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First year Christmas Assessment Revision
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Entrepreneur | Is someone who spots a gap in the market. They use their initiative and take both a personal and financial risk in starting a business/venture with the aim of making a profit. Example Steve Jobs (Apple) |
| Enterprise | This is any attempt to start or do something new. It is about turning ideas into actions. Example: Starting a club or society in school. |
| Skills | This is something you learn to do over a period of time. It is the ability to do something well as a result of training, experience and practice. Examples: Teamwork, Communication |
| Characteristics | A characteristic is a quality a person is born with, which describes the type of person they are. Example: Creative, Risk Taker |
| Intrapreneur | This is a person (employee) within an existing business who is enterprising. E.g. Post-it Notes were invented by an employee of the 3M Company. |
| Financial Life Cycle | Shows the changing financial needs a person will have at each stage of their life. |
| Pension | What income does a retired person have? |
| Wage | What does an employed person earn? |
| Resource | What is something that we can use to help us achieve our goals? |
| Need | What is something that we cannot live without? it is essential for our survival. |
| Want | We would like these things, but they are not essential for our survival |
| Opportunity Cost | This is the item we must go without when we have to make a choice |
| Resources | Physical, Natural, Financial, Human and time are examples of what? |
| Job seekers allowance | Income for an unemployed person. |
| Financial Cost | This is the Money cost of an item you choose to buy |