This document discusses entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship from the perspective of James Rock. It begins by defining an entrepreneur as a person who organizes and operates a business while taking on greater financial risks than normal. It then asks who the entrepreneurs the reader knows are and if they or their friends will become entrepreneurs. The document goes on to discuss the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur, noting that discipline and freedom must be balanced. It also discusses luck, opportunities for entrepreneurship like in cleantech and creative sectors, and challenges entrepreneurs may face like a lack of funding options.

1. An Entrepreneurs Perspective
James Rock

2. Definition...
• What is an entrepreneur?
• Who are the entrepreneurs you know?
• Will you or your friends become entrepreneurs?

3. Definition...
a person who organises and operates a business or
businesses, taking on greater than normal financial
risks to do so

4. Definition...
a person who organises and operates a business or
businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks
to do so
enterpriser, tycoon, speculator, magnate, mogul, dealer,
trader, promoter, impressario, wheeler-dealer, whizz-kid,
mover-and-shaker, go-getter, high-flyer, hustler, ideas-
man/person

5. My Background...

6. Pro’s and Con’s
Discipline x Freedom = K
Life Purpose & Passion
Risk Vs Reward
Equity Vs Salary

7. Luck...when chance and
circumstances collide..
South Africa Mangas
RecruitSolve.com Aeristech

8. The Growth of Entrepreneurialism
> SME = 10,000
SME = 220,000
4.8m Businesses < SME = 4, 570,000

9. Opportunities
Where do you think they are?

10. Opportunities
Where do you think they are?
Where I think they might be :-
Cleantech / Green / Environment
Creative Sector
Overseas - BrIC

11. Challenges
Stock Market volatility
Exchange Rate Risk
Lack of Funding Options
Lack of Investors
Herd Mentality
Short-Termism
Getting Support

12. Discussion - Q&A