An Introductory presentation to Entrepreneurship aimed to introduce entrepreneurship to students and young entrepreneurs in Qatar .

1. Entrepreneurship 101
Emad Saif
Entrepreneurship Trainer
QATAR edition
Property of Emad Saif© 2014

2. 1) What’s entrepreneurship 2) Is it for me?

3. entrepreneurship
“The capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit”.
businessdictionary.com
BUSINESS
1. Develop
2. Organize
3. Manage
RISKS
Profit

4. 4 types of entrepreneurship
Small Business
Scalable Startup
Large Company
Social

5. The World Is Changing …

6. earth
Technological
Social
Political
Economical

7. earth
Technological
Social
Political
Economical

8. Technological
Social
Political
Economical
CHANGE

10. CHANGE
opportunity
creates
entrepreneurs

11. Opportunity Exercise

12. 1.
Assemble in 4 groups & Discuss Scenarios:
2.
Identify opportunities to exploit
3.
Generate business ideas
Exercise Instructions
Technological
Social
Political
Economical
Solar power becomes efficient & affordable
More people using the RAIL transportation
NOC no longer needed to change employer
Local gas reserves runs low

14. En-tre-pre-neur
from French word “entreprendre” meaning to undertake
“ A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. ”

15. Entrepreneurial thinking
Rawan wants to turn her passion into a career
Shikha wants to be her own boss
Hamad wants to work in a company as an intrepreneur
Ahmed lost his job & decided to start business out of necessity
Dr. Leena patented her invention & wants to commercialize it
Mustafa dreams to be a millionaire and become an investor

16. Entrepreneur
Company
Nationality
Education
Age
Fadi Ghandour
Aramex
Jordanian, Lebanese descent
Political Science
1959, (55)
Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Productions
African American
Communication
1954, (60)
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook
American
Computer Science (Didn’t graduate)
1984, (30)
Thomas Edison
Edison Electric Light Company
American
Didn’t go to school
1847 – 1931, (84)
Khaled Al Sabawi
MENA Geothermal & TABO Palestine
Canadian, Palestinian descent
Computer Engineering
1983, (31)
Khalifa Saleh Al Haroon
I Love Qatar
Qatari
Law
1984, (30)

17. Entrepreneurship for …
Young & Old
Males & Females
All Nationalities
Rich & Poor
All Educational levels &
Backgrounds
everyone

19. of entrepreneurship
Downs de

20. many big challenges

21. 1st iteration of idea usually wrong

23. work never stops

24. Your family & friends won’t understand what you do!

25. sacrifice valuable time

26. make less money for a while and no job security

27. multiple job roles

28. Nothing is certain,
only your self to blame

29. of entrepreneurship
Ups de

30. freedom to work when, where and how you want

31. excitement to work on what you love

32. you’re in control

33. huge income potential towards financial security

34. tremendous personal growth and acquired experience

35. Why is entrepreneurship important ?

36. Job Creation
Personal Growth
Social Good
entrepreneurship

37. Education
Health
Law
Fashion
Gaming
Social

38. I
have a passion!
I have a technological breakthrough!
I
have an
idea!
It starts with you …

39. Write your own !
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40. Your
BIGGEST
chalenge is …

42. Entrepreneurship Education can help you get started ;)

43. BUSINESS
1. Develop
2. Organize
3. Manage
RISKS
Profit
You can be an entrepreneur too!
Entrepreneurship Education

44. Thank You
Emad Saif
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emadsaif
Property of Emad Saif© 2014