Entrepreneurship education

Challenges Women Entrepreneurs face There is a need for more women entrepreneurs, but many women have challenges they encounter. Challenges such as; being indecisive, access to funding and investors, fear of failure, balancing a business and family and importance of networking may affect them. Knowing how they can overcome those challenges can be helpful in being successful. Realizing these challenges and overcoming them will make them stronger and appreciate the difficulties they had to…

GUEST SPEAKER: JOHN LEVY There are two main highlights that stood out for me about John Levy. First, to get to where he is at now took a long time and a lot of work in the “trenches.” His family owned a broadcasting business in the Hamilton area, but that did give him a free ride. I admired the fact that during summers he would work with the crew and although he screwed up many times, it provided him with technical knowledge of how things work. This “bottom-up approach” has served him well ever…

Aloha Construction Explains: Why You Should Consider Expanding Your Business Starting your own small business is a big task. No one knows that more than Dave Farbaky, who founded Aloha Construction almost ten years ago. Once you finally get it off the ground, imagining taking the next step to expand it can feel pretty daunting. However, learning when, where, and why to expand your business can be a huge asset. Aloha Construction was founded as a roofing and siding company in 2008. They pride…

Introduction Gimlet media is an exemplary enterprise for new media startups. Its founders posed the necessary personal, business and professional skills to lift up an idea and make it a great profitable business. The culture at Gimlet is a forward looking one where a passion, drive and commitment define the work ethic of its employees and processes. Persistence, perseverance and patience are positive qualities that Alex and Matt, the founders of Gimlet exhibited, which drove the company from a…

The Lean Startup Essay #2 Book Report October 15, 2017 Introduction: “The Lean Startup" 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…

Swiffles: Disrupting the Chocolate Market in Nepal The idea of starting the venture sparked when 'Idea Studio' called for submission of ideas for a competition last year. Ishan Pandey together with Smriti Tuladhar, both the students of BBA at KUSOM, applied for the competition with their business idea of Chocolates. This marked the starting of the venture as the idea was then selected for the competition by the organizers and was successful to reach finals in the competition. A foodie since her…

This essay focuses on the growth of a company. It will examine the case study of “Davis Service Group” a once conglomerate which decided to focus on the textile maintenance services group of companies in the UK and Europe market to grow its business (Davis Case Study, n.d.). For any level of growth to occur businesses and their staff must be willing to embrace change. In the case of international expansion, the market must first ensure that its home base operations are strong enough and that…

Movie Review: The Internship Summary of the storyline The Internship is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern and produced by Vince Vaughn and Levy. The Internship is about two middle-age salesmen Vince Vaughn as Billy McMahon & Owen Wilson as Nick Campbell who work as a team for a failing high-end watch company finagle a summer internship at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. But The Internship is far more than propaganda…

produce significant results. So it is important that you identify what tasks are worth getting your undivided attention. Successful entrepreneurs analyze the importance of their tasks to see which ones will help them move closer to their goals. Entrepreneurship is not about trying to do the most because that is just being unproductive. A successful entrepreneur recognizes what is needed for them to be successful, and focus their energy on doing those specific tasks. Doing so helps an…

Writing to an audience of Beedie School of Business faculty and staff, please answer ONE of the following questions: OPTION 1: If you could wake up tomorrow having gained one quality or ability, what would it be and why would you want it? OPTION 2: What do you consider to be your greatest achievement so far? Explain this achievement and why it's important to you. (Word Limit: 300 words) I consider being able to rebuild my confidence in high school after going through a difficult time in…