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What is Entrepreneurship?
What is Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur• An individual who
undertakes the creation, organization, and ownership of an innovative business with potential for growth
Entrepreneurship• The process of
recognizing or creating an opportunity, testing it in the market, and gathering the resources necessary to go into business
Benefits to Society
Contributions made by Entrepreneurs to society• Recognize consumer
wants and needs—turn demand into supply
• Create a market for venture capitalists
• Provide jobs for communities
• Can change society• Steve Jobs, Mark
Zuckerberg
What Entrepreneurs Contribute To Society(Video)
Rewards and Risks
Rewards Risks
Be your own boss
Do something you enjoy
Express creativity
Set your own schedule
Job security
Potential for greater income
Competition
Long Hours
Uncertain Income
Full Responsibility
May lose investment
What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur?
Characteristics of a
successful entrepreneur
(not an exhaustive
list!)
• Confident• Determined• Resourceful• Responsible• Goal oriented• Creative• Flexible• Self motivated• Risk taker
Online Personality Quiz
Rewards and Risks
Rewards Risks
Be your own boss
Do something you enjoy
Express creativity
Set your own schedule
Job security
Potential for greater income
Competition
Long Hours
Uncertain Income
Full Responsibility
May lose investment
What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur?
Characteristics of a
successful entrepreneur
(not an exhaustive
list!)
• Confident• Determined• Resourceful• Responsible• Goal
oriented• Creative• Flexible• Self
motivated• Risk taker
Online Personality Quiz
Sole Proprietorship
The easiest and most popular form of business ownership is the sole proprietorship.
sole proprietorship
a business that is owned and operated by one person
The owner of a sole proprietorship:
receives the profits,incurs any losses, andis liable for the debts of the business.
Sole Proprietorship
Sole Proprietorship
In a sole proprietorship the owner must decide how much liability protection he or she needs.
liability protection
insurance against the debts and actions of a business
Sole Proprietorship
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Advantages
Sole proprietorship is easy and inexpensive to create.
The owner has complete authority over all business activities.
It is the least regulated form of business ownership.
The business pays no taxes; income is taxed at thepersonal rate of the owner.
Sole Proprietorship
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Disadvantages
The owner has unlimited liability.
Raising capital is more difficult.
The business is totally reliant on the skills and abilities of the owner.
The death of owner dissolves the business unless there is a will to the contrary.
Disadvantages
The biggest disadvantage of a sole proprietorship is financial.In this form of business ownership, the owner has unlimited liability.
unlimited liability
full responsibility for all debts and actions of a business
Partnerships
A partnership draws on the skills, knowledge, and financial resources of more than one person.
partnershipan unincorporated business with two or more owners who share the decisions, assets, liabilities, and profits
Partnerships
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Advantages
Partnerships are inexpensive to create.
General partners have complete control.
Partners can share ideas.
Partners can secure investment capital more easily and in greater amounts.
Partnerships
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DisadvantagesIt is difficult to dissolve one partner’s interest without dissolving the partnership.
There may be personality conflicts.
Partners can be held liable for each others’ actions.
In a corporation, the owners of the business are protected from liability for the actions of the company.
The Main Idea
What Is a Corporation?
There are three types of corporations:•C-corporation•Subchapter S corporation•nonprofit corporation
corporation
a business that is registered by a state and operates apart from its owners; it issues shares of stock and lives on after the owners have sold their interest or passed away
C-Corporation
A C-corporation is the most common corporate form.
C-corporation
an entity that pays taxes on earnings; its shareholders pay taxes as well
C-Corporation
In smaller corporations, the founders generally are the major shareholders.
shareholders
the owners of a corporation
C-Corporation
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Advantagesstatus
limited liability
ability to raise investment money
perpetual existence
employee benefits
tax advantages
C-Corporation
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Disadvantagesexpensive to set up
income more heavily taxed
subject to double taxation on income
pays taxes on profits
stockholders taxed on dividends
Nonprofit Corporation
A nonprofit corporation must fall within one of four categories:•religion•charity•public benefit •mutual benefit
nonprofit corporation
a legal entity that makes money for reasons other than the owner’s profit; it can make a profit, but the profit must remain within the company