Characteristics of being a successful Entrepreneur The key is to have a ”learning experience” by talking to an entrepreneur (or more than one entrepreneur). Find someone who is an entrepreneur. They could be the owner of a franchise, or someone who started their own business from scratch. Using the info from witiger.com/marketing/entrepreneurship.htm

First thing is to write about how you’d go about finding a person to talk to.
Be narrative.

Tell a story about what you did to find an entrepreneur and how you made contact.

So you talk to somebody about whether they did

• create or
• innovate
  
  
• create means they think up of something original
• innovate means they use somebody else's idea and expand on it

• created (or innovated) a service
• personal service
• eg. helicopter flying lessons for blind people !!
• industrial service
• eg. fixing web site errors and broken links, or SEO
• created (or innovated) a product
• personal product
• eg. shoe saver for muddy streets
• industrial product
• eg. hand clap door access
• eg. recycled pallette's

During your discussion with this entrepreneur you might want to ask them about the Terms associated with being an Entrepreneur and see if they agree/disagree about some of the terms and if they can add some info as to why those terms are important.
Write about this meeting / discussion.
Think of some “evidence” that you could provide to substantiate that you learned something about being an entrepreneur by talking to the – like a photo of the two of you together.

Research about the business sector they are in.
What are some of the trends in the industry.
Success: do you think this person is successful? Are they operating their business in a successful way? Do you think they have the personality, experiences and skills to be successful doing this.
6E’s – you could, if it applies, makes comments about the entrepreneur, and their business, based on how they deal with some, or all, of the 6 influencing environments.

• economic
• technological
• political/legal - regulatory
• social-cultural
• competitive
• geographic

• Cover page
• List references
• Spelling and grammar
• If you "cut and paste" info from the web note the URL and use "quotes" to mark that section of words
• Pay attention to the
• Video on layout of reports   youtube.com/watch?v=LxguksrUZfk
• Using mature language in writing reports  youtube.com/watch?v=B7e9WSnC0Tk

You do this assignment individually, or with a partner, BUT not in a group of 3 or 4.
This is due in class the END of the third week in March (March 21st 2014)
 

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