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The Entrepreneur as an Individual Built by Stambaugh/2009 Jeff Stambaugh Dillard College of Business/Rm 257A jeff.stambaugh@mwsu.edu http://faculty.mwsu.edu/business/jeff.stambaugh
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Entrepreneurs are born, not made Survey Says Built by Stambaugh/2009
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Will You? Built by Stambaugh/2009
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Why Would You Built by Stambaugh/2009 Flexibility Autonomy
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Why Would You (2) Built by Stambaugh/2009 Create Love
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Why (3) Built by Stambaugh/2009 Decent Living Wealth
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What words describe a successful entrepreneur? Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Hard worker / passionate ■ Risk-taker ■ Tenacious failure failure ■ Optimistic / self-confident ■ Tolerates ambiguity / uncertainty (decisive) ■ Alert to opportunities (visionary) ■ Achievement oriented ■ Learner (open to new experiences) ■ Socially adept (persuasive / promoter)
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Close = Fail Built by Stambaugh/2009
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Business Competencies Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Opportunity recognition ■ Industry knowledge ■ Basic business skills ■ Resource accumulation skills ■ Leadership skills It is how you THINK that most often separates entrepreneurs from others
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Professionalism Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Minimal ■ Specialized ■ Expert
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ENT Teams Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Spouses ■ Family businesses ■ Role conflict ■ Succession ■ “Unrelated” but complementary (or not)
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ENT Trajectories Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Occasional (part-time; not their day job) ■ Habitual (this IS their job) ■ Spiral or helical ■ Growth ■ Harvest
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Another Way to Type ENTs Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Novice ■ Serial ■ Portfolio
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How about you? Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ Your motives? ■ Scoring the CSI ■ More info on yourself ■ MBTI at Counseling Center (free … I think) ■ Strenghtsfinder (online and at bookstore) Is all of this stuff fixed / permanent?
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Thoughtful Feedback Built by Stambaugh/2009 ANONYMOUS! 1) What are your personal strengths for E-Ship? 2) What are your personal weaknesses for E-Ship? 3) I found this class to be _____________ (fill in the blank)
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Takeaways Built by Stambaugh/2009 ■ No such thing as “the” entrepreneurial personality ■ But there are certain common traits ■ Different trajectories “fit” different traits and objectives ■ You CAN change … but only if you want to!
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