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Topic:
- Entrepreneur
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- Easier - An
entrepreneur, pronounced 'on-truh-pruh-nur',
is someone who starts a business and is good at
finding ways to make money.
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- Harder -
Entrepreneurs are people who organize, operate, and
assume the risks for starting up a business
venture.
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- Center for
Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on
Entrepreneurship Education (CELCEE)
- http://www.celcee.edu/
- The CELCEE database contains abstracts of
materials on entrepreneurship education at all
levels, and a collection of links to
organizations dealing with entrepreneurship and
entrepreneurship education.
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- Entrepreneur.com
- http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/
- This entrepreneur magazine is a an online
small business authority with lots of relevant
articles.
- Other Online Entrepreneurial
Magazines:
- 2) Business@Home http://www.gohome.com/
- 3) Creating The Work You Want http://www.realm.net
- 4) Entrepreneurial Edge http://www.edgeonline.com/
- 5) The Entrepreneur's Mind http://www.benlore.com/index2.html
- 6) The Idea Marketplace http://www.gic.net/idea/mkplace.html
- 7) Inc. http://www.inc.com/
- 8) Success Magazine (under construction)
http://www.successmagazine.com/
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- Entrepreneurs
at About.com
- http://entrepreneurs.about.com/smallbusiness/entrepreneurs/index.htm?rnk=c1&terms
- =entrepreneur
- This site contains a collection of articles
and links for entrepreneurship.
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- e-START.ca
- http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/er00001e.html
- This joint venture between ACE
Canada and Strategis
provides an online community dedicated to
helping Canadian students start successful
businesses and find meaningful employment.
- Other Youth Entrepreneur
Websites:
- 2) Kids Way http://www.kidsway.com/default.htm
- 3) Young Entrepreneurs' Organization
http://www.yeo.org/
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- After visiting several of the
entrepreneur websites, complete one or
more of the following activities:
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- Could You Be An Entrepreneur?
What type of people are entrepreneurs? I
know - - this is a tough question, but
identify the personal characteristics or
traits that are needed to be successful as
an entrepreneur. You might get some ideas
at sites like Entrepreneurship
Theory and Practice: "Who Is an
Entrepreneur?" Is the Wrong Question
and Are
You an Entrepreneur?. Now look
critically at yourself and identify your
strengths and weaknesses as a potential
entrepreneur. Weigh your findings and then
decide: yes, no, in-between. Can you rate
your potential on a scale of 1 to 10?
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- Study Your Local Business
Community. Keep a log of the goods and
services that you and your family use over
a given time period. Put together a survey
and poll your neighbors finding out what
goods and services they now purchase and
what they think that they need. Note where
the purchases of goods and services are
presently made. Look at the businesses in
the area where you live. Are there
products and services that are missing or
needed locally? Write a summary of your
findings.
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- Complete an Entrepreneur
WebQuest. You may want to modify the
procedures based on your access to the
websites below.
- 1) Small Business Quest http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/schools/farmwell/smbqhome.html
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- Put Together a Business Plan.
Imagine that you are going to startup a
new business. Select a product or service,
then follow with a business name and a
logo. Create a business plan for your new
enterprise. You will find lots of help at
the websites. Specific help with a
business plan can be found at sites like
the Business
Plans: The Planning Resource
Center.
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- Interview an Entrepreneur. Find
someone in your community who has started
up a successful business. You could also
look for an entrepreneur online who would
agree to participate in an emailed
interview. Interview the entrepreneur
asking questions about how they started
their business, what does it take to be a
good entrepreneur, what prompted them to
begin their own business, and the like?
You can get some good information about
interviewing people and formulating
questions at Oral
History. Publish, share your
findings.
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- Website By Kids For Kids
- Starting
a Business (Grade 5-6, 1999 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5996/
- This site is a place that kids can learn
about starting a business. It includes basic
vocabulary, a business plan to get started,
links to go the "extra mile" and a game to
reinforce the learning.
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- Lots More Entrepreneur Sites
- American
Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth
- http://www.oef.org/entrepreneurinfo.html
- This is the largest national organization of
entrepreneurs focusing on policy affecting
emerging growth companies
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- Business
Forum Online
- http://www.businessforum.com/
- This is an online resource center for owners
and managers of emerging businesses and
entrepreneurs.
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- Business
Plans: The Planning Resource Center at
Bplans.com
- http://www.bplans.com/
- Here you find sample business plans, sample
marketing plans, and lots more.
- Related Website:
- 2) Ask Mr. BizPlanIt (An Ask-the-Expert Site
at BizPlanIt.Com) http://www.bizplanit.com/free/mrbiz.htm
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- Entrepreneur Of
The Year (Ernst & Young)
- http://www.ey.com/eoy
- Growing a company from concept to industry
leader requires a special breed of individual -
someone who doesn't believe those who say it
can't be done
someone who sees opportunity
in every problem
someone who won't take
"no" for an answer.
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- Entrepreneurship
Theory and Practice: "Who Is an Entrepreneur?" Is
the Wrong Question
- by William B. Gartner (Entrepreneurship Theory
and Practice, Summer, 1989)
- http://www-marshall.usc.edu/entrepreneur/faculty/Gartner/TheWrongQuestion.htm
- This article examines the differences
between entrepreneurs and
non-entrepreneurs.
- Other Entrepreneurship Articles:
- 2) Are You an Entrepreneur? by Daile Tucker
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/KnowledgeRUs/
- 3) Budding Entrepreneurs by Barbara
Sutherland
- http://okanaganlife.com/lb99entr.html
- 4) Entrepreneurship Beyond 2000 at About.com
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/smallbusiness/entrepreneurs/library/weekly/1999/aa11
- 2599.htm?rnk=r&terms=entrepreneur
- 5) Entrepreneurship by Richard Townsend
http://www.orglearn.org/Management_tips/entrepreneur.html
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- EntreWorld
- http://www.EntreWorld.org/
- This site provides a 'world of resources'
for entrepreneurs and supporters of
entrepreneurship.
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- eWeb at
Saint Louis University
- http://www.slu.edu/eweb/
- This is an online resource for
entrepreneurship education.
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- Ewing-Marion
Kauffman Foundation
- http://www.emkf.org/
- The Kauffman Foundation strives to identify
unfulfilled societal needs and to develop,
implement and/or fund breakthrough solutions in
both adult and youth entrepreneurship. This site
includes the Kaufman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership.
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- Fax-on-Demand
Publications
- (Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock, Small Business
Development Center)
- http://asbdc.ualr.edu/fod/index.htm
- This website houses self-help articles for
startup businesses and small businesses. Most
are applicable for all locations; a few are
specific to Arkansas.
- Other Online Reference Sites for
Entrepreneurs:
- 2) Entrepreneurs' Help Page http://www.tannedfeet.com/
- 3) Small Business and Entrepreneurship at
Rutgers University Libraries http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/smallbus.shtml
- 4) Entrepreneurship (Links-site at Walsh
College) http://www.walshcol.edu/library/library39.html
- 5) Starting Your Business at U.S. Small
Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/starting/
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- Global
Entrepreneurship Institute
- http://www.gcase.org/gcase.org-HomePage.htm
- This is a free, 'open-source' for new ideas,
new information and new knowledge about starting
a global business.
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- The
Idea Finder
- http://www.ideafinder.com/home.htm
- This site showcases only the best and most
innovative ideas; includes a glimpse into the
facts and myths of some other unusual inventions
plus a whole lot more.
- Related Website:
- 2) Inventors and Invention http://eduscapes.com/42explore/invent.htm
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- KC
Entrepreneur Online (Kansas City Small Business
Monthly)
- http://www.kcentrepreneur.com/index.shtml
- This website contains innovative business
strategies and techniques aimed at running a
successful business.
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- National
Consortium of Entrepreneurial Centers
- http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/cel/ent/consort.htm
- This links-site connects to ten
organizations dedicated to encouraging and
supporting entrepreneurial endeavors have joined
together to strengthen their efforts.
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- Resources
for Minority Entrepreneurs
- http://www.netguide.com/Snapshot/Archive?guide=money&id=1044
- This links-site connects government sites
devoted to minority enterprise development,
business organizations geared toward helping ,
general online resources for minorities, and
much more.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Minority Business Entrepreneur Magazine
http://www.mbemag.com/
- 3) Minority Business Development Agency
(United States Department of Commerce) http://www.mbda.gov/what.html
- 4) Resource Center at the Forum for Women
Entrepreneurs http://www.fwe.org/pages/level1.asp?SID=6&PageID=1
- 5) Small Business Administration's Office of
Minority Enterprise Development http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/MED/
- 6) Sites for Women Entrepreneurs and Small
Business Owners (Links-site) http://ltbn.com/resources_org_women.html
- 7) Women's Business Ownership (Small
Business Administration) http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/
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- Small
Business and Entrepreneurs (Royal Bank)
- http://royalbank.ca/sme/index.html
- Here you will find lots of information and
resources plus a link to 'Today's Entrepreneur',
an archive of more than 300 interviews with
Canada's most interesting small business owners
and entrepreneurs
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- StartUPbiz
- http://www.startupbiz.com/
- his site offers resources for people who
want to start a business or sell an idea.
- Another Startup Website:
- 2) Startup Center at the Wall Street
Journal http://startup.wsj.com/
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- Teaching
Entrepreneurs (National Public Radio)
- http://iris.npr.org/news/business/1997/Sep/970930.teaching.html
- Business schools nationwide are embracing
entrepreneurship in their curriculum, often
enlisting successful entrepreneurs to teach the
new classes. Read the transcript or listen to
the Real audio program.
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- Youth Tech
Entrepreneurs (Massachusetts)
- http://www.yte.org/
- Learn about this YTE program and its
project-based curriculum, where students learn
by taking leading roles in real-life projects at
their schools and in their communities.
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- Select Entrepreneur Biography & Case
Study Sites
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- Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson,
1/99
- Updated,
4/00
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