Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

This presentation explores the characteristics and skills of successful entrepreneurs, focusing on David, Simon, and Philip Green. It also discusses the impact of background and experience on entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship and Small business
management

TOC
Introduction
Skill of entrepreneur
Background and experience of entrepreneur
Conclusion
References

Introduction
Study will differentiate characteristics and skills of entrepreneurs who are successful, which
differentiate from others
It will define background and experience of entrepreneur and will reflect its impact on their
entrepreneurship.

Different characteristics and skills of entrepreneurs who are successful,
which differentiate from others
Characteristic of David and Simon
Passionate towards work
Flexible working
Skills of David and Simon
Money managing skill
Risk taking skill

Philip Green
Characteristic of Philip green
Emotional intelligence
Skill of Philip Green
Technical skill

Entrepreneurial mindset and motivation reflected by entrepreneurial
personality
Openness to Experience
This includes the willingness of trying new things and thinking out of the box. An individual having openness in everything have
love for learning and engage oneself in making a creative career which is seen in Philips and David and Simon
Conscientiousness
This includes self-disciple, control, Hard work, Energy, etc. and all these are seen in Philip and David and Simon.
Extroversion
It involves form where the one derives energy from some derives it from introvert environment and some derives it from extrovert
environment
Agreeableness
According to Agreeableness how well the entrepreneurs are getting along with the customers
Neuroticism
It is all about one's emotional stability and also about one's general temper. According to Neuroticism one should not be having
extreme fear, jealousy, Anxiety, Self-criticism, in-securability, etc. in one's character.

Background can foster as well hinder entrepreneurship
The background of the entrepreneurs also play a major role in the growth of the entrepreneur
which can be seen in the life of David and Simon and also in the life of Philip Green.
David and Simon
If we see the background of David and Simon, they were born in India and they
migrated to UK in search of job. They worked very hard day and night. The family background
was not so well of both of the brothers and they both were belonging to a poor family. They both
were self made Billionaires. They got no support from the family and all of thing they achieved
was only due to the hard work they did by learning all the required skill while working in the
company. Both of them also faced failure in life but they did not got demotivated, There was
controversy which was surrounding their business in Russia in which the brothers did partnership
with Mafia of Russia which resulted in a legal notice to the business of both brothers. The family
of both of the brothers lived in British India.

Philip Green
Sir Philip Green was born on 15 of March, 1952. He was born in Croydon, Surrey. His case was
different as he is a son of a successful property retailer and developer. In the family of Philip
there is one sister named Elizabeth, one spouse named as Tina Green and two children. When
Philip was small of about 12 years of age his father got a heart attack and he died. This
encouraged him to be strong from inside and he started hard work and for his passion. Green is
very inspired by Sir Charles Clore, who was a successful person in building an empire from
scratch. The reading habits and also observing someone so intensely helped him in fostering the
business.

Conclusion
It can be concluded that entrepreneur has communication, technical skill which helps person in
setting their business and gaining success in business career.
Background and experience of person always support in making their mind for the growth and
individual become able to make correct business decisions.

References
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entrepreneurship: the mediational role of alertness in small business success. Journal of Small
Business Management. 55. pp.27-42.
Volery, T. and Mazzarol, T., 2015. The evolution of the small business and entrepreneurship field:
A bibliometric investigation of articles published in the International Small Business
Journal. International Small Business Journal. 33(4). pp.374-396.