Entrepreneurial Skills and the Entrepreneurial Instinct
A common misconception is the secret of being a successful entrepreneur is to come up with a truly original idea (Barrow et al., 2005). Even with the right skills, characteristics and a truly great idea, entrepreneurs face many external business environmental influences and potential difficulties along the way to having a successful business venture. Many new business ventures fail despite adequate resources, excellent ideas, good business opportunities and charismatic entrepreneurs. One common cause is the underlying business model driving the venture. (Morris et, al., 2005). A ventures business model and the practical business skills of the entrepreneur required to develop it are key to the ventures success. At a basic level the business model defines the ventures revenue sources, pricing structures and expected sales (Stewart and Zhao, 2000). At an operational level the focus is on internal processes and including production delivery methods, administrative processes, resource flows and logistical streams (Morris et. al., 2005).
A Lack of market awareness and marketing knowledge can pose particular problems. Entrepreneurs who create a venture with
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Entrepreneurial Audit
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Entrepreneurial Structure Of The Innovative Entrepreneurial Culture Approach
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The Entrepreneurial Process
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