1. What is an Entrepreneur?
What is Enterprise?
What is an Entrepreneur?
Can you name some famous entrepreneurs?
Are you an entrepreneur?

2. Some Definitions
Entrepreneur: a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit (many entrepreneurs see potential in this market), Oxford Dictionary
Enterprise: a business/company or project, Oxford Dictionary

3. Session 1 Why start up in business? how can I be successful?
Enterprise Bite-Size
Session 1
Why start up in business?
how can I be successful?
Tara Lovejoy

4. Why start up? Passion Developing an existing skill
Interest in that area
Filling a gap in the market
Solving a problem
Improving existing business models
Brand expansion of their business

5. Today How can I be successful in enterprise?
What is the course going to cover?
What is enterprise?
What are entrepreneurial skills and qualities?
How can I create a business idea?
How can I be successful in enterprise?

6. The Course
10 weeks, every Friday 12:30 to 1:30pm with 1 hour after for 1:1 mentoring
If you would like to obtain a qualification, there may be possibility to achieve:
Level 1 Award in Exploring Enterprise Skills, or
Level 2 NCFE Award/Certificate in Developing Enterprise Skills

7. Quiz Who’s Who? How did they come up with the idea?

8. Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Brainstorm the:
Characteristics
Skills
You believe are important for an entrepreneur

9. Important Entrepreneurial Skills
Leadership
Communication
Decision making
Being a good team player
Strategic thinker – considering the big picture

10. your burning questions

11. Coming up with a business idea
Individually, write down the name of an everyday manufactured item, fold them up and place them in the bag
Then in groups of 5, pick out two of the papers at random
Identify ways in which the two items chosen could be combined to make a new product
Narrow down your ideas, choosing one that is both innovative and interesting
Explain and justify your choice to the whole group.

12. Take what you do seriously Be accessible Plan everything
Top 25 Tips
Do what you enjoy
Invest in yourself
Take what you do seriously
Be accessible
Plan everything
Build a rock-solid reputation
Manage money wisely
Sell benefits
Ask for the sale
Get involved
Remember it's all about the customer
Grab attention
Become a shameless self-promoter (without becoming obnoxious)
Master the art of negotiations
Project a positive business image
Design Your workspace for success
Get to know your customers
Get and stay organised
Level the playing field with technology
Take time off
Build a top-notch business team
Limit the number of hats you wear
Become known as an expert
Follow-up constantly
Create a competitive advantage

13. Homework

14. Enterprise Project
Think about what enterprise ideas you can develop for this course
You may want to consider the 3 different organisational sectors:
Private sector – business
Public sector – school, health service
Voluntary sector – charity, social enterprise

15. Mapping my mindset
Complete the activity sheet – try be as honest as possible
People change as they gain more knowledge, skills and experience
The results may be different at the end of this course

16. SWOT Analysis
A good tool to use when analysing yourself and your business idea
Complete one about you and one for your business
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

17. What have we learnt today? How did we answer today’s questions?