Startups being launched out of Silicon Valley may get all the press, but it is the small businesses across the country that create the jobs. Everything from coffee shops to florists and restaurants, help keep our economy spinning. Indeed, Main Street businesses represent two-thirds of …
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If you want to simplify your daily investing ventures, then I truly believe that you need to have a few of the right apps to help you along the way. The right app can simplify investing, help you stay connected with the outside world and …
Starting with a predominant share of corporate banking business, IDFC Bank received a universal banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in July 2015 and started its operations on October 1, 2015. Being a startup in itself, the Bank expects to grow the …
Until this September, I had never been to a global athletic event before. When I was offered the opportunity to be in Rio and to experience the Olympics up close and personal, I jumped at the chance. Now I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on …
Entrepreneur has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.Interviews can be nerve-wracking. If you’re worried and feeling unprepared, you’re probably awkwardly sweating and hoping they don’t notice.The solution is not to buy deodorant, it’s to and use your …
Market orientation (MO) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) are separate yet important strategic orientations that can coexist and relate to the firm’s performance especially in the development of a new product (Frishmmar & Horte, 2007). Substantial studies show that firms with an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) are …
Startups at nascent stage, are small, simple and ambitious! They are yearning to become big and hence set ambitious goals for their employees. But amidst all the noise and the pressure to financial targets, where does an HR fit in a startup environment? Startups are …
If you found yourself surprised that self-driving Ubers launched in Pittsburgh and not San Francisco, it’s time to get wise. Not all our big ideas get started in Silicon Valley, after all, and Pittsburgh’s dominance in robotics make it a natural launchpad for futuristic tech.Of …
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for about three years now, and now that I have moved to Sweden for my Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Lund University, it’s been quite interesting to see the entrepreneurial drive of my fellow students here. Everyone here seems to have an entrepreneurial …
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Silicon Valley has long been labelled as the mecca of the startup world. With its long history of entrepreneurs, an infrastructure in place to help small companies thrive and a bevy of resources – talent, investors and networking events – at a young company’s fingertips, …
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MENA’s creative entrepreneurs talk on what it’s like to turn a passion project into a business venture, and share their insights for pursuing creative ambitions in the MENA region. It’s almost impossible to not feel inspired hearing Omar Samra’s story of how he went about setting up …
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Startups based in tier-2 cities are often not bestowed with the best of facilities when it comes to communities, events and resources that are available in cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai and other hotspots. In spite of that, there are startups like Milk Mantra, ShopKirana who …
“What do you do for a living?”“I’m an entrepreneur.”The answer has a sexy ring to it. Plus, there’s a hint of mystery — as if you possess a quality others don't. You've shifted into an entirely different gear that sets you apart. Perhaps there’s a little ego …
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A strong inclination continues to be present, especially among the professionals managing enterprise development to measure entrepreneurship through some techniques. These measurement efforts can vary from plain checklists going up to intricate and exhaustive computer programs. Defining entrepreneurship Achievements in business can be equivocal. You …
Entrepreneur is on the road with startup platform Rise of the Rest. Check out for stories from the October road trip as well as for insights from thought leaders and community leaders showing there’s an entrepreneurial world outside Silicon Valley.Failure is what all great entrepreneurs …
Jenny Duranski was eight months pregnant, on her hands and knees, cleaning up a flood in her eco-friendly nail salon, . She’d signed a lease for the Chicago retail spot just nine months earlier, but as her belly grew, so did issues with the shop: …
Entrepreneurs are ambitious problem solvers. In fact, they’re becoming so effective at what they do, incumbent firms have no choice but to stand up and pay attention lest an energetic, take too big a piece of the pie. A critical shift in mindset is at the …
Era
Large-scale entrepreneurs emerged in the second half of the 1800s—the Entrepreneurship Era. They built business empires, created enormous wealth, and raised the standard of living for the entire country. Yet success came with a price. Jobs became more specialized—increasing productivity while lowering costs and prices.
Steps
It is useful to break the entrepreneurial process into five phases: idea generation, opportunity evaluation, planning, company formation/launch and growth. These phases are summarized in this table, and the Opportunity Evaluation and Planning steps are expanded in greater detail below.
Strategy
Entrepreneurial strategy is the means through which an organization establishes and re- establishes its fundamental set of relationships with its environment. It is strategy characterized by widespread and more-or-less simultaneous change in the pattern of decisions taken by an organization.
Experience
In essence, entrepreneurship is an experience consisting of large numbers of key events such as a first sale, hiring a first employee, losing a big account – events that are processed and made sense of by the entrepreneur.
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