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____ start their own business and work for themselves
entrapanures
____ reorganize opportunities to start businesses that other people may not notice
entrapaneures
entrapaneures shift economic resources from an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield. by doing this they _____
add value to scarce resources
____ is based on voluntary exchange
free enterprise
___is a trade between two parties who agree to trade money for a product or survice
voluntary exchange
both parties agree to the exchange because both ___ from the trade
benifit
_____ encourages entrapaneures who use resources efficiently to satisfy consumer needs by rewarding them with profit
free enterprize
___ is the sign that an entrapaneur has added value to the scarce resources he or she is using.
profit
not making a profit is a sign that the entrapaneure is not using ____ very well and is not adding ___ to them
resources
value
what are the 5 roots of opportunity?
1.problems that your business can solve
2.changes in laws, situations, or trends
3.inventions of totally new products or services
4.competition
5.technology and advances
a business opportunity is and idea + what 3 characteristics?
1.it is attractive to customers
2.it will work in your business enviroment
3.it can be executed in the window of opportynity that exists
____ is the process of compairing costs and benifits in order to make a good decision
cost/benifit analysis
____ can be inaccurate without including opportunity cost
cost/benifit analysis
what is the cost of "your next-best investment?
opportunity cost
what is SWOT analysis stand for?
1.strengths
2.weaknesses
3.opportunities
4.threats
all of the capabilities and positive points that an entrepneur has, from experience to contacts
strengths
all of the negatives that the entrapanure faces, like leak of capital or tranning or falure to set up a workable accounting system
weakness
lucky breaks or creative insights that can help the entrapaneur get ahead of the competition
opportunities
things that can jepordize the existance of the business intimidate the entrapaneur, from competition to legal issues
threats
why do entrepneures write business plans?
1. to organize their thoughts before starting a business, and to help guide the operation of the business.
2. to use to raise money from investores. bankers and other potential investors will refusse to see an entrapaneur who does not have a business plan
___ is a document that throughly explains a business idea and how it will be carried out
business plan
___ is the exchange of valueable information and contacts with other business people
networking
____ opportunity that comes from a hobbie
internal
___ opportunity that comes from an outside circumstance that you notice
external
___ is the information you store on your computer
data
___ is an idea that is based on what consumers need or want
opportunity
___ is science that has been applied to to industry or commerce
technology
what do benifits include?
1. independence
2. satisfaction
3. financial reward
4. self-esteem
what do costs include?
1. business falure
2. obsticles
3. loneliness
4. financial insecurity
5. long hours/hard work
__ is the money and time you will have to invest
costs
the money you will earn, and the knowledge and experience you will gain
benifits
a fixed payment made at regular intervals, such as every week or every month. no matter how much time you put in the salary remains the same
salary
fixed payment per hour
wage
a share of the company's profit as the owner you can pay yourself a portion of the businesses profit this is called a ___
dividend
when you give up one thing for another
trade off
the amout of money comming in must be greater than the money going out to pay the bills is called a ___
profit
the money used to start a business is called __
capital
__ is a trade between two parties who agree to trade money for a product or survice
volentary trade
___ is something of value that can be used to make something eles or fill an need
scarce resource
___ is the buying and selling of of products or survices in order to make money.
business
___ is something that exists in nature or is made by human bings. it is tangible
product
__ is work that provides time, skills, or expertise in exchange for money
service
someone who earns a living by working for someone elses business is ___
employee
group of people who may be interested in buying a given product or survice
market
___ business that makes a product from beginning to end
manufacturing
makes a tangible product
manufacturing
buys in bulk from the manufacturer and sells smaller quantities to the retailer
wholesale
sells one pice at a time to consumers
retail
sells an intangible product to consumers
service
what are the 4 basic types of business?
1. manufactoring
2. wholesale
3. retail
4. service
____ is whatever you can do better than the competition that will attract customers to your business
competitive advantage
how do you find your competitive advantage?
1. look at what customers in your market need
2. unique knowledge of your market
combines your business definition with your competitive advantage
competitive strategy
plan for outperforming the competition
strategy
ways in which you will carry out your strategy
tactics
the beliefs you will use to guide your business are called what ___
core beliefs
business function that identifies customer's needs and wants
marketing
____ is composed of consumers who have a similar response to a certain type of marketing
market segment
what are the 4 types of segmentation methods?
1. geographic
2. demographic
3. psychographic
4. behavioral
dividing a population by location
geographic segmentation
dividing a population based on variable like age gender income or education
demographic segmentation
dividing a population by psychological differences such as openion or lifestyle
psychographic segmentation
dividing the market by purrchase behaviors that have been observed, such as brand loyalty or responsiveness
behavioral segmentation
___ is the process of finding out who your potential customers are
market research
what are the different types of market research?
1. survey
2. general
3. statistical
4. industry
the goal of ___ is to distinguish your product or service from others being offered to make segments you have targeted
market positioning
what are the 4 p's
product
price
place
promotion
___ is the use of advertising and publicity to get your marketing message out to your customer
promotion
___ is free mention of your business in news papers or magizines or on the radio
publicity
___ is a paid announcement that a product or service is for sale
advertisement
___ tells the person reading why he or she should be interested in your business
pitch letter
____ the giving of money time or advice to charities in an effort to help solve a social or enviromental problem
philanthropy
___ are qualities a product or service has
features
___ are what the product or service can do to fill a need for a customer
benifits
___ is a formal written agreement between 2 or more parties
contract
owned by one person who may be the only employee
sole proprietorship
___ consists of 2 or more owners who make the decisions for the business together and share the profit and losses
partnership
___ is a legal (entity) composed of stock holders under a common name
corporation
___limits the number of stockholders to 75. offers most limited liability protection of the corp but income is only taxed once as the personal income of the owners
subchapter S corporation
is set up with a specific mission to improve society
nonprofit corporation
combines the best features of partnerships and coperations and is an excellent choice for many small businesses
limited liability company LLC
what are the mark up formulas?
wholesale costXmarkup%=markup
markup/wholesalecost X100=markup%