Copyright © 2003 by South-Western/Thomson Learning. All rights reserved. O'Malia and Whistler Welcome to The Entrepreneurial Journey Ch. 4: Lifecycles & Entry Strategies
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 2 Good Of The Order... G O T O
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 3 Let’s review our journey to date
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler This Session Lifecycles and entrepreneurial lifecycles Personal skill sets Entry strategies Pam Lopker Journey Up Front & Personal: Strategic Partners, Trick R/C, and Subway
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 5 Ready to jump? What leads entrepreneurs to jump? Many kinds of variables
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 6 Companies like people Predictable stages of growth
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 7 Domain of technoids Product
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 8 Formation of army MarketProduct
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 9 Mature stage of life MarketProductManagement
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 10 Transition points MarketProductManagement Greatest opportunity
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 11 Was Ray Kroc an entrepreneur? It’s not about starting or even owning a company Different skill sets at different stages
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 12 Product stage Creator Organizer Promoter
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 13 Market stage Seller Producer Marketer
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 14 Management stage Conservator Liquidator Manager
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 15 Complete cycle Conservator Manager Creator Organizer Promoter Seller Producer Marketer Liquidator
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 16 Do you know your model business yet? Three foci of business Skill sets to match
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler Customer in hand— Pam Lopker Entry Strategies— Customer focus
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 18 Customer focus Observation of a market
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 19 Join an emerging company Customer focus (cont.)
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 20 Product focus Invention
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 21 Product focus (cont.) Innovation
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 22 Trade technical expertise for equity Product focus (cont.)
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 23 Turning a hobby into a business Product focus (cont.)
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 24 Money focus Buying a business
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 25 Money focus (cont.) Buying a franchise
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 26 Form a spin off Money focus (cont.)
The Entrepreneurial Journey O'Malia & Whistler 27 Final thoughts on skill sets There are no rules in entrepreneurship