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Creating a winning enterprise

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Creating a winning enterprise
Your place in the entrepreneurial process
Peter J MELLALIEU
Unitec Institute of Technology
http://unitec.ac.nz

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Creating a winning enterprise
Your place in the entrepreneurial process
Peter J MELLALIEU
Unitec Institute of Technology
http://unitec.ac.nz

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Who wants to be part
of a winning enterprise?

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Who wants to be part
of a winning enterprise?

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• In sports, the coach needs to know:

• rules of the game

• challenges of each position in the team

• goals we are seeking

• talents and interests of each player

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The entrepreneurial process:
the complete model

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Exercise: A winning enterprise? ...
... or a team of winners?

• EXAMINE the pieces of the entrepreneurial process (EP) ‘jigsaw’.

• IDENTIFY the piece(s) of the jigsaw that you can most contribute
to your team.

• JUSTIFY your choice to your team in terms of your talents,


interests, and/or strengths.

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The entrepreneurial process:
a partial model

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Source: http://brainz.org/media/uploads/
2009/02/3237757930_5393324981_m.jpg
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Biomimicry

Source: http://brainz.org/media/uploads/
2009/02/3237757930_5393324981_m.jpg
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Biomimicry

Source: http://brainz.org/media/uploads/
2009/02/3237757930_5393324981_m.jpg
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Sources of
entrepreneurial opportunities
Opportunity source Scope Example

New knowledge Biomimicry Velcro

Climate change Green consumersim Eco-kettle

Second-hand clothing;
Economy Fashion
Re-created clothing
War, migration, medical Home help for DINKS and
Demographic change
technology elderly
What if we could invent a
Why? What if? ... do people smoke?
safe substitute

Risk into opportunity Living on a volcano Adventure tourism

Source: Mellalieu; Frederick & Kuratko (2010); Drucker, (1985)

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Eco-maginative responses
to green consumersim

http://www.ecokettle.com/

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Growing an enterprise that succeeds

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Growing an enterprise that succeeds

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Overcome obstacles

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Why create an enterprise?

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Why create an enterprise?

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Profit is the MEANS through which an
enterprise achieves its OBJECTIVES

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Profit is the MEANS through which an
enterprise achieves its OBJECTIVES

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The entrepreneurial process:
the complete model

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Exercise: A winning enterprise? ...
... or a team of winners?
• EXAMINE the pieces of the entrepreneurial process (EP) ‘jigsaw’.

• IDENTIFY the piece(s) of the jigsaw that you can most contribute
to your team.

• JUSTIFY your choice to your team in terms of your talents,


interests, and/or strengths.

• NEGOTIATE the best allocation of the pieces of the jigsaw to


create a ‘winning team’.

• IDENTIFY how you will address weaknesses in your team’s


talents and/or interests.

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Contact
Peter J MELLALIEU
Unitec Institute of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
pmellalieu@unitec.ac.nz
http://unitec.ac.nz

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The Art of the start

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Further reading
• Bolton, B., & Thompson, J. (2003). The Entrepreneur in Focus. London:
Thomson. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?
id=KxTN68uZKGkC&printsec=copyright&dq=book+bolton+thompson
+the+entrepreneur+in+focus#PPR5,M1  

• Bolton, B., & Thompson, J. (2004). Entrepreneurs: Talent, temperament,


technique (2nd ed.). Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.  Frederick, H., &
Kuratko, D. F. (2010). Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice (Asia-
Pacific Edition) (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Cengage Learning.  

• Kawasaki, G. (n.d.). Art of the Start - website. Retrieved September 30, 2009,
from http://www.guykawasaki.com/books/art-of-the-start.shtml

• Quotes by Richard Branson. (n.d.). Retrieved March 9, 2010, from http://


www.gaia.com/quotes/richard_branson

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Other sources
• Biomimicry - burrs and velcro. (n.d.). . Retrieved from http://
media.brainz.org/uploads/2009/02/3237757930_5393324981_m.jpg

• Extreme Backpackers, Turangi - Peter Mellalieu

• Multimedia – Album – Sir Richard Branson | Virgin Galactic. (n.d.). .


Retrieved March 10, 2010, from http://www.virgingalactic.com/
multimedia/album/sir-richard-branson/ Velcro Hooks.jpg -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). . Retrieved March 10, 2010,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Velcro_Hooks.jpg

• The 15 Coolest Cases of Biomimicry. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2010,


from http://brainz.org/15-coolest-cases-biomimicry/

• Eco-kettle - http://www.ecokettle.com/

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Technical note

• Sound recording: Samson H4n digital


recorder
• Sound mixing: Apple Garageband
• Presentation: Apple iWorks Keynote
• http://teach.myndsurfers.org.nz

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