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Manesh Kumar Ahuja

Course Instructor: Rahim Bux SoomroAssistant Professor

Sindh University Larkana Campus

Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur.

Entrepreneurship

Chapter 01

The Foundations of

Entrepreneurship

The World of the Entrepreneur

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•Every year in the U.S., entrepreneurs launch 850,000 new businesses.

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•Entrepreneurial spirit - the most significant economic development in recent history.

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•GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ) study: 11.3 percent of adult population in the U.S. is actively involved in trying to start a new business.

The World of the Entrepreneur

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What Is an Entrepreneur?

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What Is an Entrepreneur?

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One who creates a new business in the face of risk and uncertainty for the purpose of achieving profit and growth by identifying opportunities

and assembling the necessary resources to capitalize on them.

What Is an Entrepreneur?

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Entrepreneurship is the process of creating something new with value by devoting the necessary time and effort, assuming the accompanying financial, psychic, and social risks, and receiving the resulting rewards of monetary and personal satisfaction and independence

Characteristics of Entrepreneurs

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Characteristics of Entrepreneurs

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Diversity!

One characteristic of entrepreneurs stands out:

Anyone regardless of age, race, gender, color, national

origin, or any other characteristic – can

become an entrepreneur (although not everyone

should).

Benefits of Entrepreneurship

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1• Do what you enjoy and to

have fun at it

2 • Create your own destiny

3 • Make a difference

4 • Reach your full potential

5• Contribute to society and

to be recognized for your efforts

6 • Reap impressive profits

Drawbacks of Entrepreneurship

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1 •Uncertainty of income

2 •Risk of losing your entire investment

3 •Long hours and hard work

Marketing Research for New Venture

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Marketing Research for New Venture

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Understanding the Marketing Plan Your Go-to-Market Strategy

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Understanding the Marketing Plan

• Where have we been?

• Where we want to go (Short-term)?

• How do we get there?

1. Discuss the specific marketing strategy.

2. When it will occur?

3. Who will be the responsible for monitoring activities?

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Understanding the Marketing Plan

Outline for Marketing Plan

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Understanding the Marketing Plan

Defining Marketing Plan

• Written statement of marketing objective , strategies and activities to be followed in business plan.

• Central instrument for directing and coordinating the marketing effort

• A marketing plan outlines the specific actions you intend to carry out to interest potential customers and clients in your product and/or service and persuade them to buy the product and/or services you offer.

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Understanding the Marketing Plan

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Marketing Mix

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Preparing the Marketing Plan

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

• Business situation Describes past and present business achievements of new venture.

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

• Target Markets Specific group of potential customers toward which venture aims its market plan.

• Market Segmentation

Process of dividing a market into definable and measureable groups for purpose of targeting marketing strategy.

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

Henry Ford’s Model T

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

Henry Ford’s Model T

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

Strengths and Weaknesses

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

Establishing Goals and Objectives

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Steps in Preparing the Marketing Plan

Establishing Goals and Objectives

• Goals are broad objectives are narrow.• Goals are general intentions; objectives are

precise.• Goals are intangible; objectives are

tangible. • Goals are abstract; objectives are concrete.

Examples:Goals: knows about the human body.Objectives: LWBAT name all of the bones in the human body as stated in the medical textbook "The Human Body".

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Defining Marketing Strategy and Action Programs

Defining Marketing Strategy and Action Programs• Specific activities outlined to meet the

venture’s business plan goals and objectives.

How do we get there?

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1. Product: Does the organization creates what its intended customers want?

•Functionality

•Quality

•Appearance

•Packaging

•Brand

•Service

•Support

•Warranty

•Website

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2. Price: How much are the intended customers willing to pay?

• List Price• Discounts• Markups• Allowances

Related Issues

• Costs• Markups or Margins• Competition

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3. Place: Available at the right place, at the right time, in the right quantities.

• Locations

• Logistics

• Number of

Intermediaries

• Market

Coverage

• Web

Marketing

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4. Promotion: (How) are the chosen target groups informed or educated about the organization and its products?

• Advertising

• Public

Relations

• Message

• Direct sales

• Sales

• Media

• Budget

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Reasons of failure of Marketing Plan

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