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Chapter 3.1 Vocabulary & Notes. Understanding Entrepreneurial Trends Entrepreneurship. Understanding Entrepreneurial Trends. Internet Businesses/Online Businesses. businesses that conduct business mainly on the internet Advantages: potential to attract a huge amount of customers
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Chapter 3.1 Vocabulary & Notes Understanding Entrepreneurial Trends Entrepreneurship
Internet Businesses/Online Businesses • businesses that conduct business mainly on the internet • Advantages: • potential to attract a huge amount of customers • faster business growth
Service Businesses • Provide services to people for many different reasons • biggest and fastest growing part of the American economy • Examples: Banking, Insurance, Education, Advertising, Real Estate, Trades, Tax Preparation
Home-based Businesses • Businesses that are run out of an individuals home • Rapid business growth since the late 1990’s • Examples: Consultants, Sales Reps, Writers, Graphic Artists, Web Designers, Survey Takers
Nonprofit Businesses • A business that focuses on a goodwill mission to better society • Examples: United Way, Salvation Army, Feed the Children, YMCA, American Red Cross
Technology • Trend in business to improve processes, efficiency and marketing to gain a competitive advantage over competition
Outsourcing • Contracting with other companies for services
Strategic Alliances • Partnering with another company for mutual benefit
Corporate Ventures • Starting another company within a company
Learning to Recognize Opportunity • Brainstorming – thinking freely to generate new ideas • Recognize Needs as Opportunities • Evaluate Products & Services • Observe the world around you and the people • Learn about different types of businesses and industries
Innovation • Thinking creatively that results in a new way of doing something
Niche • A small specialized market
Demographics • Personal characteristics that describe a population • Age • Gender • Income • Ethnic background • Education • Occupation
Consider Your Own Experiences • Interests • Hobbies • Work
Consider Outside Sources • Trade Magazines • Periodical published for specific types of business or industries
Consider Outside Sources • Specialty Magazines • periodical that targets people with a specific interest • Examples: Sports, Fashion, Computers & Electronics, Entertainment, Autos, Cooking
Consider Outside Sources • Trade Show • Show or exhibition in which vendors promote new products and do demonstrations to market products
Consider Outside Sources • Newspapers • Internet • Government Agencies
Ch. 3.2Starting vs. Buying a Business Entrepreneurship
Personal Values & Goals • Beliefs and principles that you choose to live by • Define who you are • Shape your attitudes and choices • Identify priorities • Influenced by • Family • Religion • Friends • Society • Personal Experiences
Family Business • a business in which one or more members of a family have a significant ownership interest in the business • Typically small businesses • Exceptions: Marriot, Mattel Toys • Only 1/3 survive to the second generation
Rewards of Family Business • Shared feeling of trust and togetherness • Family working as a team can achieve great things • Family profits
Challenges to Family Business • It is tough to separate business and family • Can’t get away • Trouble viewing problems objectively without emotion • Backstabbing
Questions to Ask? • Could I work for someone in my family? • Do we share similar values & goals? • Clear Expectations? • Can we separate family & business when we go home each night? • Can we keep relationships positive?
Buying a Franchise • Buying the rights to set up a new business patterned on an existing model • A legal agreement to begin a business in the name of the recognized company • Examples: • Subway • Dunkin Donuts • UPS Store • Super 8 • McDonald's
Franchisee vs. Franchisor • Franchisee – buyer of the rights • Example: John Doe, Susan Smith • Need initial investment in $30,000 - $250,000 range • Franchisor- seller of the rights • Example: McDonald’s, Subway
Buying an Existing Business • Usually less risky • Facility, employees, equipment, procedures are usually established • Customer base • Goodwill – loyalty to existing customers
In Your Book • Read pg. 60 thru the end of the Section 3.2 on pg. 63 • Franchises • Evaluating a Business Opportunity • Starting Your Own Business • Answer #3 and #4 on pg. 63 in your journal