
4. What are the different types of Entrepreneurs?