What Are the Basic Characteristics and Skills of an Entrepreneur Flashcards

What are the basic characteristics and skills of an entrepreneur? An entrepreneur is someone who starts a business to fill a gap in the market. For your business to stay afloat as an entrepreneur, you need to have some skills, and the flashcards below will give you an idea of what they are. Give them a quick read and see what you may learn!

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What is risk-taking?
Every business faces risks from time to time. In order to minimize/limit these risks entrepreneurs must plan, research and anaylze data carefully
What is perceptive?
When you view every problem as a challenge or an opportunity
What is curious?
They want to know how things work and take the time to figure stuff out and pursue the unknown
What is imaginative?
Entrepreneurs think outside of the box and come of with ideas that allow them to create new products
What is persistent?
Entrepreneurs face many problems through out their daily lives, but must stay strong towards them and see their venture capital, the dream of it!
What is goal-setting?
Once they achieve thier goals set out to form more goals
What is hard-working?
Need a great deal of energy to see a venture start and succeed. Don't let the long hours get them disheartened to not achieving their goals
What is self confident?
Have no doubts and believe in themselves :)
What is flexible?
Must be flexible inorder to adapt to trends, technologies and economic changes.
What is independent?
Entrepreneurs want to control and make decisions about everything. This disallows them to work in a controlled enviornment.
What are 3 relevant sources of information?
Books, internet and professionals, schools
What is useful information?
After the information has been gathered it must be prioritized and sorted to the most useful to the least. During this stage ideas for new ventures may come to the entrepreneur
What are some management skills that entrepreneurs need?
Controlling, directing, organizing, planning
What is planning in entrepreneurship?
Create marketing plans/financial plans for their business
What is organization in entrepreneurship?
Time management is key in entrepreneurship