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Biz Innovator Unit 3
Opportunity Recognition/Intellectual
Term | Definition |
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Innovate | Make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products. |
Idea | Something that has potential to make money. |
Opprotunities | Passed the test of planning. |
SWOT | Strategic planning technique used to help a person or organization identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats related to business competition or project planning. |
Competence | Resources and skills. |
Passion | Willing to put in the long hours. |
Adaptability | Opportunity meets the customers needs. |
Personnel and Team | People who add other key resources and skills. |
Tolerance | Risk, reward, and stress. |
--------------------Bootstrapping | Starting a company with little capital. |
Business Plan | Blueprint/Road map for a business. |
Target Market | Marketing aimed at certain people. |
ROI | Return On Investment |
BE | Break Even |
Variable Cost | Changing costs in a business. |
Fixed Cost | Costs that stay the same in a business. |
Elevator Pitch | A short description/presentation of your business and what it can offer. |
Patents | Exclusive rights in the US, allowing you to use and sell a product. |
Design Patent | Ornamental design of a manufactured item (14 years). |
-------------------Utility Patent | Functional features of the invention (20 years). |
Copyright | Protects works of art/creation. |
Trademark | Word, name, or symbols that a company uses is protected by this. |
Trade Secrets | Secrets within a company that gives them a competitive advantage over the rest of the companies in the industry. |
Plagerism | Copying someone else's work and presenting it as your own. |
Fair Use | A set of legal exceptions to copyright. |
Service Mark | A legally registered name or designation used in the manner of a trademark to distinguish an organizations services from those of its competitors. |
Competitive Advantage | Something gives a company an edge over the other companies in its industry. |
Business Model Canvas | An organizational tool used to help plan out your business. |
Potential | Showing the capacity to develop into something in the future. |
----------------Market Timing | Short term trading strategy where investors try to benefit by predicting market decisions. |