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SBM - Chapter 1
Vocab from SMB Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Microbusinesses (lifestyle business) | A small firm that provides minimal profits to its owner |
| Attractive small firms | A small firm that provides substantial profits to its owner |
| High-potential ventures (gazelles) | A small firm that has great prospects for growth. |
| Small business | A business with growth potential that is small compared to large companies in an industry, has geographically localized operations, is financed by only a few individuals, and has a small management team. |
| Entrepreneur | A person willing to create value, in either a new or an existing business, while assuming both the risks and the rewards for his or her efforts. |
| Entrepreneurship | A four-stage process that involves the relentless pursuit of an opportunity without regard to owning all the resources needed to capture the opportunity. |
| Entrepreneurial opportunity | Economically attractive and timely opportunity that creates value for interested buyers or end users |
| Bootstrap | Doing more with less in terms of resources invested in a business, and, where possible, controlling the resources without owning them. |
| Franchisee | An entrepreneur whose power is limited by a contractual relationship with a franchising organization |
| Entrepreneurial teams | Two or more people who work together as entrepreneurs on one endeavor |
| Social entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial activity whose goal is to find innovative solutions to social needs, problems, and opportunities |
| Intrapreneurship | A process within an existing corporation involving an employee who assumes the responsibility for taking a new idea and converting it into a profitable product, service, or a process. |
| Niche market | A specific group of customers with an identifiable but narrow range of product or service interests |
| Personal fulfillment | When your company is about something more significant than yourself will you have a sense that what you are doing is meaningful and well worth the effort. |
| Independence | A strong desire to make their own decisions, take risks, and reap the rewards |
| Reluctant entrepreneurs | A person who becomes an entrepreneur because of some severe hardship |
| Corporate refugees | A person who becomes an entrepreneur to escape an undesirable job situation |
| Paradigm shift | A change in how we fundamentally see a situation |
| Technician personality | A personality that focuses on an already developed technical skill, wants to be left alone to get the job done, and is primarily concerned about the present |
| Manager personality | A personality that is pragmatic and likes order and planning operations |
| Entrepreneur personality | A personality that focuses on the business and providing results for customers |
| Entrepreneurial legacy | Material assets and intangible qualities passed on to both heirs and society. |