Definition Entrepreneur
person with specific personal traits, starting an organization on an identified opportunity, accepting risk
Differences definitions Schumpeter/Kirzner
Schumpeter: Creation Theory, Entrepreneur has to transform innovation into business model, high/radical innovation
Kirzner: Discovery Theory, Entrepreneur can copy other things, low innovation
characteristics of an Entrepreneur - ten D’s
Dream
Decisiveness
Doers
Determination
Dedication
Devotion
Details
Destiny
Dollars
Distribute
Effectuation
identifying the next best step by assessing available resources
Causal Logic
predetermined goal with planned process to achieve it,
not suited for entrepreneurship
principles of effectuation
Bird-in-hand - create solutions with available resources
Affordable loss - invest as much as you’re willing to lose
Lemonade principle - use mistakes as opportunities
Crazy Quilt - Enterning new partnerships can bring new directions
Pilot-in-the-plane - you can create your own opportunities
Opportunity Map
Causes: Changes
Existence of new products,
Judgement about value of opportunity
Exploration of opportunity
Outcome of the exploration of the opportunity
Definition Entrepreneurial Firm
firm aiming to grow overproportionally in terms of enterprise value
Intrapreneurship
recapture entrepreneurial spirit in big, slow firms
Babson-Entrepreneurship-Ecosystem
Policy,
Finance,
Culture,
Support,
Human Capital,
Markets
Equity
stake in the company on balance sheet, owner
Debt
sum of money borrowed due to be paid back, not an owner
Mezzanine
hybrid of equity and debt,
convertible loan
Entrepreneurial Finance
financing of entrepreneurial firms that inclued reconstruction of the ownership structure
Private Equity
Financing of private companies from large institutional investors
Venture Capital
financing to small startups with a potential to breakout
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