2. A social phenomenon and it is not inherent
within a person, rather it exists in the
interaction between people.
Entrepreneurs are people who do things, which
are not generally done in the ordinary course
of a business.
Entrepreneurs are the driving forces behind
any economy. They create large corporations
out of backyard enterprises.
Entrepreneurship
3. Henry Ford, Bill Gates, N.R. Narayanamurthy,
Dhirubhai Ambani are people who envisioned a
dream and took risk to achieve their dream.
They marched to a different beat. They were
innovators, inventors and adventurers.
RISK TAKING
Entrepreneurship
4. Fulfillment of a dream
Seeing an idea flourish into spectacular
Feeding one’s passion
Building better lives
Charms of an Entrepreneur
5. On a trip towards North, at Nagpur you marvel at the
size of the oranges and the price at which they are
available. You buy in dozens and consume these
merrily en route. This is consumer’s mindset.
Thinking Like a Consumer
6. On the contrary, an entrepreneurially thinking
individual, he may buy and enjoy the oranges as
well, would also start thinking ----
what if I arrange for their transportation and sale at
my place…
if volume-weight factor and perishability is the
constraint how about packaged orange juice…
Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
7. where would the technology come from, Italy?
Would Indians like to consume packaged juices
when by the roadside they can get fresh juice?
…
Exports? Which are the countries that could
serve as the potential market?
What would be their quality expectations?
Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
8. Creativity is an act of turning new
and imaginative ideas into reality.
Involves two processes:
Thinking ,then producing
Innovation is the production or
implementation of an idea
Creativity and Innovation
9. Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the
means by which they exploit change as an
opportunity for a different business or a different
service.
Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the
sources of innovation, the changes and their
symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful
innovation.
Peter F. Drucker,(Father of modern management)
Innovation
10. (i) Initiative
(ii) Sees and Acts on Opportunities-
(iii) Persistence
(iv) Knowing
(v) Concern for High Quality of Work-
(vi) Commitment to Work Contract
(vii) Efficiency
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES IDENTIFIED BY EDI
11. (vii) Systematic Planning
(ix) Problem solving
(x) Self-confidence
(xi) Assertiveness
(xii) Persuasion
(xiii) Use of Influence Strategies
(xiv) Monitoring
(xv) Concern for Employee Welfare
Competencies
12. acting out of choice rather
than compulsion, taking the
lead rather than waiting for
others to start.
Initiative
13. A mindset where one is
trained to look for business
opportunities from everyday
experiences. Recall
‘oranges’ example.
Sees and Acts on Opportunities
14. A ‘never say die’ attitude, not
giving up easily, striving
Information seeking
continuously until success is
achieved.
Persistence
15. Knowing who knows,
consulting experts,
reading relevant material
and
an overall openness to ideas
and information.
Knowing
16. Attention to details
and observance of
established standards
and norms.
Concern for High Quality
of Work
19. Breaking up the complex whole into
parts,
Close examination of the parts and
inferring about the whole;
Eg. simultaneously attending to
production, marketing and financial
aspects (parts) of the overall business
strategy (the whole).
Systematic Planning
24. Use of Influence Strategies- Providing
leadership.
Monitoring- Ensuring the progress of
the venture as planned.
Concern for Employee Welfare
Believing in employee well being as the
key to competitiveness and success and
initiating programmes of employee
welfare.
Competencies----contd
25. Project work, summer training as well as prior work
experience hone the entrepreneurial competencies.
Whichever area you might decide upon to start a
venture be it a school, restaurant, garments,
courier service, interior decoration etc. along
with the educational qualifications, if any, you
need to acquire practical experience in that field.
The role of Prior Work Experience
26. For it is while you get on the job
training/experience that you familiarise your
self with all aspects of the venture.
You can learn as to how to handle
customers, suppliers, and government
officials, financiers.
Day to day dealings of the various facets of
business will equip you to handle your own
venture, with confidence and with minimal of
costly mistakes.
The role of Prior Work Experience
27. The word ‘motivation’ has its origin in the
Latin word ‘movere,’ meaning "to move."
Psychologically, it means an inner or
environmental stimulus to action, forces or the
factors that are responsible for initiation,
sustaining (and restraining/abstaining from)
behaviour.
ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATION
28. Thus, ‘motives’ may be different and so be the
perception of success.
A person may work hard and long for money,
the other may just be happy with a word of
appreciation!
MOTIVATION
29. Three people ran a marathon along with hundreds
of others - None of them won the race. Does that
mean that these three people were Losers?
Not at al! Each went into the races with different
objectives.
The first ran the race to test his endurance- he came
out better than his expectation.
Different Reasons
30. The second wanted to improve on his previous
performances, he did.
The third person had never run a race- his
objective was to complete the race & he did
Each of these three entered the race with
different objectives; they all met them, and they
were all winners, regardless of who won the
medal.
Different reasons
31. Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at
lofty heights
Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw (Founder, BIOCON India)
There is no failure except in no longer trying
Suhas Gopinath
Great things are done by a series of small things
brought together.
Dhirubhai Ambani
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