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Entrepreneurship. What is it? Virtual Enterprise. What is an Entrepreneur?. An entrepreneur is an owner of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative . How to Become an Entrepreneur.
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Entrepreneurship What is it? Virtual Enterprise
What is an Entrepreneur? • An entrepreneur is an ownerof a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.
How to Become an Entrepreneur • The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. • - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's
Guess Which Company • "A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say that Americans like crispy cookies not soft and chewy cookies, like you make."
Debbi Fields – Ms. Fields Cookies • Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields Cookies.
Guess Which Company • Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak approached Atari Inc. with the idea of creating personal home computers. They even said they would give Atari the rights to the idea as long as they would hire them. They were turned down, so they started their own company.
Guess Which Company • "The concept is interesting and well formed, but in order to earn better than a "C" the idea must be feasible." • Yale University Business Management professor in response to Fred Smith's report proposing a reliable overnight delivery service. Mr. Smith later went on to create…
Everyone who`s taken a shower has an idea. It`s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. • - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's
Now Its Your Turn • You have the business, now create a grand business plan, and enter it into the competition.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.Henry Ford, Industrialist