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ME Regional Module 2
Business Start Up Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Elevator Speech | clear, concise and compelling way to describe a business or business concept in 30 seconds |
| Engaging Questions | Questions that prompt more than a "Yes" or "No" answer. |
| Go / No Go | The decision point in which an entrepreneur makes the final decision on whether or not to launch a new enterprise or abort the effort due to unfavorable market research or pro forma projections. |
| Launch Plan | A complete package that supports a "Go" decision by an entrepreneur to launch a new business. |
| Marketing | How a business communicates to large number of customers, motivating them to learn more about the business and it's offerings |
| Mission-Driven | When an entrepreneur's actions and decisions are guided by a set of beliefs about how he/she wants the business to succeed |
| Business Ethics | Proper business behavior beyond complying with legal requirements. |
| Confidentiality | A formalized promise to keep information they learn secret |
| Conflict of Interest | A situation in which an individual might take an action to his/her advantage that would be to the disadvantage of a person or company that believes this individual is serving them. |
| Corporate Social Responsibility | Actions entrepreneurs and companies take that go beyond their financial self-interest. |
| Fairness | Treating stakeholders as the entrepreneurs would hope others would treat them. |
| Intellectual Property | Non-physical assets created by individuals or companies that hold the exclusive right to commercialize |
| Copyright | Gives the author sole right to benefit economically from what he/she wrote |
| Patent | Gives the inventor the sole right to benefit commercially from his/her invention |
| Trademark | Gives the registering individual or company the sole right to benefit from a brand or image he/she created |
| Transparency | The practice of operating openly and communicating fully, providing stakeholders with a clear understanding of how your enterprise operates. |