Technopreneurship Activity #1

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[Lecture Notes can be downloaded from the Yahoogroup Files section]

After the short lecture which will be delivered by the lecturer, students enrolled in the class will have to perform the activities as outlined below. To get credit for your work, please follow instructions carefully, particularly the matter on how your output should be submitted.

Join the ICSM414 official mailing list by sending an email to icsm414-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Your lecturer will approve all subscription requests in due time.

Be sure that you have StarOffice 8 (or other version) installed in your machine. Call the attention of the laboratory custodian if there are problems.

The expected output for this activity is a PDF file which you must upload in the Files section of the yahoogroup, inside the folder “Activity No. 1″. Your PDF file name must indicate your family name followed by the last four (4) digits of your ID number, separated by an underscore. For instance, if my name is John Doe and my ID number is 2008-1-0000, then I should use the filename doe_0000.pdf.

Access the website of the Brigham Young University Center for Entrepreneurship (BYU CfE) and answer the following questions, encoding your answers in a StarOffice Writer 8 document showing proper numbering.

1. How can you generate ideas for starting up a business?
2. The BYU CfE has some statistics on how the founders of Inc 500 got their ideas.  Show this in a pie chart embedded in your document using StarOffice Calc 8, and briefly discuss what the chart means.
3. In one sentence, differentiate between an idea and a business opportunity.
4. How does one identify an opportunity or opportunities?
5. Take the entrepreneurial test. Be honest and be very careful with your math. What does the test say about you? Do you agree with the result?
6. Look at the straits and qualities of an entrepreneur. How many of those do you possess? Again, does this agree with the results of the Entrepreneurial Test?
7. Look at the section “Entrepreneur Envy.” Of the 20 items listed there, which three (3) appeal most to you and why?
8. Save your document as a PDf file using the proper filename and upload it to the appropriate folder in the Files section of the yahoogroup. If you do not have access to the group yet, call the attention of your lecturer.
9. Find three (3) classmates who you want to be groupmates. Today, you should come up with technopreneurship groups. Each group can have a maximum of four (4) members. See to it that your group is recognized and registered with your lecturer, on a first come first served basis.

 

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