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chapter-six
Question | Answer |
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What is an entrepreneur? | Someone who takes a risk in starting a business to earn a profit. |
What is entrepreneurship? | the process of starting, organizing, managing, and assuming the responsibility for a business. |
What does it take to be an entrepreneur? | Unique skills and personal characteristics to develop new ideas and products. A person must also have confidence and the capability to turn it into a business. |
What is Venture capital? | Money provided by large investors to finance new products and new businesses that have a good chance to be very profitable. |
what is an inovation? | an invention or creation that is brand new. |
what is an improvement? | A designed change that increases the usefulness of a product, service, or process. |
What are some of the reasons a business would close? | Lack of adequate capital, low sales, higher than expected expenses, competitive pressure, an owner unprepared to manage a growing business, or operations requiring more time than the owner is willing to commit. |
What is a small business? | An independent business with fewer than 500 employees |
What is SBA? (Small business Administration) | A government agency that helps small business owners develop business plans and obtain financing and other support for their companies. |
What is a business plan? | A written description of the business idea and how it will be carried out, including all major business activities. |
What is Start-up financing? | The amount of money needed to open the business. |
What is short-term financing? | The money needed to pay for the current operating activities of a business. |
What is long-term financing? | money needed for the main resources of a business that will last many years. |