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FOUNDATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHP

FOUNDATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHP. CLASS THREE: THE ENTREPRENEUR & THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND SET. Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia. Agenda For Class Three. Class Admin & Recap of Class Two The Entrepreneur The Entrepreneurship Spectrum Traits of a successful entrepreneur

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FOUNDATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHP

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  1. FOUNDATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHP CLASS THREE: THE ENTREPRENEUR & THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND SET Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia

  2. Agenda For Class Three • Class Admin & Recap of Class Two • The Entrepreneur • The Entrepreneurship Spectrum • Traits of a successful entrepreneur • Other factors influencing entrepreneurs • Are Entrepreneurs born or made? • Behaviours typical of Ghanaian Entrepreneurs? • Why Entrepreneurs Fail? • How one might avoiding failure • Different types of entrepreneurs • Some celebrated Ghanaian entrepreneurs • Case: Pak-Wo Shum @ TravelKing • Guest Speaker: Constance Swaniker CEO/Founder, Accents & Art • Opportunity to ask questions

  3. Class Administration • Submission of group list & entrepreneur for assignment • Questions regarding assignment • Reading Chapter 2 – The Entrepreneur • Speakers until end of term • Entrepreneurial Opportunity for all • Of particular interest to someone with an events background

  4. Recap of Class Two • What did you learn about entrepreneurship in Ghana? • What is corporate entrepreneurship? • Is this the same as intrapreneurship? • What did you learn from Guest Speaker – Mr. Ibrahim Awal

  5. The Entrepreneur • Anyone who, acting alone or jointly with others generates an idea, nurtures the idea and develops the idea into an enterprise that creates value for customers and simultaneously captures value for the enterprise. • Where acting in concert with others, must be significantly ‘vested’ in the enterprise (e.g. major part of idea generation or risk taking)

  6. The Entrepreneur cont’d • At the heart of the entrepreneurial venture • The person who ‘dreams the dream’ • OR buys into an existing dream • Can be through inheritance? • Must ‘adopt’ dream if not your dream • Value may be monetary but not necessarily the case for social entrepreneurs

  7. The Entrepreneur cont’d • ‘Active entrepreneur’ • ‘Passive entrepreneur’ • ‘Founding entrepreneur’

  8. The Entrepreneurship Spectrum • The Start Up • Classical case of entrepreneurship. • Acquisition • Acquire a business whose fundamental idea or product you buy into • Hope to make business more successful than before • Maybe take advantage of some synergies

  9. The Entrepreneurial Spectrum cont’d • Franchise • A licence obtained by an entrepreneur (the franchisee) from the owner (franchisor) of an established product, business method or service. • Inheritance • Inherit business from relative, close friend • Must ‘adopt’ the dream though • Otherwise better to be a shareholder only

  10. Traits of A Successful Entrepreneur • Interpersonal skills • Ability to become connected • Dynamic leadership & vision • Self Confidence & Optimism • Salesmanship • Passion • Willingness to take risks • Flexibility

  11. Traits (con't) • Unsentimental • Disciplined • Organised • Opportunity obsessed • Initiative • Desire for responsibility • Realistic • Energetic & Hardworking • Sense of Mission

  12. Traits (con't) • Tolerance for ambiguity • Committed (to the venture) • Resilient • Resourcefulness/Creativity • Future-oriented • Unwillingness to submit to authority

  13. Other factors influencing entrepreneurs • Entrepreneur’s background • Age (Hermann Chinery-Hesse found the Soft Tribe at 27 years) • Educational level

  14. Are Entrepreneurs born or made? • Class Discussion

  15. Behaviours typical of Ghanaian Entrepreneurs? • Unable to separate ‘self’ from business • Personality driven • Lack of planning • Do not listen • Spread too thinly • Lack of trust • Desire for Control • Cut corners

  16. Behaviours cont’d • Limited management expertise • Inability to think big • Unwilling to stick with it • Competency dependence

  17. Why Entrepreneurs Fail? • Environmental reasons • Over-optimism • Over engagement in task oriented activities • Approach to decision making • Inability to recognise when entrepreneur must give way to manager • Lack of discipline/Focus

  18. Why Entrepreneurs Fail? Cont’d • Underestimation of competition • Inadequate investment in product or service development

  19. Avoiding Failure? • Find the right people • Give them freedom to succeed • Broaden the conversation • Get the right knowledge • Prepare a business plan • Manage financial resources • Adapt, evaluate, course correct • Don’t spread thinly

  20. Different types of entrepreneurs • Lifestyle vs. high growth entrepreneurs • Religious entrepreneurs • Political entrepreneurs • Social entrepreneurs • Opportunity vs. necessity entrepreneurs • Intrapreneurs • Extrapreneurs • The State?

  21. Some celebrated Ghanaian entrepreneurs • Prince Kofi Amoabeng • Alhaji Asoma Banda • Ernest Bediako Sampong • Mark Davies • Herman Chinery- Hesse • Dr. (Mrs.) Esther Ocloo • Ken Ofori-Atta • Sandy Osei-Agyeman • Mrs Elizabeth Villars

  22. Pak Wo Shum & Travel King • What did we learn from the case?

  23. Homework Exercise • Spend five to ten minutes to analyse yourself, your strengths, weaknesses and ask yourself whether you consider yourself a born entrepreneur based on the traits of successful entrepreneurs discussed.

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