What is an Entrepreneur?

Someone who starts their own business – Can be a new product or an existing one You don’t have to invent pizza to be Papa John Characteristics of an Entrepreneur – Likes to take risks – Confident – Believes in their product 100% – Likes to work long hours to accomplish a goal – Focused

Can You Name Some Entrepreneurs? Steve Jobs Bill Gates HJ Heinz Charles Schwab Michael Bloomberg Ray Kroc Dave Thomas Thomas Edison Michael Dell

HJ Heinz Heinz went out of business many times before the company took off Heinz was the first American company to offer healthcare benefits to employees Heinz employed women in management positions earlier than competitors Heinz dropped prices and weathered losses during the Depression – He wanted customers to continue their loyalty to the product despite the fact that he was losing money

Who Said It? It’s more fun to be a pirate than join the Navy. – Dave Thomas (Wendy’s) – Steve Jobs (Apple) – Donald Trump (Trump Organization)

Who Said It? Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for one. – Sam Walton (Wal-Mart) – Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) – Bill Gates (Microsoft)

Who Said It? Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. – Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of England) – P.T. Barnum (Barnum & Bailey Circus) – Thomas Edison (Inventor of the Lightbulb)

Who Said It? Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Oprah Winfrey (Founder of O Network) – Mikhail Prokorov (Russian Billionaire) – Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of England)

Who Said It? The harder you work, the more luck you’ll have. – Dave Thomas (Wendy’s) – H.J. Heinz (Heinz Ketchup) – Michael Dell (Dell Computers)

Who Said It? If past history is all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. – Walt Disney (Disney Corporation) – Robert Murdoch (NewsCorporation) – Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway)

Who Said It? The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon (Vidal Sassoon Hair Products) – Ben & Jerry (Ice Cream) – Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)

Your Task Go to my webpage and open “Success Story” You will be creating a 3-slide presentation on a particular entrepreneur Give me a number from 1 to 34 and I will assign you the person Slide Order (1-3) – Who they are and how they started the business – Every failure they had – Obstacles they faced and how they overcame them, fun facts