Interview an entrepreneur in an industry or business that interests you. Focus on how
and why this entrepreneur started their business. Relatives may not be used for this
assignment. Use the following questions when submitting the assignment or create your
own.
Fair Warning: If you choose one of the “interview an entrepreneur” projects and simply write down her/his responses to the questions, you will not do well on it. There is nothing entrepreneurial about that!Remember that the critical distinction between listing the responses/definitions and explaining them using your own ideas.To earn a higher grade, be more specific and include your own thoughts/opinions/ideas.
Give your input,thoughts,what you possibly learned, how you will put what you learned into use,etc.
some PPTS for your explain the key points from the interview using the textbooks context to give examples.
a. Your contact information
b. The entrepreneur’s name, address, title, company name, and phone number
c. How did you find this person and why did you choose her or him?
d. Describe their background
e. Why is this person an entrepreneur?
f. What influenced the entrepreneur to identify and pursue this opportunity?
g. How did the entrepreneur’s background (family history, prior education, and
work experience) affect the opportunity discovered?
h. Describe the opportunity that the entrepreneur decided to pursue and the process
the entrepreneur used to evaluate the opportunity.
i. How did the entrepreneur evaluate the opportunity?
j. What criteria did the entrepreneur use to decide whether to pursue the
opportunity?
k. What were the perceived risks of this opportunity and how did the entrepreneur
expect to manage them?
l. What did the entrepreneur do to turn the opportunity into a business?
m. Identify specific activities the entrepreneur undertook to develop the opportunity
into a business.
n. Identify when the entrepreneur did these activities (provide dates: month and
year).
o. Identify important contacts and individuals who were helpful during the startup
process.
p. What major problems did the entrepreneur encounter along the way?
q. How were these problems solved?
r. What advice would the entrepreneur give to someone thinking about pursuing an
opportunity?
s. Why was this entrepreneur successful?
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