- Subject: Entrepreneurship. - This week the source to answer the assignment is 5 case studies which are uploaded in a PDF file. - The assignment should follow the APA Guidelines. - The assignment is

1. Y ou a re e xp ecte d to a nsw er th e q uestio ns a sso cia te d w it h th e c a se . T hese

q uestio ns a re in te nded to e lic it th oughtfu l r e actio ns to th e e ntr e pre neuria l b usin ess

e nvir o nm ent. Y ou a re e xp ecte d to c a re fu lly r e ad th e a ssig nm en t in str u ctio ns, th en

th oro ughly a nd e xp lic it ly a ddre ss e ach c o m po nent o f th e c o rre sp ondin g c a se s tu dy

questio ns. S om e a nsw ers m ay r e quir e y o u to d o a ddit io nal r e se arc h o n th e

In te rn et o r in o th er r e fe re nce s o urc e s. C hoose y o u r s o u rc e s c a re fu lly .

2. T he r e sp onse s s h ould r e fle ct h ig her le ve l c o g nit iv e p ro ce ssin g ( a naly sis ,

s yn th esis , a nd e va lu atio n), w hic h is e sse ntia l fo r s o m eo ne in a ny in dustr y , a s

busin ess a nd/o r e ntr e pre neuria l d ecis io ns a ff e ct a ll le ve ls a nd s ta ke hold ers w it h in

t h e o rg aniz a tio n a nd in th e e xte rn al m ark e tp la ce .

3. D o n ot ju st a nsw er th e q uestio ns. Y ou s h o uld b e a ble to e xp la in th e lo gic b ehin d

yo ur a nsw er a nd, if a pplic a ble , p o in t to a c re dib le s o u rc e to s u p port y o ur p osit io n,

eve n if it is ju st th e te xtb ook. In ve st y o u r tim e w is e ly , g iv in g m ore tim e to th e

co m ple x a nsw ers in o rd er to e nsu re th at y o u d em on str a te th at y o u tr u ly

u nders ta nd th e a nsw er. S horte r c o m pe llin g a nsw ers a re fin e. A nsw ers w it h

n eedle ss fille r w ill b e m ark e d d ow n. In a ddit io n s u b m is sio ns s h o uld in clu de a tit le

p age a nd r e fe re nce p age in A PA s ty le .

4. T here is n o m in im um n um ber o f r e fe re nce s th at n eed to b e u tiliz e d to s u pport th e

co m ple tio n o f th is a ssig nm ent; h ow eve r, it is g enera lly u nders to od th at a ny g ood

ca se s tu dy a naly sis w ill in co rp o ra te th e a ppro pria te q ualit y a nd q uantit y o f

sch ola rly s o urc e s to s u pport a ny s u p posit io ns a nd r e co m mendatio ns.

S ig natu re A ssig nm en t

This is a s ig natu re a ssig nm ent fo r th e S ch o ol o f B usin ess a nd T e ch nolo gy B S in

B usin ess A dm in is tr a tio n P ro gra m s tu dents . S to re y o u r s u b m is sio n w it h a ny g ra din g

fe edback in y o ur P ro fe ssio nal's P ortfo lio a nd u se th e fo llo w in g ta g:

X XX T a g: X XXX-X XX

A ssig nm en t:

1. R ead th e c a se s tu die s in th e a tt a ch e d d ocu m en t a nd a nsw er th e q uestio ns.

2. If y o u h ad th e o pportu nit y to s p end a n h our w it h s o m e g re at e ntr e pre neur a nd p ic k

th eir b ra in a bout e ntr e pre neurs h ip in g enera l a nd th eir s u cce ss s p ecif ic a lly , w ho

w ould th at b e a nd w hat w ould y o u a sk th em o r in quir e a bout? W hat w ould y o u

hope to le arn fr o m s u ch a c o nve rs a tio n? H ow m ig ht y o u g o a bout p uttin g w hat y o u

have le arn ed in to a ctio n?

3. E xte rn al A ssis ta nce fo r S ta rt- u ps a nd S m all B usin esse s. T here is a w ealt h o f

exte rn al a ssis ta nce fo r e ntr e pre n eurs , s o m e y o u m ay h ave n eve r h eard o f.

F edera l, s ta te , a nd lo ca l g ove rn m en ts a nd n onpro fit in stit u tio ns to geth er o ff e r a

b ew ild erin g a rra y o f h elp fu l r e so u rc e s. C onduct o nlin e r e se a rc h fo r T he U .S . S m all Busin ess A dm in is tr a tio n ( S BA), S m all B usin ess D eve lo pm en t C ente rs ( S BD Cs),

S erv ic e C orp s o f R etir e d E xe cu tiv e s ( S C O RE), a nd S m all B usin ess In stit u te s

(S BIs ) a nd w rit e a s u m mary o f e a ch d eta ilin g h ow th ey p ro vid e v a lu e to

e ntr e pre neurs .

T o ta l P oin t V alu e o f A ssig nm en t: 5 00