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Maryrose Francica
Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs (Malta) – www.women.org.mt – [email protected]
Business schools teach it ………
Governments encourage it ..……
Women are good at it ………….
WHAT IS IT?
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Definition of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship seeks to understand the opportunities to create something new, which are discovered or created by specific persons who then use various means to exploit or develop them, thus producing a wide range of effects.
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What makes a good Entrepreneur?
• A Businessperson who accepts both the risks and the opportunities involved in creating and operating a new business venture
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When does Entrepreneurship Happen?
When you get fired ? When you get tired of your boss ? When you get tired of making other people rich ? When you need a change in your life ? When you spot an opportunity?
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PUSH AND PULL FACTORS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Push Factors
( Necessities) Pull Factors
( Opportunity)
•Unemployment •Independence
•Job insecurity •Achievement
•Disagreement with Management •Recognitions
•Does not fit into the organization •Personal Development
•No other alternatives •Personal Wealth
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BARRIERS FACING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
• Access to financial resources
• Lack of support
• Negative prevailing socio-cultural attitude
• Sex discrimination or gender-bias
• Lack of self confidence
• Personal difficulties
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS
- Passion
- Locus of control
- Need for independence
- Need for achievement
- Risk taking and uncertainty
- Creativity and innovation
- Determination and persistence
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Personal Attributes
• Self-directed
• Self-nurturing
• Action-oriented
• Highly energetic
• Tolerant of uncertainty
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Your Personal Inventory
• Knowledge base
• Specific skills
• Motives
• Commitment
• Personal attributes
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Reasons for Success
• Hard work, drive and dedication
• Market demand in a niche
• Customer focus
• Managerial competence
• Luck
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ROLE MODELS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• Business Women’s Association
• Entrepreneurial networking
– Social networks
– Personal networks
– Extended networks
“Look Before You Leap” Is Truly Good Advice for Entrepreneurs
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Some Advice For Start ups
• Work for somebody else first • accumulate capital • build relationships • research your market • learn to sell • Keep both personal and business overhead low • Remember that there is no easy money • Seek advice from people smarter than you, but trust your own
judgment • Mitigate risks, but take them • Keep your eyes open for opportunities
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Three Key Processes
• Idea generation
• Creativity
• Opportunity recognition
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Key Activities
• Identifying an opportunity
• Exploiting or developing this opportunity
• Running a new business successfully
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• Window of opportunity is open and remains open long
enough
• Entry into market with right characteristics is feasible and
achievable
• Economics of the venture are rewarding and allow profit
and growth potential
• Venture has or is able to achieve competitive advantage
An Idea is an Opportunity when:
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Opportunity Recognition
Some people are more likely to recognize opportunities because:
• They have better access to certain kinds of
information
• They are able to utilize the information once
they have it
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Financial Analysis Tools
• List of startup costs and use of proceeds
• Proforma financial statements
• Cash flow statements
• Breakeven analysis
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Capital Questions
• How much money do I need?
• Where should I get that money?
• What type of arrangements do I need to make to obtain that capital?
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Startup Costs
• All costs incurred to get the business off the ground
• Determine the capital you need
• Determine what you’ll do with the capital once you get it
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Breakeven Analysis
• Calculate the amount of sales you need to achieve to cover your costs
• Determine the increase in sales volume you need to have in order to increase fixed costs
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A business plan is a selling document that conveys the excitement and promise of your business to any potential backers or stakeholders.
What is a Business Plan?
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Business Plan
• A formal, written expression of the entrepreneur’s vision for converting ideas into a profitable, going business
• The entry card for serious consideration by venture capitalists, banks, and other sources of funding
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The business plan must answer these questions:
• What is the customer benefit?
• What problem does the business model solve?
• What is the market?
• How will it make money?
• How will you do this?
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A Business Plan is a Living Document
• A business plan changes often as a new business develops.
• Do just enough business planning to get the new company started.
• Refine the plan with information gathered from running the new venture
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A Successful Plan
• A serious document prepared by serious people
• Orderly
• Succinct
• Persuasive
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Marketing Information
• Who are the potential customers?
• How will potential customers react to the new product of service?
• What can you learn about specific markets or geographic areas?
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Crucial Information to be aware of
• Marketing information
• Government regulations and policies
• Laws
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May your dream come true and your venture is successful and profitable!
Good luck !!!
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“Much of our World’s progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it and profited from it.”
--Hubert Humphrey, 1966
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