Thursday, 29 November 2012

        Learning entrepreneurship 101 was one of the fun-filled part of my first semester in the university, it has really helped me to enlarge my views on how i see business and for opportunities not to slip me by.
          Having a business is not always about buying and selling but also about how to take calculated risk and finding ways to solve problems when the need arises. I would like to use this opportunity to say a BIG THANK YOU  to my teacher Ms Jelena zivkovic for teaching and giving me the opportunity to know what ent is all about and also to my course-mates and my blog page viewers thank you and i hope you found my blog quit interesting.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Hello Everyone,

            Earleir on we had a discussion about corporate entrepreneurs and thier nterest, but this time we are going to be taking a look at SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP and thier major interest concerning the different classes in our modern society that is the lower, middle and upper class.
     Social Entrepreneurship can be defined as a new form of entrepreneurship that exhibits characteristics of nonprofits, government, and businesses. It applies the traditional (private-sector) entrepreneurship's focus on innovation, risk taking and large scale transformation to soial problem.
     Who is a Social Entrepreneur??
A social entrepreneur is a person  or small group of individuals who founds or leads an organization engaged in social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurs are aimed at providing  for the people at the lower class rather than those in the upper class and at the same time they make profit of thier own and also see the business of that individual grow. A social entrepreneur also works for social capital by founding humanitarian organizations.
  • They are also called "public or civic entrepreneurs and also "social innovators".
One major difference between a social entrepreneur and a corporate entrepreneur is that a social entrepreneur is aimed at helping the people at  the lower class by providing thier basic needs, they also gain profit  but they help in the development of these peoples business.

An example of a social entrepreneur is Susan.B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony PictureSusan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. She was co-founder of the first Women's Temperance Movement with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as President. She also co-founded the women's rights journal, The Revolution. She traveled the United States and Europe, and averaged 75 to 100 speeches per year. She was one of the important advocates in leading the way for women's rights to be acknowledged and instituted in the American government.


Wednesday, 28 November 2012

MMYTH: ALL ENTREPRENEURS NEED IS LUCK
Being in "the right place at the right time" is always an advantage, but "luck happens when preparation meets opportunity" is an equally appropiate adage. Prepared  entrepreneurs who sieze the opportunity when it arises often seem "lucky". They are infact simply better prepared to deal with situations and turn them into successes. What appears to be luck is actually preparation, determination, desire, knowledge, and innovatiness.

Sunday, 18 November 2012

                                    FRANCHISE

What is Franchise?

Franchise can be defined as a procedure by which the owner of a brand-name, trademark or copyright has licensed others to make use of them in selling goods and rendering out services to customers.

Brooke bob also defined franchise as a business arrangement in which the developer/owner (the franchisor) of a business concept grants others (the franchisee) the licensed right to own and operate a business based on  the franchisor's business concept.

Franchisee

A franchisee is the purchaser of the franchise, he is fully and legally independent  but economically dependent on the integrated business system of the owner.

Franchisor
This is the owner of the franchise.



ADVANTAGES IF FRANCHISING

A Proven-track Record
     This is just trying to say that once a franchise is common for thier good product and they have a success trail for good business and thier overall management is good that means the franchise has a good proven-track record and can be purchased.

Training and Guidance
     If a franchise is bought the franchisor gives training to the franchisee on how to run the business and gives him guidlines on what to do if he encounters any problem.

Financial Assistance
    The franchisr can assist the franchisee financially by lending him a sum of amount to finance the business properly and this money might be asked to be paid back when the franchisor sees some positive changes on the business.

Brand-name Appeal
      If you purchase a franchise with a good brand-name for example;Dunkin donuts your liable to have a successful business if the same services are provided like the other outlets.

An example of an international franhise is subway



An example of a national franchise