3. Overview
What is an entrepreneur?
Types of entrepreneurs
Characteristics of an entrepreneur
Planning to be an entrepreneur
Need for Entrepreneurship
Barriers to Entrepreneurship
Overcoming Barriers
5. ENTREPRENEURE
The term ‘entrepreneur’ is derived from the
French word ‘entrprendre’ which means ‘go
between’ or ‘to undertake’. Thus
an entrepreneur is any person
who undertakes the risk of
establishing and running of a new enterprise.
There are different types of entrepreneurs on
the modes or objectives or ventures. These
classifications are not mutually exclusive.
6. Types of Entrepreneurs…
1. The skeptical entrepreneur
This entrepreneur sees the success of others and
immediately starts to question it.
2. The copycat entrepreneur
This entrepreneur sees the success of others and tries to
copy them exactly.
3. The research entrepreneur
This entrepreneur loves to learn. They research every
possible scenario and outcome for strategies to start or
grow a business.
7. Types of Entrepreneurs…
4. The determined entrepreneur
This entrepreneur hasn’t “made it” but they will, no
matter what. They see the value in entrepreneurship,
they see that success is possible without copying, and
they do everything they can to start or grow their
business.
5. The accomplished entrepreneur
This entrepreneur has gone through all the stages of
entrepreneurship and building a business, and has
reached success. They are now focused on scaling their
business and leaving a legacy that extends beyond their
lifetime.
9. Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Being an entrepreneur requires specific characteristics
and skills that are often achieved through education,
hard work, and planning.
Risk Taker
Businesses face risk. Entrepreneurs minimize risk
through research, planning, and skill development.
Perceptive
Entrepreneurs view problems as opportunities and
challenges.
Curious
Entrepreneurs like to know how things work. They take
the time and initiative to pursue the unknown.
10. Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Imaginative
Entrepreneurs are creative. They imagine solutions to
problems that encourage them to create new products and
generate ideas.
Persistent
True entrepreneurs face bureaucracy, make mistakes,
receive criticism, and deal with money, family, or stress
problems. But they still stick to their dreams of seeing the
venture succeed.
Goal-setting
Entrepreneurs are motivated by the excitement of staring a
new business. Once achieved, they seek out new goals or
ventures to try.
Hardworking
Entrepreneurs need a great deal of energy to see a venture
start and succeed. Yet they are not deterred by the long
hours to achieve their goal.
11. Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Self-confident
Entrepreneurs believe in themselves. Their self-
confidence takes care of any doubts they may have.
Flexible
Entrepreneurs must be flexible in order to adapt to
changing trends, markets, technologies, rules, and
economic environments.
Independent
An entrepreneur’s desire for control and the ability to
make decisions often makes it difficult for them to work
in a controlled environment.
13. Need for entrepreneurship
Increases national production
Balanced area development
Dispersal of economic power
Reinvestment of profit for the welfare of the area of profit
generation
Development is a function of motivation and human resource
Entrepreneurial awareness
18. Mistakes of Entrepreneurship:
Business entrepreneurship fail because:-
o Management Mistakes
o Lack of Experience
o Poor financial control
o Weak marketing efforts
o Failure to develop a strategic and effective plan
o Uncontrolled Growth
o Poor location
o Improper inventory control
o Incorrect or unsuitable pricing
o The inability of to move into entrepreneurial thinking
mindset
22. Competitors
• The size of industry
• The number of
competitors/substitutes
• The competitive advantage for each
competitors
• What is your niche market?
23. Why we need to know Barriers…
An understanding of the inhibiting factors or barriers
will help prospective entrepreneurs to develop a
strategy to overcome them.
A systematic study of the barriers will lead to a proper
understanding of the fields or areas in which they
occur.
Once the barriers are clearly identified, the society,
government and other supporting agencies can
develop effective programs to tackle the issues to
create a conducive entrepreneurial climate.
An insight into the barriers will lead to insight into the
entrepreneur’s personality that is so essential in the
process of entrepreneurship
24. Types of Barriers -
Entry Barriers
Environmental barriers
Communication Barriers
Personal barriers
Social barriers
Cultural barriers
Political environment
25. Barriers to entry and exit
Block potential entrants from
making a profit
Protect the monopoly power of
existing firms
Maintain supernormal profits in
the long run
Barriers to entry make a market
less contestable
26. Barriers to entry and exit
Statutory (legal) barriers
Licences (e.g. professional qualifications, banking
licences, licences to sell alcohol, taxis, run a night club
or a casino)
Patents (e.g. In the pharmaceutical industry and in
telecommunications)
Copyrights and Trademarks
Public franchises e.g. Rail franchises, national lottery
Tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions affecting
imports of goods and services
27. Environmental Barriers
The economic environment can create
barriers for an entrepreneur because of
the following reasons:
The capital for setting up the new venture
is not accessible for the entrepreneur
Non-availability of labour at reasonable
cost.
If the labour market is unreliable and is
fraught with undisciplined and
selfishness, it will also become a barrier
for entrepreneurship.
28. Environmental Barriers
Shortfall in the availability of raw materials in the
desired quality and quantity.
Inadequate infrastructure to transport the raw
material to the factory.
Non-availability of easy access to the market for the
finished goods.
30. Communication Barriers
Lack of open, honest, and effective communication, both
from the top down and from the bottom up.
Communication is not just talking, but also listening,
writing, body language, and “actions speak louder than
words.”
Unclear frame of reference. Whenever you discuss any
start-up matter, the receivers will view it from their
particular frame of reference, including their values, their
priorities, and their background.
Technical semantics and jargon. Jargon only has
meaning if the symbols are already understood. If an
abbreviation or phrase is not commonly used outside a
specific group, or experts, it becomes negative
communication
32. Personal Barriers
The personal barriers to entrepreneurship can be
classified into two types:
Motivational : Once the venture starts functioning, the
obstacles faced in the initial stages can make the
entrepreneurs to lose their commitment and consequently
their level of motivation dips. The entrepreneurs who lack
toughness and perseverance often quit.
Perceptional : Certain perception barriers can hamper the
progress of the entrepreneur. Lack of a clear vision and
misunderstanding can result in faulty perception. If the
entrepreneur demands everything to be clear and well-
defined in order to develop a perception, it will lead to
disappointment. As entrepreneur’s world is basically
disorderly and ambiguous, the people who excessively depend
on order will find it a barrier to entrepreneurship.
33. Personal Barriers
Unwilling to invest money
Lack of confidence
Lack of motivation
Lack of patience
Inability to dream
Psychological Barriers
• Security
• Dignity
• Peace of mind etc.
34. Social Barriers
The following are the examples of barriers
arising out of social environment:
A society putting premium on safety and security in
matters of securing a livelihood, such a value can
become a strong social barrier to entrepreneurship.
In some societies, the business is considered as a
profession of lower hierarchy. Business people are
considered inferior to office-goes, engineers, doctors etc.
Such a social response to entrepreneurs can be a big
hurdle in developing and nurturing entrepreneurs.
A society denying access to self-esteem will be placing
hurdles in the path of an entrepreneur.
35. Social Barriers
Social factors such as
insistence on conformity
an excessive protective attitude among
children during their formative years
discouragement to mobility
will all thwart the following essential
values of entrepreneurship.
creativity
innovative spirit
sense of adventure.
36. Cultural Barriers
Cultural barriers to entrepreneurship in our
society are due to the fact that the cultural values
in our society are bound by:
conventionalism
status-quo
rituals
strong cultural taboos etc.
All these cultural hindrances to entrepreneurship
may curb the entrepreneurial spirit.
37. Cultural Barriers
For instance, in the past, some societies in
India discouraged people from going abroad
believing that crossing the sea was a cultural
taboo. Similarly certain field of work were
considered unsuitable for people of certain
culture.
One other example is that in certain cultures,
where in taking loans for interest is forbidden,
becomes a major barrier if the major sources of
loans are interest charging banks.
Such strong cultural dictates (Order) can act as
barriers to entrepreneurship.
39. Political Environment
The political environment can work
against the interest of entrepreneurs in
the following ways:
A political environment that is
characterised by instability and insecurity
will discourage entrepreneurs.
Political policies can retard the growth of
entrepreneurial ventures in a country.
Excessive interference in the form of
controls, delays etc. from the government
can discourage prospective entrepreneurs.
40. Overcoming Entrepreneurial
Barriers
How do some start-ups find a way to
get through problems that cause
others to throw in the towel? They
figure out how to recover after a
failed product launch, speed up
cash flow during tough times,
withstand the threats from new
competition, hire the right
employees and find new customers.
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42.
43. 1)On the basis of Economy
Economics:
In a domestic business strategy, the entire
country is organized under a single economic
system and has the same currency.
The variation and availability of technology are
often surprising.
Identify opportunities for domestic and
international expansion.
Going Global can increase one’s interest and
Helps in foreign exchange.
44. Internal Factors:
Desire to do something
Education Background
Experience
External Factors:
Government assistance and Support
Availability of raw material and labour
Encouragement from big business
houses
Promising demand for the product
2)ON THE BASIS OF MOTIVATION
45. 3) ON THE BASIS OF TECHNOLOGY
Staying on top of frequent, large-scale changes for
Social Status and Reputation in the Society.
Using new machinery for better look and feel.
Entrepreneurs can use technology to:
Focus on strategy
Improve efficiency
Mitigate compliance risk
Increase employee satisfaction and engagement
Tech can form the foundation you need to step back
and think big, developing the right strategy to power
your growth.
46. OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS
4)ACCORDING TO GENDER AND AGE
There shouldn’t be gender
or age differences
Promoting women entrepreneurship
Women entrepreneurs bring particular sets of skills
that not only set them apart from their male
counterparts, but also lend themselves to being
successful entrepreneurs.
47. BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT)
Established in 1947 under U.S.
leadership; includes over 100 nations.
Objective - To liberalize trade by
eliminating or reducing tariffs,
subsidies, and import quotas.
48. BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Entrepreneur’s Strategy and Trade Barriers
Trade barriers increase entrepreneurs’ costs of exporting
products or semi finished products to a country.
Voluntary export restraints may limit entrepreneurs’
ability to sell products in a country from production
facilities outside the country.
Entrepreneurs may have to locate assembly or production
facilities in a country to conform to local content
regulations.
50. CONCLUSION
It is often said that “economy is the effect for
which entrepreneurship is the cause". The
development of economy is usually
associated with its industrial development.
An entrepreneur is a person who organises
the factors of productions-land, labour and
capital, and establish a business venture and
carries out the operations in the business in
a profitable manner.