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Entrepreneurship Assignment

MGT 123 B

There are 4 preliminary steps to this assignment:

1. 
Pick an entrepreneur you personally
admire – someone who’s currently engaged in business activities or someone who’s
a historical figure.  For example, you
could choose:

Walt
Disney

Richard Branson (Virgin Group)

Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

Oprah Winfrey

Milton
Hershey (chocolate!!)

Prudencio Unanue(Goya)

Sara Blakely (Spanx) 

J. W. Marriott, Jr. 

Jeff Bezos (Amazon)

Larry
Page/Sergey Brin (Google)  

Ariana Huffington (HuffPost)

Steve Jobs

Travis Kalanick (Uber)

Martha Stewart

Sam Walton (Walmart)


If you are having trouble finding someone here
are a couple of lists: 

· 
http://www.incomediary.com/30-most-influential-entrepreneurs-of-all-time-2

· 
http://www.success.com/articles/182–50-greatest-entrepreneurs-of-all-time

   

Your
selection does not need to be a US based business person (i.e. Richard
Branson), but must have US based operations.

2. 
Find out about the
entrepreneur – read an article in a business magazine/newspaper or a book.  Make sure it’s long enough or add another
article.  You can also watch a TV program
on your entrepreneur if one is available (no quickie YouTube videos – full
length only).  Reading your person’s
information on Wikipedia is NOT appropriate – surprised?   

NOTE:  You may be able to find a chapter in a book
that would work.  Ex:  The Greatest Business Decisions of All Timeby
Fortune.

3. 
Read an article on what it
takes to be an entrepreneur.  Examples:

· 
Entrepreneur Magazine:  25
Common Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs by James Stephenson, http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/200730

· 
12 Essential Characteristics of 
an Entrepreneur, by ActionCOACH, 
http://www.actioncoach.com/_downloads/whitepaper-FranchiseRep5.pdf 

· 
Inc. Magazine:  10
Secrets of Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur, by Naveen Jain, http://www.inc.com/naveen-jain/10-secrets-of-becoming-a-successful-entrepreneur.html

You can use any of these articles or find your own
(subject to my approval).

4. 
Take a quiz on whether you
would be a good candidate to be an entrepreneur.  The URL for the quiz is:  http://www.entrepreneur.com/personalityquiz
 Print out your results.  If you have any trouble accessing this quiz
let me know and I can give you a written alternative.

I want to approve your choice
of entrepreneur and both articles (for #2 and 3) before you jump into this
project.  The information on your
articles must be in APA format (you will need this later for your submission
anyway), but I also want the URL if you found it online.  Your selections are due to me in
the body of an email sent to LynnLorenz@aol.com
(note personal email only) no later than Friday, January
22nd at 9:00 pm.  Meeting this requirement on time and as stated
will be worth 10 of your 100 miscellaneous points.

Now that you’ve completed the background research, I want you to pull
it all together in a written report.  This
is not a research paper where you merely report what you learned.  This is a paper that requires you to take
your research, analyze it, and express your insights and opinions in
relation to the class material. 

Grading will be as follows:

Followed guidelines for paper content, length, formatting, attributions,
bibliography, etc.

15 points

Summary of the background information on your entrepreneur – what did
you learn about him/her and what made him/her successful?  Is there anything he/she could have done
better/differently?

50 points 2page

Summary of your article on entrepreneurship – what does it take to be
a successful entrepreneur?  Does this
reflect what you learned about your entrepreneur?  Why or why not?

30 points 1page

Based on the material in your textbook book and from class, from what
you learned about your entrepreneur and entrepreneurship, and your quiz on how
suited you are to being an entrepreneur, do you think this is a path that you
may take?  Why or why not?  Make sure you relate your thoughts to what
you’ve learned, especially from the class/text.  Include insights from your entrepreneur
quiz as well.

30 points 1

The
paper should be a minimum of 4 pages (and I do mean at least 4 full pages
or more), double
line spacing, with 1 inch margin and using a normal 12 point font (Arial, Times
New Roman, Calibri, Univers, etc).  Any
“title” type information (your name, class, date, etc.) will not be counted as
part of the 4 pages.  In other words,
don’t substitute lengthy titles, big margins, extra lines for spacing or large
fonts for actual paper content.   I expect footnotes or attributions as
appropriate (APA style) throughout your paper and a bibliography – an executive
summary would be wonderful. 

NOTE:  If you need help with APA
formatting (including citations for online resources) here is a good
website:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
 The MU library can also provide
assistance on their website.

While
there is an expectation of good business writing, grading will mainly be based
on the content of your paper – your understanding, analysis and interpretation
of entrepreneurship. 

And
even though it should be obvious – if your paper is expected to be at least 4
pages long, and if each section is an equal to the points above, it would make
sense that the summary on your entrepreneur would be about 2 pages and each of
the 2 sections would be at least 1 page plus. 
And PLEASE, organize your paper along these three sections and don’t
make me look for your information.  Not
only does it make me cranky, but I may miss things that would add to your
grade.