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Blake Mycoskie is an entrepreneur best known for creating the company Toms. Mycoskie is also the mastermind behind the idea One for One. Unlike our classes’ ideas, Mycoskie’s idea was unintentional. However, his idea does relate to ours in the sense that he took a problem and designed a solution to the problem. MORE ABOUT HOW IT FITS INTO OUR CLASS
 One of Blake Mycoskie’s strengths is authenticity. His idea to to sell a pair of shoes today, give a pair tomorrow was unique. No one had created…

MGT 443- Entrepreneurship The E-Myth Revisited Analysis 2/16/2016 Leen Midani Reading this book was an interesting experience I did not expect. A business is a reflection of the owner's personality, growth is change, and in order for a business to grow, the business owner has to too. The book demonstrates that the process of business development is also a process of personal development. And for it to be successful and a great experience, the person starting the business must have a full…

Dorsey suggests that students are eager to create new enterprises so they can receive the title of founder. While these new enterprises may be successful, they are too limited to really make an impact on changing the cause. Without proper investment into a lager enterprise the smaller enterprise had less money to invest in making a larger scale transformation to a cause. Dorsey encourages those who want to be entrepreneurs to bring their creative knowledge to make innovations to preexisting…

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…

The Pitch (What is your business?) I help speakers, authors, coaches, seminar leaders, online information marketers, ministries and businesses package their products and services. My company, Global Internet Enterprises, help them to position and promote themselves to get their products, services and messages in the marketplaces in a big way to make an impact and an income. Here is my story of struggles. I was poisoned at three months old and hospitalized in intensive and critical care for…

An Explanation of Why the individual is considered an Entrepreneur According Merriam-Webster an entrepreneur is a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money. (Merriam-Webster 2015) The entrepreneur that I chose to profile certainly fit this definition. He’s 37 year old Herbert Doucet. He was born in Opelousas Louisiana and grew up in Palmetto Louisiana. He is known to his friends as Mr. Herb. Mr. Herb is a family man. His wife’s name is Cheritha Docuet and…

How necessary is college for an aspiring? “Congratulations Jahi, you just received the Incentive Awards Scholarship,” my high school counselor said to me. The Incentive Awards Program is designed to award scholarships, valued at $100,000, to students who excel in their academic course load, are active in their respective community, and demonstrates high self-efficacy. At this moment, on one hand I was grateful to find out that I just received a scholarship, worth $100,000, that would pay for…

Rags to Riches: How To Become a Successful Entrepreneur A Guide by Ashok Sharma So, you want to be an entrepreneur? Entrepreneurship takes the most skill of any job there is in this entire world. Go ahead and try to think of jobs that require more skill than that of being an entrepreneur. You may think of a brain surgeon, but that requires knowledge more than skill. “What about a nuclear engineer?,” you may ask. The problem with that is that while it is a hard job, it does not match the skill…

The discussions on class Bus 331 and the Book that we read in class that is "Fundamentals of management" have led me to ask the purpose of be a good management, this new knowledge has led me to ask if in the future I want to be an entrepreneur. The good entrepreneur has a lot of skills of management that we have learned in this class. Entrepreneurship is born from a creative attitude and willing to take the risk of starting and running a new business. A successful entrepreneur must possess a…

Imagine it is your first day at a massive pre-established firm, you squeeze your way into a white, 6x6 cubical, to the left of you slumps an older man. His age and stress shows on his face and it becomes apparent that this is your future. Why would anyone put their blood, sweat, and tears into a company without it being their own. As an entrepreneur, I can develop, grow, and manage my own company to create an impact in society. To begin, as an entrepreneur, I will start with an idea, for…