Definition:An Entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of profit. Any person (any age) who starts and operates a business is an entrepreneur. Introduction: "Entrepreneur" is a French word. "Entre" means between and "Preneur" means parts. A indirect English synonym would be middleman. First used in 1723, today the term entrepreneur implies qualities of leadership, initiative, and innovation in new venture design. Traditionally, it was referring to people in the building industry that set up building site with plumber, electrician, workers... So, a freelancer is not an entrepreneur. Strictly speaking if you don't have any employees you are not an entrepreneur. It is also an English word that means a person who starts businesses that mostly fail but has at least one that hasn't failed yet. Characteristics + Skills : 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. 2. Perceptive Entrepreneurs view problems as opportunities and challenges. 3. Curious Entrepreneurs like to know how things work. They take the time and initiative to pursue the unknown. Imaginative Entrepreneurs are creative. They imagine solutions to problems that encourage them to create new products and generate ideas. 5. 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. 6. Goal-setting Entrepreneurs are motivated by the excitement of staring a new business. Once achieved, they seek out new goals or ventures to try. 7. 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. 8. Self-confident Entrepreneurs believe in themselves. Their self-confidence takes care of any doubts they may have. 9. Flexible Entrepreneurs must be flexible in order to adapt to changing trends, markets, technologies, rules, and economic environments. 10. 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.

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5. Definition
 An Entrepreneur is a person who organizes and
manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk
for the sake of profit. Any person (any age) who
starts and operates a business is an entrepreneur.

7. Introduction
 "Entrepreneur" is a French word.
 "Entre" means between and
 "Preneur" means parts.
 A indirect English synonym would be middleman.
 First used in 1723, today the term entrepreneur implies
qualities of leadership, initiative, and innovation in new
venture design.
 Traditionally, it was referring to people in the building
industry that set up building site with plumber,
electrician, workers... So, a freelancer is not an
entrepreneur. Strictly speaking if you don't have any
employees you are not an entrepreneur.

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 It is also an English word that means a
person who starts businesses that mostly
fail but has at least one that hasn't failed yet.

10. Characteristics + Skills
Being an entrepreneur requires
specific characteristics and skills that
are often achieved through education,
hard work, and planning.
1. Risk Taker
Businesses face risk. Entrepreneurs
minimize risk through research,
planning, and skill development.
2. Perceptive
Entrepreneurs view problems as
opportunities and challenges.
3. Curious
Entrepreneurs like to know how
things work. They take the time and
initiative to pursue the unknown.

11. 4. Imaginative
Entrepreneurs are creative. They imagine solutions to problems that encourage them
to create new products and generate ideas.
5. 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.
6. Goal-setting
Entrepreneurs are motivated by the excitement of staring a new business. Once
achieved, they seek out new goals or ventures to try.
7. 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.

12. 8. Self-confident
Entrepreneurs believe in themselves. Their self-confidence takes care of any doubts
they may have.
9. Flexible
Entrepreneurs must be flexible in order to adapt to changing trends, markets,
technologies, rules, and economic environments.
10. 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.

24. Introduction of
Entrepreneur

26. Steve Jobs

27. To study a Leader it is important
to see his upbringing and Life
History

28. Introduction
 Steve Jobs is one of the most celebrated leader
 Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs
 Co-founder, Chairman, and former Chief Executive Officer (1997-
2011) of Apple
 Board member of: The Walt Disney Company.

29. Introduction
…
 Born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California
 Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
 Skipped 5th grade
 Took his first electronics class in high school
 After school, attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard, met Steve
Wonzniak

30. Introduction
…
 Graduated high school in 1972
 Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon
 Dropped out after one semester
 Started to unofficially take few courses that had interested him such
as calligraphy

31.  Acquired a job at ATARI
 A Trip to INDIA
 Met Steve Woznaick,
created APPLE at Job’s
parent’s house
 Due to his untiring effort and
innovative leadership APPLE
got success and he become a
multimillionaire

32.  Met john Scullvey
 A Pepsi Marketer hired
by Steve
 Did a huge set back by laying off job out of his duties

33. Steve Takes up The
Challenge
 Founded NEXT
 Bought PIXAR
 Back to APPLE as a de-facto chief
 Afterwards become permanent CEO
 Introduced IPOD and ITUNES software
What a Come
Back…

34. You can’t just ask customers what
they want and then try to give that to
them. By the time you get it built,
they’ll want something new
Steve Jobs

35.  In 2004 got surgery for a pancreatic cancer
 In 2007 Apple introduce iPhone
 In 2008 got Liver
transplant
 In 2010 Introduced
IPAD
 In 2011 RIP,

36. His Last Message
“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish”

37. That was a brief introduction to
the life of a great leader
“Steve Jobs”

38. Leadership
Assessment of Steve
Jobs

39. The prominent style of Steve
He used to say that :- I save time even on thinking what to wear
every morning

40. Theory that describe Jobs
Leadership Trait Theory
 Intelligence
 Energy
 Independent thinking
 Courage
 Effective Motivator
 Vision and innovation
 Internal locus of control
 Self Confidence
 Ambitious
 Optimism & Passion

41.  Obsessiveness
 Narcissism
 Perfectionist & enthusiastic
 Aggressive & opportunistic

42. Myre Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
MBTI applied to Steve Jobs

43. Fiedler Contingency Model
applied to Steve Jobs
Leadership Style and Organization Situation
 Not a relationship oriented Leader
 A Task oriented Leader

44. Leadership Grid
 Authority compliance Management of the Grid
 More Concerned for production rather than employees
 Terror Inspiring , task Master

45. Hersey Blanchard situational
theory
 Matching style of leadership
 Maturity of subordinates
 This relationship shows the determination of leadership
effectiveness

46. Hersey Blanchard situational theory
applied to Steve Jobs
 Telling Style
 Participative Style
 Delegating Style

47. Leadership
style
 Transactional Leadership
(Bass, 1985)
 Transformational leadership
(Goodwin, Woffard & Whittington, 2001; Tichy & Devanna, 1986;
Yammarino & Dublinsky, 1994, Bass, 1990)

48. Steve Jobs as a Transformational
Leader

49.  Encouraging innovation
 Changing the thinking of its Followers
 Visionary
 Transforming Organization Performance
 Motivating & Inspiring the Employees

50. Steve Jobs as a Transactional
Leader

51. Charismatic Leadership

52. The Real Leadership Lessons
of Steve Jobs
Article by Walter Isaacson, Author
Harvard Business Review Group

53. • Focus
• Simplify;
• Take Responsibility
End to End
• When Behind,
Leapfrog
• Put Products Before
Profits
• Don’t Be a Slave To
Focus Groups
• Bend Reality
• Impute

54. • Tolerate Push for
Perfection
• Only “A” Players;
• Engage Face-to-Face
• Know Both the Big Picture
and the Details
• Combine the Humanities
with the Sciences
• Stay Hungry, Stay
Foolisholish

58. What does my future hold for me and
will I want it when it finds me?

59. Conclusion
 Great leader driven with purpose
 The visionary that changed the lives of millions.

60. Leadership Skills
 CLEVER(INTELLIGENT)
 CREATIVE
 FLUENT IN SPEAKING
 KNOWLEGDE ABOUT THE WORK

62. How Apple revolutionized
our world
1. Apple I, II, III, Apple Lisa.
2. THE MACINTOSH (1984)
3. Power Book 100 (1991)

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70. “If you live each day a if it was
your last, someday you will
most certainly be right.”

71. Routinization…
 1. Transfer Charisma through successive ceremonies
 2. Create a administrative structure that will continue
to implement the leader’s vision.
 To embed leader’s vision in the culture of the
organization.