1. Jamil Alkhatib

2. H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan stated at the Global Education
Initiative private meeting in Davos 2007, society needs to
encourage people to “practice at believing the
unbelievable, using imagination, courage and tapping
into the inner entrepreneur.”
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3.  Entrepreneurship is the act of being an
entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one
who undertakes innovations, finance and
business acumen in an effort to transform
innovations into economic goods". This may
result in new organizations or may be part of
revitalizing mature organizations in response
to a perceived opportunity
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship
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4. A person with a business idea, the energy and
stubbornness to follow his/her vision despite
numerous obstacles and advice from friends and
partners, risks all his/her belongings (as well as
everything relatives or friends might give) for this
chance, works (at least) 14 hours a day, seven days
a week, does not know the word "holiday", calls all
this "individual freedom" and (usually) dies of a
heart attack!!!
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5. Problem
Problem Solution
Solving Innovation
Recognition Exploitation
(Invention)
"Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent."
Thomas Edison
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6.  Start a new business
 Introduce new products or services
(Innovation Promotion)
 Create charitable (not for profit)
organizations
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7. Business (For
Profit)
Social (Not
for Profit)
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8. “My greatest challenge has been to change the
mindset of people. We see things the way our
minds have instructed our eyes to see.”
Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director,
Grameen Bank
“What we need is an entrepreneurial society in
which innovation and entrepreneurship are
normal, steady and continual.”
Peter Drucker
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9. Innovation Incubators
Technology Transfer
Offices
Entrepreneurship
Education
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10. “ Most of what you hear about entrepreneurship is all wrong.
It’s not magic; it’s not mysterious; and it has nothing to do
with genes. It’s a discipline and, like any discipline, it can be
learned.”
Peter F. Drucker
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11.  Entrepreneurship Education seeks to provide
students with the knowledge, skills and
motivation to encourage entrepreneurial
success in a variety of settings. Variations of
entrepreneurship education are offered at all
levels of schooling from primary or secondary
schools through graduate university
programs.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship_education
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13.  Thee Entrepreneur mindset
 Entrepreneurship Types
◦ Commercial
◦ Social
 Creativity Techniques
◦ Idea Creation
◦ Idea exchange
 Entrepreneurial Project Development
◦ Business planning
◦ Business Model Generation
 Entrepreneurial (innovative) projects management
 Entrepreneurship culture within
◦ Society
◦ Organizations
 Entrepreneurship support tools
◦ Innovation Incubators
◦ Technology Transfer Offices
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14.  Researchers (Professors)
◦ New high risk research/innovations
◦ Tech Transfer and Knowledge Transfer
◦ Creative curriculum and teaching techniques
 Students
◦ New job opportunities and experience
◦ Innovative projects
◦ Startup companies
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