Essays on Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs can have the greatest product in the world but if no one knows about it, no one will use it.This is where marketing becomes a key driver for product success. Not only does it help get the word out about the actual product or …

About two years ago, my friend Marcel Benson (Barry) wanted to start a watch company.A lot of people probably thought that was a dumb idea. Watches? The world doesn’t need more watches! But that’s not what Barry thought. He likes watches. He’d always been fascinated with them. He …

Genomics is a niche space, with a handful of experts and limited number of freshers being churned out every year. Thereby, it makes it all the more difficult for recruiters to recruit employees, who have got the right kind of expertise and can understand their …

The millennial generation of today not only seeks loans for big-cheque properties like real estate, jewellery and vehicles, but they also tend to make smaller purchases including like gadgets, holiday packages, home decor  on credit or EMI basis. To facilitate this bracket of people, we …

Introduction International entry mode choice is considered a critical strategic decision. In an attempt to understand this choice, scholars have primarily focused on transaction cost theory Previous literature have failed to examine how the transactional cost model applies to smaller entrepreneurial firms. ” Small and …

Introduction Young Entrepreneur Society (YES) is the organization of SACLI. They have different activities like Acceptance Party, Upcoming Seminar, Upcoming Business Exhibit, Christmas Party, and Booth for Foundation Day, Community Service, and monthly due registration fee for certificate and membership. They have also the rules …

My view of entrepreneurship is that you don’t need to have exceptional skills to be successful when you decide to start a business. All one needs to have is the desire to work in order to achieve his goals. According to my understanding of the …

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The following excerpt is from Entrepreneur's book . Buy it now from  |  | Erica Zidel knew that trying to raise funds for her startup would be a full-time job. She worried that chasing after would distract her from building the best product she could. So rather than sweat …

Introduction The first half of this report is written about one of the famous German entrepreneurs Klaus KobJoll. It will include personal, societal and environmental antecedent that influenced KobJolls’ decisions during his life. In addition, his strengths and weaknesses will be determined and compared against …

An entrepreneur is someone who owns and runs their own business. Enterprise can have two different definitions: Enterprise is another name for a business. Enterprise is also a skill which entrepreneurs should possess that involves many different skills and qualities, including showing initiative (being able …

Interest to UC Berkeley MBA program is out of careful evaluation of MBA program in different colleges. I have had a personal experience at Berkeley campus in 2003 when I tried to find out the location of the campus. I happened to meet some MBA …

Appointing a mission-wise Chair: Role separation resolves a potential conflict of interest arising from the fact that the CEO is the primary manager of a company and the chairman is the head of the board, which oversees management (Hodgeson, 2014). Separating the roles strengthens the …

The oldest members of "Generation Z" (aka Gen Z-ers) are turning 19 and they're hitting the workforce and influencing purchasing decisions. And like the generations that precede them, Gen Z-ers promise to bring yet another mindset to your small business — whether as employees or …

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Nobody sets out to be a one-hit wonder. But too much focus on a hot product can distract a company from building the culture, operations and strategy it needs for long-term success and sustainability.When you stop and think about it, nearly every sustainable company is …

Whether you have a talent for baking or happen to know your way around WordPress, running a side gig, in addition to your full-time work, can provide you with a fulfilling project to invest yourself in. It can also help you and possibly lead you …

Around the world, entrepreneurs are dealing with the same problem. In cities like Chicago, Barcelona, Nairobi, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney, they’re trying to harness the power of the innovation economy by building ecosystems of technologists, investors, industry insiders and more. But for many of …

eCommerce and fundraising are the new buzzwords. Everyone seems to be wanting in on the action. The glowing press coverages, rock star status and proclamations of the new ‘Entrepreneur God’ has everyone wanting to turn to eCommerce and get funded. Many founders and entrepreneurs think …

Qatar is actively diversifying its economy, in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030. Fostering entrepreneurship thus bears promising potential to generate additional businesses, further growth and decrease the dependence on the oil and gas industry. Nevertheless, the survival rates of startups throughout the world ring …

Executive education & development is critical for any organization but is often overlooked. Quite easily, one can only pin the blame on a ‘fixed mindset’ which assumes failure as an evidence of ‘non-intelligence’. It’s interesting to note that even some of the Fortune 500 companies are …

Throughout the article, Hobbes uses sarcastic humor and hyperbole to not only get his point across, but to also be relatable to his audience; the millennials. Hobbes uses this to seem credible and therefore worthy of our trust. Hobbes states that older generations say “our …

Create something you love and help the world suck less: This advice is among the many wise words from entrepreneur, activist and investor . I recently had the chance to Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit in 2005 as a way for users to share and discuss just …

An acquisition in any business ecosystem garners a lot of attention from media and industry folks. But what happens in the pre and post acquisition/merger phase is something only an entrepreneur and his team can elaborate! One of the most high-profile mergers/deals this year has …

Introduction Definition of entrepreneurship There are a lot of explanations and descriptions of entrepreneurship. Intellectuals and business experts, define entrepreneurship as only the uniting of thoughts, hard work, and modifications to the changing commerce market. It furthermore involves meeting market demands; mainly it portrays the …

When I graduated from college, I had no work experience. And that didn't sit too well with the real life that followed. The result? I repeatedly messed up at work or fell behind schedule because I lacked good productivity habits. Before long, I realized I needed help.Related: So …

Entrepreneurs, perhaps more than anyone else, love to talk about their . They’ve been conditioned to see as a learning experience — that, rather than being the end of something, a big flop is merely a very useful (though painful) data point along the way …

How employable persons turn their focal point to start-ups? An Empirical Study on Factors Motivating Business Students to Travel to the Entrepreneurial Sector Abstract. This exploratory survey is efforts to analyze how employable persons turn their focal point to start-ups. Today, bulk of employees still …

I began my journey with the tour, a road trip designed to celebrate entrepreneurship across the U.S., in Omaha, Neb. I soon discovered that despite the struggles, entrepreneurs can succeed anywhere; they just need to know where to look and have confidence in their abilities.When …

When a venture is born it is started as a going concern. However, the ability of the promoters to travel through the zig-zag paths of entrepreneurship and sail through it each time defines its future. Starting up a venture requires a lot of courage, commitment, …