Frank H. Knight - different people aim for different things
Fred Wilson
-art of turning an idea into business
-identifying opportunities and putting ideas into practice
Joseph Alois Schumpeter - doing new things or innovating/doing things in a new way
The Creative Process
Environmental Scanning - keen observation of new trends, needs, and problems in the market
The Creative Process
2. Ideas - screening your options, inventing and reinventing
The Creative Process
3. Development - testing and refinements
The Creative Process
4. Implementation - consistency of product quality
Entrepreneurs are people who experiments with new combination of resources while businessmen are people who works in a business and are in a high position.
TYPES OF ENTREPRENEURS
Innovative - invent new ideas and methods
Imitative - immediately COPY new trends
Fabian - skeptic about changes
Drone - very conservative and reluctant to changes
Executive Summary
lastsection to be written
next major part of the business plan after introduction
must be written in simple language for easy understanding
Vision - focuses on tomorrow and what the business will become
Mission - focuses on today and the purpose or reason that drives the company
Goals - shapes the way ahead in actionable terms
Objectives - specific, direct and tangible process
Business Logo - easily recognizable graphic symbol that distinguishes a brand apart from others
Target market - group of customers/consumers with shared demographics who are most likely buyers
Target customer - specific individuals that a business aims to attract and serve
Market Segmentation - dividing a larger market into smaller groups