Entrepreneur

My experience at the Startup Island speaker event was not at all what I had expected. A female architecture student in a room full of young, suit-wearing business men, I felt a little out of my element. After a series of announcements regarding upcoming events in the entrepreneur’s club, Josh and Brian were welcomed to the front of the room. The energy in the room was instantly transformed as they first introduced themselves and then immediately asked everyone to stand. We were guided through a…

An effectual entrepreneur begins with a given set of means and allows goals to emerge contingently over time from the varied imagination of founders and people the business interacts with. Bruce Flohr, an effectual entrepreneur and founder of San Antonio-based company RailTex, was able to conduct his business without a strategy and turn it into a $353 million dollar company. He started his company in 1977, renting hopper cars to owners who needed to transport crushed rocks to construction sites.…

University of the People S104540 BUS 3303 Written Assignment Unit 3 Based upon the readings for this week, which of the skills, traits or characteristics of entrepreneurs do you think would be the most important to have? Research a successful entrepreneur. Describe the entrepreneur’s type of innovation or business, what characteristics or traits they have, how they got started, and what they did in order to become and remain successful. This assignment should be at least 500 words…

of things even as they move toward commercialization. We often encourage the researchers/inventors to become the CTO Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or Chief Science Officer (CSO) of the company they helped found, and we help them find a career-entrepreneur to run the company as CEO. J: So there is a career development aspect to Invent Penn…

maintain the profession with high diversification and tolerance. The first time I heard about the Stanford’s story was the time when I join the volunteer program called block leader program of the city of Cupertino. Being a club member of the entrepreneur club in Foothill College, I was told to find different career and business opportunities though self-exploratory based community programs and off-campus learning curriculums. Having consulted my on campus mentors, I found the courses website…

and bold. Successful entrepreneurs always think big, which Shackleton also did when envisioning the voyage. Nothing was going as planned and something would go wrong when he thought nothing else could be worse. Shackleton along with many entrepreneurs, are forced to live, learn and thrive throughout the continuous chaos, all while planning for the future during your struggles. Shackleton’s ability to adapt when faced with dauntingly bad luck is a great example all entrepreneurs can take to…

self-employed is something that has always been in my future plans. Becoming an entrepreneur allows for more quality time with loved ones and friends. Embracing the challenge and long hours, being an entrepreneur would best suit me. Since I have a strong passion for establishing a business, I want to work on my own time frame, and I look to the opportunity to grow as a person after facing many grueling situations; becoming and entrepreneur is the career I would excel in. Since a young boy, I…

On page 22 the report covers “The Role of Technology” within entrepreneurship. This lesson has to do with the new global century and the shifts that we discussed early on in the course. Entrepreneurs and Students these days have so many competitive advantages over their parents due to technology. I remember one day at work when our computer system went out and we had to complete all transactions by hand which was extremely difficult. My uncle said that was how they did transactions when the…

is a book by Entrepreneur, Eric Ries. Ries begins the book by telling stories of his various entrepreneur ventures and why they ultimately failed. He goes into what an entrepreneur is by his definition; “an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty”. He discusses the misconceptions that individuals have about what it is to be an entrepreneur and subsequently why most start-ups ultimately fail. He wrote this book to share with entrepreneurs a-like,…

Hatchery for short), is a relatively new business, as it has opened in February of this year. The store offers student entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase and sell their products in a retail store setting. It operates as a partnership between the Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Reitz Union. Six student interns run the store under the guidance of local entrepreneurs, Reitz Union staff, and retail experts. As a team, we have noticed several threats and issues with the Gator…