Overview
                         Overview
              What is an Entrepreneur?
              Statistics
              Entrepreneurial Characteristics
              Skills an Entrepreneur Should 
                 Possess
              Starting a Business 
              Interviews
                 – David Garthe
                 – Harry Brumleve 
              Case Study
                 – Red Hat
              Comparison and Conclusion
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                       Questions?
                       Questions?
      How many of you have 
        started your own business 
        or currently own a 
        business?
      How many of you hope to 
        start your own business 
        someday in the future?
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           What is an Entrepreneur?
           What is an Entrepreneur?
      Coming from an entrepreneur himself, Bob Reiss 
         says,
      "Entrepreneurship is the recognition and pursuit of 
         opportunity without regard to the resources you 
         currently control, with confidence that you can 
         succeed, with the flexibility to change course as 
         necessary, and with the will to rebound from 
         setbacks.“
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                    http://www.thinkinglike.com/Essays/entrepreneur-definition.html
          What is an Entrepreneur?
          What is an Entrepreneur?
      A person who organizes, 
        operates, and assumes the 
        risk for a business venture.
                    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/entrepreneur
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                    Statistics
                    Statistics
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