GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Zev Siegl, Anita Roddick, Sergey Brin
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entrepreneurship: strategic thinking and risk-taking behaviour that results in the creation of new opportunities for individuals and/or organizations. Figure 6. 1: personal traits and characteristics of entrepreneurs. Typical entrepreneurial backgrounds and experiences: parents were entrepreneurs or self-employed, families encouraged responsibility, initiative, and independence, usually not successful the first time learn from their mistakes and t ry again. women entrepreneurs: women own 46% of all privately owned businesses in the u. s, famous examples: oprah, martha stuart, coco chanel, jk rowling, beyonce. what are the reasons for women to become entrepreneurs: a new idea, doing for themselves what they were already doing for other employers, seeking a pathway to opportunity. True or false: entrepreneurs are born, not made true, money is the key to entrepreneurial success false, you must have a degree in business to be an entrepreneur true and false.