BG E N204,SPRING2019 T RAITSOFA S U CC ESSFUL E N T REPRENEUR –W ORTH 5 5P OINTS v3 O V E RV IEW…

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TRAITSOFASUCCESSFULENTREPRENEUR –WORTH55POINTS v3 OVERVIEW Thisisanindividualassignmentdesignedtohelpexpandyourknowledge ofhow individualsbecomesuccessfulinbusiness.You willdothisbylisteningtoa podcast/interviewofanentrepreneuron“HowIBuiltThis”andthenanalyzinghow they came up with their  business idea,  overcame challenges and what  traits/skills helped thembecomesuccessful. Duedate:Consultyourcoursecalendar.  

LEARNING

GOALS

 

This assignmentwillhelpyou:

•     Increaseyourbusinessknowledgebylearningwhatelementsandtraitsmakean individual successful.

•     Develop your critical thinkingskillsbyanalyzingsuccessful entrepreneurs.

•     Improve your oral presentationskills.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

1. Review.  Beginby  goingtohttp://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-thisandreviewingthelistof available interviews.

2. Select. Selectone–threeentrepreneursthat areof interesttoyou.

3. Claim.Youwillbeclaimingyourpreferredentrepreneur,perourclasscalendar,and onlyoneentrepreneurperclass is allowed.

4. Listen&takenotes.Listentotheinterviewtakingnotesalongtheway. Youwillbe answeringthefollowingquestions:

•      Whoistheentrepreneur?Is thereanyreason youchosethis individual?

•      What did you learn about their background, especially as related to their business.

•      Howdidtheycomeupwiththeir businessidea?

•      What challenges didtheyfaceinlaunching/growing/succeeding?

•      Howdidthey overcomethesechallenges?

•      Review  the  Exhibit  6.2  on  page  127,  Qualities  shared  by  Successful Entrepreneurs.   Identify atleastthreequalitiesthatyourentrepreneur demonstrated fromthatlist.

•      For each qualityprovideacited example.

5.  Organize.Organizeyourinformationintoa3-minutePowerPointpresentationand talkingpointnotestosharewithyour peer team.

 

DETAILS

 

• Thiswillbeaten-fourteenslidepresentation(plusyourReferencePage Slide), lastingno morethan3-minutes.

•Includetalkingpointsthatoutlinethedetailsof whatyouwillsayinginyour presentation.  Youcandothisinthe“notes”sectionatthebottom of the PowerPointor onaseparatedocument. Ifyouusea separatedocumentbe sureto tracknotes toslides.

•Includeinternal citationsinyournotesforall examplesyouusetosupportyour points.

• Includea Reference page on your PowerPoint.              Only include sources on your

ReferencePagethatyouused in your talkingpoints,slides, orboth!

• Jabs College of Business citation format is APA, APA Help is found in the

“Communications Help”sectionon Brightspace/D2L.

• Youwillhaveatleasttwosources:Your text andtheNPRinterview.

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  Presentationmustbewithin15secondsof 3-minutes.You may use your computer or copies of your PowerPoint slides with notes.

GRADING           This assignment isworth 55pointsandwill begradedbased ontheattached rubric.