“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.” (Roy Ash) Thirty-two years ago‚ Steve Celar embarked on the journey of starting up his first business. After many years of struggle and hard work‚ his business has expanded into different areas other than what he had originally intended‚ all of those businesses are centered on cars but mainly‚ Hot Rods. Steve is the founder and sole-proprietor of Kalamity Kars‚ and Kalamity Krash Repair
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Successful Entrepreneur? ABSTRACT First‚ there was an interview with a successful entrepreneur. Second‚ there was a talk on entrepreneurship by a guest speaker‚ Mr. Azmi Ahmad (the CEO of Skali.com) and later‚ an "elevator speech" by fellow students on various issues related to entrepreneurship. This collective information and some reading on entrepreneurship journals‚ books and articles have brought to the idea on writing this paper‚ towards certain perspective‚ on successful
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The Role of the Entrepreneur An entrepreneur is an owner of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative‚ this is applied to persons who are willing to help launch a new venture or enterprise and accept full responsibility for a company’s output. The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of a lower and into a high productivity and greater economic yields. Occupying the central position in a market economy‚ entrepreneurs are instigators of growth and progress and are pivotal
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Theories of Profit There are various theories of profit‚ given by several economists‚ which are as follows: 1. Walker’s Theory of Profit as Rent of Ability This theory is pounded by F.A. Walker. According to Walker‚ “Profit is the rent of exceptional abilities that an entrepreneur may possess over others”. Rent is the difference between the yields of the least and the most efficient entrepreneurs. In formulating this theory‚ Walker assumed a state of perfect completion in which all firms are
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Best Practice BY DANIEL J. ISENBERG The Global Entrepreneur A new breed of entrepreneur is thinking across borders – from day one. FOR A CENTURY AND MORE‚ companies have ventured abroad only after establishing themselves at home. Moreover‚ when they have looked overseas‚ they haven’t ventured too far afield‚ initially. Consumer healthcare company Johnson & Johnson set up its first foreign subsidiary in Montreal in 1919 – 33 years after its founding in 1886. Sony‚ established in 1946‚ took 11
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. . . . .5 1� Economic Function of the Entrepreneur � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 6 Assessment 1 Characteristics of the Entrepreneurial Firm Checklist . . . . . . . . .8 “Wall Street” (1987) Gordon Gekko: Address to Teldar Paper Stockholders . .12 Assessment 2 Motivation for Entrepreneurial Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 2� Entrepreneurial Qualities � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 14 Behavioral Characteristics of Entrepreneurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Essay on Entrepreneurs There are many advantages when being an entrepreneur‚ some of which benefit a lot of the families all over the world. One of the many benefits offered when being an entrepreneur is‚ having time to spend with your family. It is said that families who have an enterprise can concentrate on their personal life and parents can have a more healthy relationship. The advantage would be that family members can be involved in the business as well. Both husbands and wives can help
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Entrepreneur Biography: Stephen Fung & Louis Leung. ENT526 - 011 Background Stephen Fung is a software architect and developer who was born in Toronto along side his best friend and eventual co-founder of Archon Systems‚ Louis Leung. Louis has had experience working for major companies such as Sun Microsystems‚ Research In Motion and various other consulting agencies as well experience in Canada‚ Hong Kong and India. On the other
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and taking both risks and rewards associated with the venture. Entrepreneur is a person who is able to exploit an opportunity or who has a bright business idea‚ organizes it‚ puts it into action though a business venture‚ and is prepared to take financial risks. All entrepreneurs are very different from each other. They all have a different entrepreneur mindset that contributes to their success. Their entrepreneur mindset might have to do with their personality or even in the field which they have chosen
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Extraordinaire‚ Bass‚ B Baron‚ R. A. and Shane‚ S. A. (2008). Entrepreneurship: A process perspective‚ 2nd ed. Thomson South-Western. Burns‚ J. M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper and Row. Brockhaus‚ R. and Horwitz‚ P. (1986) ‘The Psychology of the Entrepreneur’ in Sexton‚ D. and Smilor‚ R. (eds.)‚ The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship‚ Ballinger. Comfort‚ M. H. (1964). Conrad H. Hilton Hotelier. Minneapolis: T.S. Denison & Company‚ Inc. Chell‚ E. (1999) ‘The Entrepreneurial Personality: Past‚ Present
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