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1. Entrepreneur or Employee
Provokes thoughts of being an entrepreneur instead of an employee and to explore different types of entrepreneurs.
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2. The Big Idea
Demonstrates creative ways to generate business ideas through personal stocktaking and brainstorming.
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3. Research
Introduces the importance of planning and market research before starting a business.
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4. Understanding Risks
Examines at some of the characteristics necessary to be an entrepreneur, particularly risk taking, when your idea is challenged.
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5. Business Basics
Helps you understand and choose the right business structure for you before you get started.
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6. Feasibility
Shows that not all business ideas work and that failure is a part of the life of an entrepreneur and needs to be accepted and learned from.
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7. Finances
Explores dealing with service providers and introduces various financing options available to start-up businesses.
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8. Mentors & Investors
Demonstrates the importance of having a mentor to provide guidance, accountability, and connections to people who can help grow your business.
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9. Leadership
Explores some of the issues associated with growing the business. Namely, leadership, organizational structures and separation of roles.
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10. Networking
Discusses the importance of contracts, relationships with suppliers and some of the other aspects of starting and running a business, including the help that is available to entrepreneurs.
1 – Entrepreneur or Employee
Power Quote
“There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company. But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world.” – Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote.
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