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1st Semester Entrepreneurship
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9th Grade
12/10/2012

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Entrepreneur
Definition
An individual who undertakes the creation, organization, and ownerhsip of an innovative business.
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Venture
Definition
A new business undertaking that involves risk.
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Entrepreneurship
Definition
The process of recognizing or creating an opportunity, testing it in the market, and gathering the resources to go into business.
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Free Enterprise System
Definition
Where people can choose what to buy, what to own, and to start a business.
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Profit
Definition
Money that is kept after all expenses of running a business have been deducted.
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Market Structure
Definition
The nature and degree of competition among businesses operating in the same industry.
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Monopoly
Definition
A market structure in which the product has only ONE seller who has control over the supply.
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Oligopoly
Definition
A market structure in which there are just a FEW competing firms.
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Goods
Definition
They are tangible products.
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Services
Definition
They are intangible products.
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Need
Definition
A basic requirement for survival.
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Wants
Definition
Something that you do not have to have for survival, but would like to have.
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Factors of Production
Definition
          • Land
          • Labor
          • Capital
          • Entrepreneurship
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Scarcity
Definition
When demand EXCEEDS supply.
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Demand
Definition
The quantity of goods or services that CONSUMERS are willing and able to buy.
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Diminishing Marginal Utility
Definition
Price ALONE does NOT determine demand.
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Supply
Definition
The amount of a good or service that PRODUCERS are willing to provide.
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Equilibrium
Definition
The point at which consumers buy ALL of a product that is supplied.
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Gross Domestic Product
Definition
GDP - total market value of goods and services produced by a nation.
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Business Cycle
Definition
The periodic random pattern of expansion and contraction that the economy goes through. (Recession, Prosperity, Depression)
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Competition
Definition
Rivalry among businesses for consumer money.
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Opportunity
Definition
An idea that has commercial potential.
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Business Failure
Definition
A business that has stopped operating with a LOSS to its investors.
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Discontinuance
Definition
A business that was purposely discontinued by an owner who wanted to start a new one.
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Investment
Definition
Amount of money a person puts into their business.
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Capital
Definition
Includes the buildings, equipment, tools, and other goods.
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Role Model
Definition
A person whose attitudes and achievements they try to copy.
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Foundation Skills
Definition
Skills that entrepreneurs use regularly.
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Profile
Definition
A set of characteristics that identifies a type of person.
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Achiever
Definition
A person with a record of successes.
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Online Business
Definition
A business that conducts bueinsss by means of the Internet.
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Sustainability
Definition
A venture seeks to achieve economic, environmental, and social goals without compromising future generations.
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Outsourcing
Definition
Contracting with other companies for services.
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Social Entrepreneurs
Definition
Identify social needs and recognize them as opportunities. (giving to a charity)
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Strategic Alliance
Definition
Small company forms an alliance with a bigger company.
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Corporate Venture
Definition
A new venture started inside a large corporation.
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Innovation
Definition
Finding new ways to do things.
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Demographics
Definition
Personal characteristics that describe a population.
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Values
Definition
The beliefs and principles you choose to live by.
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Franchise
Definition
A legal agreement to begin a new business in  the name of recognized company.
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Franchisee
Definition
The buyer of the franchise.
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Franchisor
Definition
The seller of the franchise.
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Business Broker
Definition
Someone whose job is to bring buyers and sellers together.
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Trade Show
Definition
Where vendors introduce new items.
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Global Economy
Definition
The interconnected economies of the nations of the world.
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Exporting
Definition
The selling and shipping of goods to another country.
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Importing
Definition
The bying or bringing IN goods from countries to sell.
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Trade Barrier
Definition
A restriction on goods entering or leaving a country.
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Tariff
Definition
A type of trade barrier. (taxes imposed by the government)
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Interpreter
Definition
Someone who translates a language.
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Trade Missions
Definition
Allow small business owners meet and talk with foreign agents.
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Disposable Income
Definition
Money people have to spend after paying for needed expenses.
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Trade Intermediary
Definition
An agency that serves as a distributor in a foreign country.
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