Chapter 6
Managing Small Business Start-Ups
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What Is Entrepreneurship?
The process of initiating a business venture
Organizing necessary resources: risk/reward
An entrepreneur engages in entrepreneurship
Recognizes a valuable idea
Assumes financial and legal risks
Receives the business’s profits
Successful entrepreneurs have many different motivations
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6.1 Five Types of Small
Business Owners
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Entrepreneurship Internationally
Global entrepreneurship has experienced a tremendous boost due to
Advances in technology
Rapid expansion of the middle class
The rise of female entrepreneurs
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6.2 Global Entrepreneurship by Gender
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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Today
Vital, dynamic, crucial aspects of the U.S economy
Entrepreneurial companies are engines for job creation and
innovation
Entrepreneurship is booming around the world
Represent 67% of jobs created during the latest recession
Employs 55% of private-sector jobs
Represent 99% of all firms
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Who Are Entrepreneurs?
Immigrants often start businesses
Women are embracing entrepreneurship
Minorities show a high rate of entrepreneurship
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6.3 Racial and Ethnic Composition of Small Business
Owners
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6.4 Gender Composition of Small Business
Owners
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Personality Traits
High importance on being free to achieve
Want to maximize their important traits:
Autonomy
High Energy
Need to Achieve
Self-Confidence
Internal Locus of Control
Entrepreneurial Struggle
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Power and Influence
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6.5 Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
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Social Entrepreneurship
Combines the creativity, business smarts, passion, and hard
work of the traditional entrepreneur with a social mission to
change the world for the better
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Launching an Entrepreneurial Start-Up
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6.6 Sources of Entrepreneurial Motivation and New Business
Ideas
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Writing a Business Plan
1. Clear, compelling vision
2. Realistic financial projections
3. Profile target market
4. Profile the industry and competition
5. Provide an effective management team
6. Well written and formatted
7. Keep it short
8. Highlight critical risks
9. Spell out the sources of funding
10. Capture attention with a great summary
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Choosing a Legal Structure
Sole proprietorship – unincorporated business owned by an individual
for profit
Unlimited liability
Partnership – an unincorporated business owned by two or more people
Corporation – an artificial entity created by the state and existing apart
from its owners
Possible disagreements
Unlimited liability
Expensive and complex paperwork
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Arranging Financing
Debt Financing, money that must be repaid:
Equity Financing, money invested by owners or those purchasing stock
Family and friends
Bank loans/Finance companies
Personal credit cards
Wealthy individuals
Angel financing
Venture capital firms
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6.7 Sources of Start-up Capital
for Entrepreneurs
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Tactics for Becoming a
Business Owner
Start a new business
Buy an existing business
Buy a franchise
Participate in a business incubator
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Franchising is an arrangement to purchase the right to distribute the product or service with the help of the owner
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Business incubators provide resources to entrepreneurs such as office space, support services, and management and
legal advice
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6.8 Some of Today’s Fastest- Growing
Franchises
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Starting an Online or Mobile Business
The Internet is aiding in the launch of new businesses and new ventures
Starting an online business:
Find a market niche
Create a professional Web site
Choose a domain name
Know when to pivot. change strategic directions
Use social media
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