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Chapter 03
Copyright © 2011 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Small Business Entrepreneurs
Characteristics and Competencies
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Learning Objectives
LO1 Learn about entrepreneurial personality types
LO2 Learn the operational competencies of the successful entrepreneur
LO3 Discover the types of career paths entrepreneurs pursue
LO4 Understand the challenges of family business owners
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Learning Objectives (cont.)
LO5 Recognize the special nature of entrepreneurial teams
LO6 Gain insight into the challenges women and minority business owners face
LO7 Understand the situation of people who become business owners later in life
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The Entrepreneurial Personality
Classic profile– Loner, socially isolated– Hard worker– Fast learner– Risk-taker seeking wealth
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The Entrepreneurial Personality
Idea personSmall business ownerContemporary classic entrepreneurSalesperson entrepreneurManagerial entrepreneur
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Entrepreneurial Operational Competencies
Competencies– forms of business-related expertise
Basic business competency– understanding the organizational and
business processes of a firm
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Entrepreneurial Operational Competencies
Key business functions– activities common to all businesses – sales, operations, accounting, finance,
and human resources
Industry-specific knowledge– activities, skills, and knowledge, specific to
businesses in an industry
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Entrepreneurial Operational Competencies
Resource competencies– the ability or skill of the entrepreneur at
finding expendable components necessary to the operation of the business
– Time, information, location, financing, raw materials, expertise
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Entrepreneurial Operational Competencies
Determination competencies– skill identified with the energy and focus
needed to bring a business into existence
Opportunity competencies– skills necessary to identify and exploit
elements of the business environment that can lead to a profitable and sustainable business
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Professionalization
Professionalization– the extent to which a firm meets or
exceeds the standard business practices for its industry
– Expert, specialized, minimalized
Standard business practice– a business action that has been widely
adopted within an industry or occupation
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Professionalization
Expert businesses – those which you notice everything seems
to be done in the best way possible– firm has exceeded the standard business
practices of the industry
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Professionalization
Specialized– founders or owners are passionate about
one or two of the key business functions, – Satisfied if other activities are no worse
than other firms in the market
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Professionalization
Minimalized– Entrepreneur figures that “good enough”
is all that is necessary to keep the business going
– No systematic accounting– Little recordkeeping
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Figure 3.2
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Entrepreneurial Careers
Habitual entrepreneurs– owners for a lifetime, sometimes in one
business, sometimes across several firms– No succession plan– Figure to keep working until they can no
longer continue
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Entrepreneurial Careers
Growth entrepreneurs– lifetime owners whose goal is major
success– If they top out with one business, they’ll
start another growth-oriented company,
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Entrepreneurial Careers
Harvest entrepreneurs– Owners with an exit plan– Work first in order to play later– Build one company at a time, sell it, enjoy
the proceeds, and then start another
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Question
What term describes entrepreneurs who alternate periods of growth and stability?
A.Spiral (Helical) entrepreneursB.Occasional entrepreneursC.Habitual entrepreneursD.Growth entrepreneurs
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Entrepreneurial Careers
Spiral (helical) entrepreneurs– Alternate periods of growth and stability
which are driven by personal or family needs
– Driven by a need to balance family and business
– The endgame strategy is scaling down the business
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Entrepreneurial Careers
Occasional entrepreneurs– people who generally have another
primary job– Classic part-time entrepreneur– Seasonal basis (doing taxes, or making
Christmas wreaths)
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Family Businesses
Family business– a firm in which one family owns a majority
stake and is involved in the daily management of the business
1/3 of the Standard & Poor’s 500 are family owned and managed
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Question
What percentage of U.S. businesses are small family businesses?
A.4%B.25%C.71%D.39%
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Family Businesses
Family businesses make up over 1/2 of the businesses in the United States.
39% of businesses in the United States are small family businesses.
They employ 58% of America’s workforce.
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Family Business Challenges
Role conflict– the kind of problem that arises when
people have multiple responsibilities, such as parent and boss, and the different responsibilities make different demands on them
– Whenever possible, make decisions based on business necessities.
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Family Business Challenges
Time management – organizing process to help make the most
efficient use of the day– List, 123 Prioritize, Delegate, Repeat,
Strategize
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Question
What is the term for the process of intergenerational transfer of a business?
A.TransitionB.SuccessionC.Take-overD.Acquisition
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Family Business Challenges
Succession– the process of intergenerational transfer
of a business– Lack of clear transition plan is the death
knell
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Entrepreneurial Teams
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Figure 3.3
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Entrepreneurial Teams
Majority of new businesses have a team of two or more co-owners
Most teams are family relatedMore than half of teams are spouses or
life partners working together
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Women and Minorities
Women-owned businesses are one of the fastest-growing sectors of all United States businesses
30% of all businesses are majority owned by women, with 18% equally owned by men and women
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Women and Minorities
Minority-owned businesses represent 11% of all United States businesses.
1992-1997 Growth rates– General Business 7% – Minority-owned 30%
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Women and Minorities
Discrimination in financing– Minority applicants were denied at twice
the rate of whites.– Asian and Hispanic owners pay higher
interest rates on their loans
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Women and Minorities
Set asides– government contracting funds earmarked
for particular kinds of firms, such as minority- or women-owned firms
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Women and Minorities
Certification – an examination base acknowledgement
that the firm is owned and operated as specified
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Second Career Entrepreneurs
Late career entrepreneurs– people who begin their businesses after
having retired or resigned from work in corporations at age 50 or older
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Second Career Entrepreneurs
Get adviceTake control over lifeNetworkingKeep personal finances out of the
business
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