BUS 082 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Skunkworks (Album), Intrapreneurship, Business Incubator

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Business (BUS)
• Course: BUS 082
• Professor: gradin

Document Summary

Entrepreneur: a person who seeks a profitable opportunity and takes the necessary risks to set up and operate a business. Differ from many small-business owners in their strong desire to make their business grow. Differ from managers through their overriding responsibility to use the resources of the organization to accomplish their goals. Reasons to choose entrepreneurship as a career path: In an average month, canadians start approximately 23,000 new businesses. Recent decades have shown a heightened interest in entrepreneurial careers. People choose entrepreneurship for many reasons: dissatisfaction with traditional work, their ideas fulfill customer needs, freedom to make own decisions. The rapid globalization of business has created many opportunities for entrepreneurs. Most of the fastest-growing small canadian companies have international sales (most to the. Entrepreneurship is growing worldwide; levels vary by country. Education: students at many colleges and universities can take a major in entrepreneurship.