Exploring Entrepreneurship and Small Business

This assignment delves into the world of small business management, covering topics such as the impact of small businesses on the UK economy, entrepreneurship concepts, and various resources including books, articles, and online sources. It provides a comprehensive overview of the importance of small businesses in local economies and introduces key concepts related to entrepreneurship, making it an essential resource for students seeking to understand this crucial aspect of business management.

Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Different types of entrepreneurial ventures and their relation to its typologies....................1
P2 Similarities & differences between entrepreneurial ventures................................................3
P3 Impact of micro and small business on economy..................................................................5
P4 Significance of small businesses & start up's on growth of social economy.........................7
PART 2............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Traits, skills and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.................................................8
P6 The way in which entrepreneurial personality aspect reflects motivation and mind set.....10
P7 How background and experience can foster entrepreneurship............................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Entrepreneurship is a process of starting new venture by taking risk with the help of
yielding high profits. It refers to an activity where an individual is willing to operate and manage
business by using their skills and resources so that enough profits can earn (Altman, Sabato and
Wilson, 2010). Entrepreneurs are innovators and they have ability to determine opportunities
from market and exploit them on time. They convert the resources with low productivity into
higher one. This assignment covers different entrepreneurial ventures and its similarities and
differences. Apart from this, report includes skills, traits and characteristics of successful
entrepreneurs.
PART 1
P1 Different types of entrepreneurial ventures and their relation to its typologies
Entrepreneurship concept:
Entrepreneurship is determined as a process of converting an idea into innovation that
helps in growth and sustainability of venture. By successful conversion of idea into valuable
goods and services, firm enables to yield high profits (What is Entrepreneurship?. 2018). By
combining resources, capital, land and labour in business opportunities, high profits are earned
by entrepreneurs. It completely depend on the ability and potential of individual to take risk,
examine market and execute plan with the aim of delivering high quality products and services to
target customers.
Different entrepreneurial ventures:
Small business entrepreneurship: These are small firms which are owned and managed
by single individual. There is a single owner which handles the functioning of entire business.
These are considered as small size firms as for starting it, high amount of capital as well as
manpower is not required. These ventures are established with the aim of satisfying basic needs
of people and earning enough profits. Main objectives behind operating these businesses is feed
members of family rather than earning profits. Electricians, carpenters, consultants and grocery
stores are some example of small business entrepreneurship.
Scalable start up entrepreneurship: These are skilled and creative entrepreneurs and
have high ability & potential to change the world by their skills, competencies as well as
innovative ideas (Audretsch and Link, 2012). They mainly emphasize on searching out
repeatable and scalable business model. Once the found such structure or frame, their next step is
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to start focusing on getting attention venture capitalist. These individuals establish, develop and
expand their business by their creative & innovative ideas.
Social entrepreneurship: These are the innovators that mainly focus on developing such
goods which facilitates in resolving problems and needs of society. Main aim behind starting this
venture is to enhance country's economic condition. Its existence is not only for the purpose to
earn enough profits but to give their high contribution in welfare and development of society.
These entrepreneurial ventures deals with several issues like poverty, health care and illiteracy
(Barringer, 2012).
Serial entrepreneurship: These are individuals who come up with new ideas on
continuous basis to establish a venture. They are somewhat different from other entrepreneur as
others establish their business with own ideas and play significant role in managing routine
operations of business. But in case of serial entrepreneurs, they come up their unique ideas, start
a business and handover it to others after its successful running then again start a venture with
different idea. These entrepreneurs are known by the name of founder of businesses.
Large scale entrepreneurship: It includes multinational firms which start up their
businesses with high investment. Such organisations mainly focuses on creativity and innovation
and operates with the major aim of yielding profits as well as working for social welfare. They
are engaged in CSR activities and run their business ethically. For gaining high profitability and
competitive edge in market, their main focus is to improve quality of products and satisfy needs
of customers.
Entrepreneurship typologies:
Female entrepreneur: These are women entrepreneurs who start their business actively
with innovation and creativity. Female participation in employment and equity of firm is the
basis of female entrepreneurship. In this, organisation is successfully run and managed by
females and have minimum 51% of stake in company (Baum, Frese and Baron, 2014).
Serial entrepreneur: These individuals continuously come up with innovative idea to
start business. They take challenges, establish business properly, assigning responsibilities to
perform operations and then move to another venture.
Male entrepreneur: Organisations are rely on ability and potential of men & an entire
business is operated and managed by males only. Minimum 49% shares of company are hold by
male entrepreneur.
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P2 Similarities & differences between entrepreneurial ventures
There are several features associated with each business enterprise which differentiates it
with others. Simultaneously, there are some similarities among them. Some differences and
similarities are defined below:
Lifestyle venturers or business
Similarities
 These firms are operates with the aim
of yielding high profits to enjoy luxury
lifestyle (Bosma and Levie, 2010).
 For earning high profits and revenues, it
is required to recruit skilled and
competent manpower. These ventures are mainly emphasize
on acquiring high market share and
make proper use of resources so that
targets and objectives can be achieved
effectively and efficiently.
Serial entrepreneurs ventures
Similarities
 These ventures focus on acquiring good
market position and yield high profits
which allows them to get lavish
lifestyle.
 Highly skilled and competent
manpower is hired by these ventures so
that objectives will accomplish.
 One of the major similarity is optimum
utilization of funds and other resources
as well as is customer centric.
Differences
 In these ventures, information is not
communicated to financial capitalist
regarding growing stage of firm.
 These businesses are started from own
earnings & livelihood.
 Power is concentrated or centralized in
few hands in such ventures.
Differences
 All the information regarding internal
and external situation of company is
communicated to financial investors on
constant basis (Bruton, Ahlstrom and
Li, 2010).
 These ventures are run for the purpose
of earning profits only. Entrepreneurs
just want to be rich, they do not care
about their own and family members.
 There is decentralization of power.
Female entrepreneur business Male entrepreneur business
Similarities Similarities
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 Business is run for the purpose of
earning high growth and acquire high
market shares.
 Preferences and needs of consumers are
taken into consideration by these
ventures and products are made
accordingly (Dacin, Dacin and Matear,
2010).
 To get high competitive edge in market
is the main purpose of this venture.
Differences
 Female entrepreneur have less
capability & confidence then males.
 In the process of decision making,
females takes more time.
 Communication and team management
skills of female entrepreneur is
excellent.
 Purpose of these ventures is also similar
to female entrepreneurship as it also
operates to yield high revenues &
growth.
 Changing consumers needs are
identified and alterations are made
accordingly in goods and services.
 Gaining competitive edge in market is
purpose of firm.
Differences
 Male entrepreneurs have high
capability and confidence level than
females.
 Quick decisions are taken by male
entrepreneurs.
 They are less able to effectively
communicate with others than female
entrepreneurs.
Sizes of firms:
There are generally 3 types of enterprises which contributes in growth and development
of economy (Defourn and Nyssens, 2010). These assists in generating high employment and
maximizing inflow of cash in economy. Different types of firms are defined below:
Micro: These are small firm which is operated by single individual only with purpose to
feed themselves and family. These firms requires less investment and their structure is flexible
and simple as number of people involved in these firms are less.
Small: These ventures are operated either by single person or by partner and are run in
local economy. There are only 10 to 12 individuals engaged in it for running operations. These
firms are run with the purpose of yielding sufficient profits. They made products according to
consumer's taste.
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Medium: Annual sales of such firms are £ 25.9 million and around 250 members are
working in these firms. Their main aim is to acquire good position in market and earn high
profits. They emphasize on maximizing growth in minimum period of time.
Roles and characteristics of public, private and social enterprise:
Private firms: These are non government organisations and run by single individual or
enterprise. Involvement of government is less in these firms and these businesses are run for
purpose of earning high profits. These companies play major role in growth and development of
economy (Delgado, Porter and Stern, 2010).
Public firms: These are the organisations run by government for the purpose of earning
profits as well as welfare of society. They buy and sell shares for generating funds and running
their business operations successfully.
Social firms: These are the firms which run by the help of volunteers. Main purpose
behind running these organisations is welfare of society. These firms run only for well being of
society and improving their living standard.
P3 Impact of micro and small business on economy
Micro and small businesses put huge impact on some areas of economy. These assist in
growth and development of society (Harris and Patten, 2014). Below mentioned are the areas
whose economy is impacted by micro and small businesses.
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Illustration 1: Micro and Small firm employment, 2013
(Source: Impact on different areas, 2013)
International and national level:
Small and micro businesses provides a platform to people to show their talent and skills
at global level. They also administer training to them so that they get opportunity to enhance
their skills and competencies. This will ultimately provides an opportunity to firm for providing
their goods and services to other countries and improve inflow of foreign currency in country.
Skilled manpower provides an competitive edge to firms (Impact of small-business in UK
economy. 2018).
Regional level:
Economy of regional area is affected by small and medium firms as they get advantages
of developing products and services according to the choice of customers. In such areas, firm
first understand consumers tastes and preferences in order to offer them high quality goods and
services. These helps in satisfying their needs in more better manner.
Local level:
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At this level, small and medium firms provides employment to local people which assists
in removing unemployment from the place. This ultimately contributes in improving economic
condition of country.
P4 Significance of small businesses & start up's on growth of social economy
The contribution of small businesses and start ups in economic growth and development
is high. In United Kingdom, there is very rapid growth of such businesses and provides benefits
to economy (Neck and Greene, 2011). These firms contribute around 30% in growth of
economy. By starting up new venture or from small businesses, around 50% of profits and
revenues are generated in UK. Some significance of start up's and small businesses in
development and growth of country are defined as follows:
Employment: These firms creates huge job opportunities for people of country. These
businesses contributes in enhancing skills and potential of people which is beneficial for them in
their personal as well as professional growth and development. These ventures are often known
by the name of job creators as they render employment opportunities to domestic population of
country or to the people who seek job. This will assist in increasing living standard of people as
well as improving economic condition of country. Around 25 million of people are employed
with start ups and small business enterprises.
Turnover: This defines as the sales turnover cycle of firm in whole year. In United
Kingdom, sales turnover ratio is around 1.8 trillion and in it, small business contributes
approximately 48%.
Exports: Today, it is very common to export goods and services in another country. The
major reason behind doing exports is to increase flow of foreign currency in country and acquire
large portion of market share. Around 408.9 billion of export is record in United Kingdom and
nearly 15% of contribution is done in it by small and start up businesses (Schaper and et. al.,
2014).
Growth: Employment situation of country put high impact on its economic growth and it
can be estimated by numbers of employed and unemployed people. High job opportunities are
administered by start ups as well as small businesses to domestic people of nation which is
beneficial in their growth and success for long term.
Difference between Start-up's and small business
Small-business Start-up's
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 These businesses are established with
the same concept or plan.
 As compared to start up, small
businesses need more capital for
performing their activities and
operations.
 These businesses mainly administers
traditional goods to their customers to
satisfy them.
 These ventures are established by an
innovative thought or idea.
 As it is a new business, capital
requirement is less in comparison to
small businesses for running its
operations.
 Their business model is scalable and
provides innovative goods and services
to customers which are of high quality.
PART 2
P5 Traits, skills and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs
An entrepreneur is defined as a person who is able to start their own venture by using
their knowledge, innovative skills, ideas and abilities. There is a high risk associated with
starting a new venture and entrepreneurs are those individuals who have ability to take up risk
with the hope of earning high profits (Storey, 2016). In order to make business more successful,
they work with high determination and dedication. They have strong inner drive which motivates
them to work for attainment of goals and objectives. The 2 successful people who have created
history by using their creative and innovative skills and ideas are Jeff Bezoz and Bill gates.
Several traits, skills and characteristics possess by them which brings them on the position of
successful businessman are as follows:
Jeff Bezoz:
He is one of the well known entrepreneur who is CEO, chairman and founder of
Amazon.com. Amazon is a most popular online shopping retailer of world which provides
various products and services to customers. The business was established in year 1994 and
initiates as online books merchant. After that, the expanded their business by offering range of
products to customers (Unger and et. al., 2011). As use of internet is increasing day by day with
rapid speed and it is a big opportunity that has been taken by Jeff. He left his job for developing
their own business. By offering variety of products to customers, satisfy their needs in effective
way. It is the major reason behind success of Amazon.com. Some characteristics, skills and traits
possess by Jeff Bezoz are defined as follows:
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Knack for innovation: Jeff is known from his childhood days for innovation and
uniqueness. A sound alarm is created by him in his early days which guards his room. His
passion and dedication brings his name in the list of world's richest person. Jeff, by his creative
skills, expand his business. E-book and Kindle are the innovative products of Amazon which
assist firm in gaining more popularity (Welter, 2011).
Hardcore realistic: It is an essential quality that should be possess in every successful
entrepreneur & Bezoz have this. He thinks about all such issues and risks which may involved in
business before establishing his own business. The fact of venture failure is accepted by him and
examine all the factors and forces carefully which may leads Amazon towards downfall. By
careful examination of all factors, Jeff is able to grow business in effective way by taking up
high risk.
Risk taker: It is an ability that should be possess by all individuals in order to grow and
sustain in competitive world. Jeff have this ability. For fulfilling his dreams and desires, he left
his job. The risk related to human resource, finance, physical and technological resources are
calculated by him carefully. One of the main thing is that, he is aware or well known from all
those risks which may leads the firm towards failure but, his strong determination & beliefs did
not let him down.
Bill Gates:
He is the founder of Microsoft Corporation and drop out from Harvard University. He
sets an example of being successful entrepreneur in front of people. He is a successful person
who believes in hard working and determination. He believes that if a person wants to attain
something then they can (Wheelen and Hunger, 2011). The thing that matters the most is strong
courage and determination of individual. Some traits possess by Bill Gates are defined below:
Philanthropist: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are founded by Gates and his wife.
They both believe that it is always better to think for future in present. His wife became software
architect and Gates took retirement. Before getting retired, he used to prepare future plans. Bill
Gates is one of the big philanthropist and they always focus on improving education system of
country.
Voracious reader: Reading assists in improving communication and skills of person and
the same is believed by Bill Gates. He prefer to read books more and thinks that by reading
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these, he can improve his knowledge and communication skills. This will assist him in getting
knowledge about diverse areas which helps in his personal growth directly or indirectly.
Know to prioritize things: It is necessary for people to priorities things in proper way so
that objectives can be attain in systematic manner. It is a habit which determines failure &
success of an individual. Gates very well know how to prioritize things in proper manner which
is the major reason of his success (Zott, Amit and Massa, 2011).
P6 The way in which entrepreneurial personality aspect reflects motivation and mind set
Entrepreneur can be described as personality who start their business with Zero and
conduct the business procedures in such way that help in make their business more profitable.
Every individual posses different types of quality and features which they use in their business so
they can manufacture such products that satisfy the needs of customers. Their are different
factors and components which affect the personality of entrepreneur are stated below:- Openness to experiences:- Every individual posses such special talent which they used in
their business. Further it define the criteria through which individual is creative and
innovative. Theses capability help them in dealing with all types of uncertainty.
Imaginative power of individual help them to use in market place for gaining
competitive advantage over rivalry. Conscientiousness:- This quality of individual allow them to developed in effective
manner that help them in accomplishing the organisational objectives. Rather then react
on random basis the individual need to tackle all the situation in calm and proper manner. Extroversion:- This deals with the tendency and nature of individual to value stimulation
and achievement (Unger and et. al., 2011). These type of personality are very strong
predictor that contribute in the success of organisation. Although they are attention seeker
which is not good for brand image of company. Agreeableness:- these type of individual are very cooperative and coordinate with every
business activity of company. This will help them in establishing long term relationship
with workforce and reduce all conflicts arises in business.
 Neuroticism:- It is an skill that allow individual to deal with all the circumstances related
to emotions, feelings and depression. Further they help in reducing the stress of person
who suffer from critical situations.
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P7 How background and experience can foster entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur are those effective personality that help in growing up the business by using
their innovative skills and talent in their products and services (Storey, 2016). They are risk taker
individuals who invest in many sector in order to gain higher returns instead of getting fear of
loss and there are different elements which consider by entrepreneur in external environment so
they grab all the opportunities and remove all the threats coming in market. fulfil his dreams if he
have courage and potential to do it. The background of an individual assists in fostering
entrepreneurship in an individual. If the background of an individual is positive then it fosters the
activity of entrepreneurship in proper and accurate manner , if it is negative then it can not foster
entrepreneurship among individuals.
Adopt all the changes coming in external environment and make modification in their
organisation structure which allow them to improve quality standards of goods and services.
Further, it help in establishing better image in the market and proper conducting in business
operation help them in accomplishing the goals and objectives of business (Wilson, 2015).
Although the journey of individual is not simple they have to face many difficulties and
complexities which can sort out by their rational thinking.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that entrepreneurship is
identified as a procedure in which an individual set up its own business by taking high risk in the
hope of yielding high profits. Various skills and attributes of an entrepreneur defines his success.
They creates new ventures by implementing their innovative ideas and convert them into goods
and services that assists them in serving and satisfying customers in more better way. Different
types of entrepreneurial ventures contributes in economic development of country.
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