Entrepreneurship education

16. As stated in section 8, the measurements for those objectives are: - Financial measurement of revenue: not lower than $60,000 - Number of employees recruited and trained: 5 - Number of customer accounts: more than 5,000 - Number of domains hosted: more than 1,000 - Number of website designed according to orders: 300 - Number of SEO & Logo design service performed: 100 17. In recent years, there are a large number of individuals and businesses wanting to open their websites. Due to that…

The entrepreneur I interviewed was Jessica Gonzalez, the owner and founder of Lash Esthetica. Lash Esthetica is a salon located in West Hartford, Connecticut that specializes in eyelash extensions, facial treatments and medicinal aromatherapy. Lash Esthetica was the first eyelash extension shop to be opened in Connecticut. The salon opened in 2006 and is still in business today. I found Jessica because I had been in the salon before when I was back home from school and knew she had opened and…

The term entrepreneurial opportunity would usually presume a profit-motivated event. The adjective entrepreneurial emphasises that the profits are chased through creating a new good and presenting it to the market (Whetten, 1989). Other scholars define the entrepreneurial opportunity as situation that provokes the discovery of new goods, services, production technologies and organizing methods that are able to obtain some economic value in the future (Shane and Venkataraman, 2000). The…

Social entrepreneurship is oftentimes understood as originating from a social mission as well as creativity that comes from any entrepreneur. More and more research has evolved about the idea of opportunity recognition in which social entrepreneurs develop or form their ideas to successfully help a greater social mission. Additionally, researchers have found that an entrepreneur’s opportunities are reasonably influenced by the background that he or she has. However, when considering social…

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…

Development is essential to my life not only because of my drive for self-improvement, but also because I am called as a man of God to continually become more correlated with him. In college I have learned that development can be sort of a scary thing as it often results in many things changing around you as well as friends and personalities. However, looking back from my senior year back to freshman year I can see a lot of areas that have been fostered during my time at Calvin as well as…

Unlike her co-workers, Camille* had been ecstatic at the news of the closure of the company she had worked at for nearly 20 years. As she mentally calculated her expected redundancy package, she was delighted that her dream of starting her own catering business could finally become a reality. As soon as she received her final pay cheque, Camille turned her attention to setting up an upscale eatery that rivalled the bistros found in South Beach, Florida. Awash with cash, she spared no expense in…

people for free where the artists would also get royalties from every time their song was played. Impact of entrepreneur’s background on company Due to Darren’s previous employment he had built up contacts with in the industry. Darren’s college education also impacted the company as he had previous knowledge of thee equipment which the company would be using and also may have knowledge of using…

In today’s turbulent information-rich environment where digital transformation drives organizations, it is crucial for companies to keep abreast of latest developments. The threat of new entrepreneurial companies disrupting established incumbent organizations is looming more than ever; hence, it becomes imperative for organizations to recognize opportunities to innovate so as to create sustainable competitive advantage. It became apparent that companies can no longer afford to rely entirely on…

Willie Jenkins took off in his solo venture by building a small business in janitorial cleaning around the bases of Ft. Bliss, White Sand Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base, and the city of El Paso. They also provide services to many large construction and trucking companies. His start-up team was just him. At that time, he was trying to gain experience in cleaning a few homes from the members of his church. Gaining from that experience, he decided it was something he would want to do.…