1. Technopreneurship:The IT Viewpoint
Andre Joseph T. Fournier
Masters of Business Process Management 2012
Faculty of Science & Technology
ALAS 2011

2. 4 Types of Entrepreneurship
Incremental

• Routine business, modest novelty (new coffee shop, new BPO)

Imitative

• Imitation of venture, same business model and template (new regional branch, franchised operations)

(Dorf & Byers)

3. 4 Types of Entrepreneurship
Rent-seeking

• Business that utilizes standards, regulations and laws to share in value of enterprise (licensing of patented ideas, products or trade secrets - Coca Cola Export)

Innovative

• Business based on innovation (new cure for infectious diseases, new production method to bring down drug cost, new DVD format, new memory chip, ICT-enhanced home appliance)

(Dorf & Byers)

4. Technopreneurship Defined
High tech ventures in ICT, electronics, internet, life sciences and biotech, such as: Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Genentech (upcoming: nanotech, materials, energy, environment)
Service firms where technology is critical to their mission, such as: e-Bay, FEDEX, SMART money transfer, e-learning

5. Other definitions of Technopreneurship

• Delivery or design of High Tech product like Computer hardware or devices
• 6. Use of technology in the delivery or conduct of normal business activities
• 7. A combination of both