http://www.business.govt.nz/tools-and-templates/educational-resources/entrepreneurs Learn about entrepreneurship and its relation to business. Learn to define the concepts surrounding entrepreneurship, including 'enterprise' and 'innovation'. Ask students to list successful entrepreneurs they know – from well-known examples to local business people or family friends – and ask them why they think these examples are successful and what characteristics they share. Ask students to share the answers from their interviews with the rest of the class and discuss any similar themes that arise. Ask the class if their definition of an Entrepreneur has changed and, if so, how. Ask students if any of them think they would make successful entrepreneurs and, if so, why. To end on a light note, they can try the quiz in the Entrepreneurs student worksheet to find out. ** Resources: - www.business.govt.nz/tools-and-templates/educational-resources/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs.doc - www.business.govt.nz/tools-and-templates/educational-resources/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-student-worksheet.doc - www.business.govt.nz/tools-and-templates/experts-entrepreneurs - www.business.govt.nz/starting-up/before-you-decide/is-your-business-idea-viable **Student Handout: Entrepreneurs Successful entrepreneurs are the rock stars of the business world  feted for seeing market gaps and conceiving innovative ideas that give their businesses real, concrete points of difference. However, entrepreneurs are also sometimes known for their dynamic characters BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS AN ENTREPRENEUR? The word ‘entrepreneur’ actually comes from the 19th Century French word entreprendre “somebody who undertakes”. It describes business people who take on the risk of starting their own enterprise or financially investing in other fledgling businesses. According to Oxford Dictionaries, an entrepreneur is someone “who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit”. ENTREPRENEURS AND RISK In business, risk is manageable but unavoidable. Starting a business is a big risk in itself, after all, especially when the budding entrepreneur takes on all the financial risks themselves. However, there is the perception that entrepreneurs are simply high-stakes gamblers compared with their established business counterparts. ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS Not everyone can be a successful entrepreneur. For every Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook founder, 2011 net worth US$13.5 Billion (source: www.forbes.com) – there is a Preston Tucker, whose uber-ambitious car company only rolled 51 cars off its production line. The Tucker Automobile featured many innovations and had a focus on passenger safety way ahead of its time. Unfortunately, Tucker’s need for funding led him to another innovative idea – allowing customers to pre-purchase accessories before one car had even been built. This led to a fraud investigation, which eventually sank

1. Entrepreneurs

2. What is an Entrepreneur?
An Entrepreneur…
… takes on the risk of starting
their own enterprise or
investing in other start-
ups.
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3. What is an Entrepreneur?
Successful entrepreneurs are
known for…
… Finding innovation and
market gaps for new products
and services.
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4. Entrepreneur – Origin of the term
ENTREPRENDRE
(19TH C. FRENCH WORD):
means ‘somebody who
undertakes’.
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5. Definition of an Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is someone
“who sets up a business or
businesses, taking on
financial risks in the hope of
profit”.
(Oxford Dictionaries
definition)
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6. Entrepreneurs and Risk
Entrepreneurs are often
stereotyped as high-stakes
gamblers….
… but successful
entrepreneurs only take
calculated risks.
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7. Entrepreneurial Traits
• Persistence
• Self-esteem
• Discipline
• Resourcefulness
• Being streetwise
• Passion
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8. Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors
‘Entrepreneurs’ chiefly
describes people starting
their own business.
Angel investors only invest
their capital in other people’s
start-up businesses.
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9. Well-known Entrepreneurs include…
NEW ZEALAND
Sam Morgan (TradeMe),
AJ Hackett (bungee
jumping), Karen Walker
(fashion designer)
INTERNATIONAL
Richard Branson (Virgin
empire), Steve Jobs (Apple
and Pixar), Thomas Edison
(General Electric)

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