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Entrp Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mindset | an established set of attitudes that shapes how we see and respond to the world |
| Entreprenual Mindset | ability to take action under uncertain conditions and see opportunity where others see problems |
| Self Leadership | ability to influence and direct your own behavior and thinking |
| Growth Mindset | believing that abilities can be developed viewing failure as a a learning opportunity than a verdict |
| Grit | persisting through repeated failures and setbacks in pursuit of long term goals |
| Resilience | bouncing back quickly after a loss, setback, or failure. An example if seeking new clients after losing some |
| Improvisation | Spontaneously creating or problem solving without prior preparation; adapting in the moment |
| Fear & Creativity | Fear can have a detrimental effect on creativity |
| Opportunity Recognition | centers on solving problems and meeting customer needs- not every idea is an opportunity |
| Latent Need | a need customers do not yet know they have |
| 3 Characteristics of opportunity | Novelty, economic value, and perceived desirability |
| Idea vs Opportunity | Every idea is not an opportunity. For an opportunity to be viable, the idea must have the capacity to generate value |
| Creating Opportunity | Idea generation, creativity and opportunity recognition |
| Product Innovation | a new or improved product |
| process innovation | improving how something is made or delivered |
| incremental innovation | a minor adjustment to an existing product |
| Radical/Architectural Innovation | fundamental or structure changing break through |
| IDEATE | Identify, discover, enhance, anticipate, target, evaluate |
| AEIOU Framework | Activities, environments, interactions, objects, and users |
| Design Thinking | A human centered approach that begins with asking people, "What do you need?" |
| Design Thinking Phases | Empathy, define, ideate, prototype, test (non-linear it is iterative) |
| Prototype Phase | where ideas become concrete actions or products. An early minimal version of the product |
| Golden Rule of Interviewing | actively listen, do not just ask yes/no questions or rigidly follow a script |
| Experimentation and testing that an entrepreneur can do | interview, paper testing, advertising, landing page, usability test, prototype, and preselling |
| Experimentation | validates or disproves assumptions with data; does NOT guarantee profitability or eliminate failure |
| Value of Failed Experiments | if an experiment doesn't produce expected results, it can still provide valuable knowledge and learning opportunities |
| Interview Feedback | ask questions on improvement - do not ignore, stop, or defend. Actively listen |
| Business Model Canvas | Help entrepreneur clarify value, customers, and strategy |
| Parts of the Business Model Canvas | key partners, key activists, key resources, value proposition, customer proposition, customer relationships, customer segments, and channels |
| Consumer | uses the product |
| Customer | pays for the product |
| Mass Market | a broad undefined market |
| Niche Market | a specialized, specific customer segment |
| Multisided Market | serves two or more distinct customer groups (eg. a magazine serves readers and advertisers) |
| Diversified market | serves unrelated customer segments with different needs. Apple Customers include people who buy iPads for kids and computers for adults with desk jobs. |
| Innovation Adopters | innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards |
| Crossing the Chasm (Sinek) | moving from early adopters to the early majority on the product adoption curve |
| Demographics | statistical characteristics of a population, education level |
| Entrepreneurial Financing | family, friends, and fools - the earliest informal funding sources. Venture capitalists. Angel Investors |
| Bootstrapping | starting a business using personal funds and existing resources. No outside investors, using what you have |
| 4 Signals of Sellable Founders | Certainty, clarity, control, and charisma |
| Certainty | I believe this works |
| Clarity | you understand it quickly |
| control | I don't get rattled easily |
| charisma | my excitement is contagious |
| Revenue Models | unity, sales, advertising, data, intermediation, licensing, franchising, subscription, professional, utility & usage, freemium |
| COGS | relates to making or delivering the product |
| Operating expenses | Broader expenses |
| Pricing Strategies | Competition led, customer led, loss leader, introductory offer, skimming, penetrating, psychological pricing, fair pricing, and bundle pricing |
| Cost Drivers | COGS and Operating expenses |
| Revenue Drivers | Customers, price, frequency, and selling process |
| Market Opportunity | strong customer interest, a venture must be desirable, feasible, and viable for it to be a good oppurtunity |
| Entrepreneurial Marketing | distinct because it emphasizes interacting with customers, not large budgets or traditional media |
| Key Pitch Components | The Hook, Story Telling, Conviction, Controlled Energy, Proof, Composure, Memorable Close |
| Types of Entrepreneurial Marketing | Low cost, social media, email marketing, guerilla marketing |
| Guerilla marketing | unconventional and sometimes doesn't work |
| Story Telling | if the audience doesn't feel the problem they won't care about the solution |