Essays on Entrepreneurship

This an inventor with little financial skills and no managerial skills, knows nothing about manufacturing and has minimal start up capital but he has an idea of an appliance that he hopes will be successful. This entrepreneur believes that in spite of the inherent risks …

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ” These are some words from President-Elect Barack Obama talking about that Americans have the …

Being an entrepreneur ranks among the . It isn’t a carefree existence centered on being your own boss and doing only what you love. It’s not uncommon for entrepreneurs who obsess over their businesses to experience mental health issues or allow their jobs to negatively affect family and …

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 …

Penny Kim, a marketing professional with a one-month career at a Silicon Valley startup, shared a detailed account of one of the ugliest startup stories we've ever heard.Her tale started with a job offer in July of $135,000 a year plus equity and a $10,000 …

In today’s context, an entrepreneur is somebody who operates a business, taking risks and reaping the rewards that come with owning a business.An entrepreneur is a thought leader with often the expertise and knowledge of an innovator. Entrepreneurs bring new concepts to the table. They …

Introduction Women business owners are crucially vital to the American economy.  Women are establishing businesses at twice the pace of all businesses and remaining in business longer. In fact, America’s approximately 9.1 million women-owned businesses provide work for about 27.5 million individuals and put in …

This won’t surprise anyone who picks up every annual release of the Call of Duty series or catches monsters on his or her smartphone with Pokémon Go, but video games are a huge, global industry. More than 135 million games were sold in the United …

Among all the different qualities that they say an entrepreneur should have (and the list is often unrealistically long!), one that often gets missed out is ‘mentorship’. So why should an entrepreneur have mentoring qualities? When you first launch, the start-up or new initiative is …

Today, I wanted to share some thoughts about a complex topic that can involve significant consequences and benefits — partnerships. My thoughts on this subject could easily take up an entire book and maybe one day I’ll write it. But for now, I wanted to …

Introduction Resources haven’t always been linked to wealth, as the management of resources in a country is always subjected to politicking. Ghana’s resources have been recently discovered, thus space for maneuver regarding how to make the best out of the natural supplies is given to …

1- According to Anderson (1995) ‘ role models’ play an important part in the promotion of Entrepreneurship. Critically evaluate this statement including references to regional/state initiatives to further develop and sustain an ‘ enterprise culture’. It is largely true that businesses are able to grow …

The Pros and Cons of Entrepreneurship In America today, as of August 2013, the unemployment rate was 7.3 percent. Many students graduating from college are faced with many challenges with one of them being whether to work for corporate America or to start their own …

The word ‘entrepreneur’ is derived from the French word ‘enterprendre’ which means ‘to undertake’. Around 17th century, this term was used for architects and contractors for public works. Later it was applied to the function of engaging labor and buying materials and selling the resultant …

Let’s let go of the idea of the lone wolf, once and for all.We have this idea of the entrepreneur as a solo figure — an ambitious, solitary adventurer willing to stand apart from the crowd and risk it all on the strength of a …

You hate your day job. I get it. You dream about leaving the 9-to-5 grind behind and launching out on your own on some great new business adventure. Hey, that sounds fabulous. But here's something you need to hear — your day job could actually be the …

As a college buddy was recounting a great trip to Europe, something snapped inside Jeff Platt. “It was like all of a sudden I woke up,” recalls the CEO of Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park. Though only 24 at the time, Platt was exhausted. He’d …

The four main objectives are more extensive than is necessary. From other research and revitalization projects, the main objectives include the commercial enterprise (vacancies) inventory and the communities and surrounding areas population ideal of the area. In fact, having a private investor interested in the …

Today, businesses are forced to confront unfavorable economic conditions, technological imperatives and demographic shifts in catering to shifting markets. In such a world where nothing is sure, creating team loyalty or employee stickiness is essential, and an outcome born of many elements that marry people, …

The only personal disadvantage I’ve found with taking a break or vacation is that it can break the momentum you may have built up over the previous weeks and months. But even this challenge is no excuse not to take a break or take regular …

Today, people around the world are more connected than ever before. In 2012, there were only 2.7 billion people on the internet. By 2018, that number is expected to be 3.82 billion– a growth of over 40%. And last year, more than 900 million people …

Usually when you first hear about a entrepreneur it's for what their company has done. When I first heard about , it wasn’t about his business savvy or what he had done; it was about his love for cookies.More specifically, the #cookielife, an oddball movement …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The fever of doing a business through the Internet began in the late 1990s when the businesses decided that the Internet was a unique channel that was not used by many businesses. They realized that by moving their business model to an online presence, they …

I’ve said it many times before, and I will say it again here: we humans are an extremely complex species. Now while that “complex” is very often a fine thing, a lot of other times, it spells nothing but trouble– especially when it involves a group of …

Motivated by the immense scale of India’s unorganized operations, Bhavyassh Agarwaal was always inclined towards working on something big and making a larger difference in the ecosystem.Entrepreneurship for him was the medium to do so. His first startup Concrea Communications Private Limited, which he started …

The freedom lifestyle is more popular than ever. A lot of young entrepreneurs want the freedom to live where they want, not have to go into an office and to essentially be able to travel as much as they desire. With that has come the idea to create …

Dell is also one of the in the market setting the tone for horizontal structure communication. It has adopted Hofstede’s low power distance dimension. In the Retention, Acquisition, and Development account, communication involves much horizontal communication with lean hierarchy. The organization has been able to …