Assessment

You are required to submit evidence of the following:

1. Review the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and apply techniques for generating ideas to initiate a market analysis and supporting due-diligence assessment for a startup business.

Becoming an Entrepreneur is the first of three short courses required to be awarded credit for the full Introduction to Entrepreneurship course. The related short courses are:

• Planning a business startup.  
• Financing and managing a business startup.

All work for this EduBit must be your own.

Instructions

You must complete four tasks for this EduBit assessment:

1. Define entrepreneurship and identify typical characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.
2. Apply techniques to generate new business ideas.
3. Conduct a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of your own business idea for a new product or service.
4. Identify other market analysis techniques and due-diligence assessment processes appropriate for a start-up business.

Learning Recommendations

Deciding to Become an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs as Small Business Owners

The Nature of Entrepreneurs

Before Starting Your Own Business