John is an infrastructure engineer who worked with the Cisco Systems software company for over 10 years. John is thinking about starting a new business where he will develop computer programs for educational needs. He has always had entrepreneurial tendencies and has gained great success in the past. He is having doubts and have hired you as a consultant to aid in guiding his decision. He understands that the technology market is very competitive but believes that through hard work and dedication he can reap success.   You are required to discuss with John, as addressed in the course, three (3) main categories of creativity techniques and their application to entrepreneurial opportunity identification and development. You must incorporate at least two (2) examples for each main category and analyze how these tools can be useful to John as an entrepreneur or any potential entrepreneur.

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John is an infrastructure engineer who worked with the Cisco Systems software company for
over 10 years. John is thinking about starting a new business where he will develop computer
programs for educational needs. He has always had entrepreneurial tendencies and has gained
great success in the past. He is having doubts and have hired you as a consultant to aid in guiding
his decision. He understands that the technology market is very competitive but believes that
through hard work and dedication he can reap success.

 

You are required to discuss with John, as addressed in the course, three (3) main categories of
creativity techniques and their application to entrepreneurial opportunity identification and
development. You must incorporate at least two (2) examples for each main category and analyze
how these tools can be useful to John as an entrepreneur or any potential entrepreneur.

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