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The Role of the Entrepreneur

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Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is a person who sets up a business and takes on the risk of enterprising activity. They have to be able to:

Identify business opportunities

Identify business opportunities

  • Enterprise involves identifying business opportunities, and then creating a business (or expanding an existing business) to fill a gap in a market.
  • There is always a risk of failure, but there is often a large reward for success.
Take risks

Take risks

  • An entrepreneur is someone who takes on the risk of enterprising activity.

The Role of the Entrepreneur

The role of the entrepreneur is to organise resources, make business decisions and take the risks involved with enterprise activity. This means they must have certain qualities:

Hardworking

Hardworking

  • An entrepreneur must motivate themselves every day to work without someone telling them that they have to.
  • At the beginning, this can often mean working alone and without being paid.
Organised

Organised

  • An entrepreneur must organise or do everything needed to run a business.
  • This includes accounting, marketing, sales and business strategy.
  • To be successful, an entrepreneur must stay on top of these tasks every day, whilst also planning for the future.
Innovative

Innovative

  • Spotting gaps in the market and providing solutions to complex problems requires entrepreneurs to think outside of the box and be innovative.
Willingness to take risks

Willingness to take risks

  • When setting up a business there is always a risk of failure.
  • However, if an entrepreneur never takes these risks when investing money and giving up their current job, then their idea (or business) cannot succeed.
  • A business faces a constantly changing environment and even if an entrepreneur is very organised and plans well for the future, they never know what will happen.
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Investigating Small Business

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Enterprise & Entrepreneurship

1.1.1The Dynamic Nature of Businesses1.1.2Risk & Reward1.1.3The Role of Business Enterprise1.1.4The Role of Business Enterprise 21.1.5The Role of the Entrepreneur1.1.6End of Topic Test - Dynamic Nature of Business1.1.7Grade 9 - Dynamic Nature of Business
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Spotting a Business Opportunity

1.2.1Customer Needs1.2.2Market Research1.2.3Market Segmentation1.2.4The Competitive Environment1.2.5Primary & Secondary Market Research1.2.6End of Topic Test - Business Opportunities1.2.7Application Questions - Business Opportunities1.2.8Exam-Style Questions - Market Segmentation1.2.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - Competition
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Putting a Business Idea into Practice

1.3.1Business Aims1.3.2Business Objectives1.3.3Business Revenues & Costs1.3.4Costs - Calculations1.3.5Revenue - Calculations1.3.6Business Profits & Break-Even Analysis1.3.7Profits & Losses - Calculations1.3.8Interest - Calculations1.3.9Cash & Cash Flow1.3.10Cash & Cash Flow 21.3.11Cash Flow - Calculations1.3.12Sources of Business Finance1.3.13End of Topic Test - Business in Practice1.3.14Grade 9 - Business in Practice1.3.15Exam-Style Questions - Business in Practice1.3.16Diagnostic Misconceptions - Profit1.3.17Diagnostic Misconceptions - Company vs Business1.3.18Diagnostic Misconceptions - Economies of Scale1.3.19Diagnostic Misconceptions - Cash Flow1.3.20Diagnostic Misconceptions - Break-even1.3.21Diagnostic Misconceptions - Fixed Costs
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Making the Business Effective

1.4.1The Options for Start-Up & Small Businesses1.4.2Limited Liability1.4.3Franchising & Not-For-Profits1.4.4Business Location1.4.5The Marketing Mix1.4.6Business Plans1.4.7End of Topic Test - Effective Business1.4.8Application Questions - Effective Business1.4.9Exam-Style Questions - Business Plans
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Business Stakeholders

1.5.1Business Stakeholders1.5.2Technology & Business1.5.3Legislation & Business1.5.4Legislation & Business 21.5.5The Economy & Business1.5.6External Influences1.5.7End of Topic Test - Business Stakeholders1.5.8Grade 9 - Business Stakeholders1.5.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - Recessions
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Building a Business

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Growing the Business

2.1.1Business Growth2.1.2Finance2.1.3Changes in Business Aims & Globalisation2.1.4Ethics & Business2.1.5The Environment & Business2.1.6End of Topic Test - Growing a Business2.1.7Application Questions - Growing a Business2.1.8Exam-Style Questions - Business Growth
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Making Marketing Decisions

2.2.1Product2.2.2Product Life Cycle2.2.3Price2.2.4Pricing Methods2.2.5End of Topic Test - Product & Price2.2.6Grade 9 - Product & Price2.2.7Promotion & Advertising2.2.8PR & Sales Promotions2.2.9Sponsorship & Product Placement2.2.10Promotional Mix2.2.11End of Topic Test - Promotion2.2.12Application Questions - Promotion2.2.13Exam-Style Questions - Promotional Mix2.2.14Place & Wholesalers2.2.15Direct to Consumer2.2.16E-commerce & M-commerce2.2.17Diagnostic Misconceptions - Decreasing Price2.2.18Diagnostic Misconceptions - Advertise vs Promote2.2.19Diagnostic Misconceptions - Social Media
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Making Operational Decisions

2.3.1Job Production2.3.2Batch & Flow Production2.3.3Working with Suppliers2.3.4Effective Supply Chains2.3.5Just In Time & Just In Case2.3.6Managing Quality2.3.7Total Quality Management2.3.8The Sales Process2.3.9End of Topic Test - Operational Decisions2.3.10Grade 9 - Operational Decisions2.3.11Exam-Style Questions - Managing Stock2.3.12Diagnostic Misconceptions - JIT vs JIC
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Making Financial Decisions

2.4.1Gross Profit & Net Profit - Definitions2.4.2Gross Profit - Calculations2.4.3Net Profit - Calculations2.4.4Rate of Return2.4.5Rate of Return - Calculations2.4.6Research & Financial Data2.4.7Marketing Data2.4.8Percentage Change - Calculations
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Making Human Resource Decisions

2.5.1Organisational Structures2.5.2Organisational Structures 22.5.3Recruitment2.5.4Effective Recruitment2.5.5Training a Workforce2.5.6Motivating a Workforce2.5.7End of Topic Tests - Human Resources2.5.8Application Questions - Human Resources2.5.9Exam-Style Questions - Human Resources2.5.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - Owners vs Shareholders2.5.11Diagnostic Misconceptions - Internal Recruitment2.5.12Diagnostic Misconceptions - Employee Motivation

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    What is an entrepreneur?Multiple choice
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    A entrepreneur has to be able to...Fill in the list
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    Elon Musk is an entrepreneur (Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX) who often works 100 hours a week. This is an example of entrepreneurs being: Multiple choice
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    Qualities of an entrepreneur:True / false
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    Which of the following is NOT a good quality for an entrepreneur?Multiple choice
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