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Chapter 1. Success as a Path. Entrepreneurship Defined. Having a vision and following-through to achieve that vision Setting your sights on what you want and doing what it takes to get there. Advantages You create your own destiny. Potential for limitless income. You manage your own time.
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Chapter 1 Success as a Path
Entrepreneurship Defined • Having a vision and following-through to achieve that vision • Setting your sights on what you want and doing what it takes to get there
Advantages You create your own destiny. Potential for limitless income. You manage your own time. Job security. Disadvantages You’re in charge of everything. Income takes time to build. Your time belongs to the business. Job security relies on customer. Entrepreneurship
Self-Employment Defined • Self-employment involves providing an income for yourself through the entrepreneurial vision of someone else.
Advantages Successful business model. Up-front costs are affordable. Potential for limitless income. Disadvantages You must feel passion for it. You toe the company line. Pay your own benefits. Self-Employment
Business Plans • Your business plan is a road map for your enterprise. • It maps out your goals and strategies for attaining them. • Review and update your business plan each year.
Ways of Funding a Start-Up • Self-funding • Friends, family, associates • Commercial lenders • Government loans • Venture capital firms • Angel investors
Managing Infrastructure(physical and intellectual equity) • Nourish the well-spring of your mind. • Be a lifelong learner. • Find professionals you can trust. • Get recommendations. • Seek out ongoing guidance. • Create an advisory board.
Managing Systems • Companies need a systematic way to approach the work they do: • Create a plan. • Set networking goals. • Play the host. • Always follow up.
Managing Money • Maintaining positive cash flow: • Focus on high profit items. • Pay yourself first. • Manage your operating expenses. • Negotiate with your vendors. • Pay bills promptly.
Managing People • Employees • Hire the best and treat them well. • Key suppliers • Use tact and diplomacy.
Intrapreneurship Defined • Intrapreneurship involves having a vision to create or to innovate something as an employee within a large corporation and taking responsibility for transforming the idea into a profit-making venture.
Advantages Support of a larger company. Earn rewards for contributions. Revolutionize the future. Disadvantages Company may block you. You have to fight for your ideas. You pay whether your ideas fly or die. Intrapreneurship
Managing Time • Time is money: • Practice strategic time management. • Delegate effectively. • Tame the telephone.