Course Introduction Entrepreneurs change the world by creating wealth not only for themselves, but also for many others around them. Why not be another Steve Jobs and create a venture as successful as Apple, which stands out from similar companies because of its unconventional business ideas that constantly redefine the standards for products, marketing, and techniques for industry innovation? Apple's primary entrepreneurial focus—providing powerful and user-friendly products and solutions, with a focus on design—drives Apple to remain a world leader in cutting-edge media and technology. This philosophy brought to the world such successful products and services like iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad. Do you know anyone who has never heard about Apple and its products? This course will reveal the entrepreneur inside you and will increase your chances of success in your career. Each module will help you put together the entrepreneurial puzzle. Buckle up and good luck! Module Readings Complete the following readings early in the module: Module overview From your course textbook, Entrepreneurship: Starting and operating a small business , read the following chapters: Entrepreneurs Recognize Opportunities The Business Plan: Road Map to Success Creating Business from Opportunity Appendix 1 The Daily Perc From the Argosy University online library resources, read the following articles: Baron, R. A. (2006). Opportunity recognition as pattern recognition: How entrepreneurs "connect the dots" to identify new business opportunities. Academy of Management Perspectives , 20 (1), 104–119. doi:10.5465/AMP.2006.19873412 http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/ docview/210509378 Davis, T. (2006). How many entrepreneurs does it take to change a nation? Business Strategy Review , 17 (4), 68–73. doi:10.1111/j.0955-6419.2006.00438.x http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/ docview/219631882 DeTienne, D. R., & Chandler, G. N. (2004). Opportunity identification and its role in the entrepreneurial classroom: A pedagogical approach and empirical test. Academy of Management Learning & Education , 3 (3), 242–257. doi:10.5465/AMLE.2004.14242103 http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/ docview/223304898 Eesley, D. T.,& Longenecker, C. O. (2006). Gateways to intrapreneurship. Industrial Management , 48 (1), 18–23. (ProQuest Document ID: 211621084) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/211621084?accountid=34899 Ernst & Young (2011). Nature or nurture? Decoding the DNA of the entrepreneur. Retrieved from http://www.entrepreneurship.org/en/resource-center/~/media/Entrepreneurship/Files/ Resource%20Center/Nature_ or_nurture_FINAL.pdf Komoszewski, J. (2011). Streamline your business plan, one note card at.

1. Course Introduction
Entrepreneurs change the world by creating wealth not only for
themselves, but also for many others around them.
Why not be another Steve Jobs and create a venture as
successful as Apple, which stands out from similar companies
because of its unconventional business ideas that constantly
redefine the standards for products, marketing, and techniques
for industry innovation? Apple's primary entrepreneurial
focus—providing powerful and user-friendly products and
solutions, with a focus on design—drives Apple to remain a
world leader in cutting-edge media and technology. This
philosophy brought to the world such successful products and
services like iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad. Do you know
anyone who has never heard about Apple and its products?
This course will reveal the entrepreneur inside you and will
increase your chances of success in your career.
Each module will help you put together the entrepreneurial
puzzle. Buckle up and good luck!
Module Readings
Complete the following readings early in the module:
Module
overview

2. From your course textbook,
Entrepreneurship: Starting and operating a small business
, read the following chapters:
Entrepreneurs Recognize Opportunities
The Business Plan: Road Map to Success
Creating Business from Opportunity
Appendix 1 The Daily Perc
From the Argosy University online library resources, read the
following articles:
Baron, R. A. (2006). Opportunity recognition as pattern
recognition: How entrepreneurs "connect the dots" to identify
new business opportunities.
Academy of Management Perspectives
,
20
(1), 104–119. doi:10.5465/AMP.2006.19873412
http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemoc
s.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/
docview/210509378
Davis, T. (2006). How many entrepreneurs does it take to
change a nation?
Business Strategy Review

3. ,
17
(4), 68–73. doi:10.1111/j.0955-6419.2006.00438.x
http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemoc
s.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/
docview/219631882
DeTienne, D. R., & Chandler, G. N. (2004). Opportunity
identification and its role in the entrepreneurial classroom: A
pedagogical approach and empirical test.
Academy of Management Learning & Education
,
3
(3), 242–257. doi:10.5465/AMLE.2004.14242103
http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemoc
s.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/
docview/223304898
Eesley, D. T.,& Longenecker, C. O. (2006). Gateways to
intrapreneurship.
Industrial Management
,
48
(1), 18–23. (ProQuest Document ID: 211621084) Retrieved
from
http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/2116210
84?accountid=34899
Ernst & Young (2011). Nature or nurture? Decoding the DNA of
the entrepreneur. Retrieved from
http://www.entrepreneurship.org/en/resource-
center/~/media/Entrepreneurship/Files/

4. Resource%20Center/Nature_
or_nurture_FINAL.pdf
Komoszewski, J. (2011). Streamline your business plan, one
note card at a time.
Journal of Financial Planning
,
Practice Management
, 24–25. (ProQuest Document ID: 857749134) Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/
857749134/fulltextPDF?accountid=34899
Mullins, J. W. (2010). Voices: What to do before you write a
business plan.
Business Strategy Review
,
21
(4), 92–93. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8616.2010.00719.x
http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemoc
s.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/
docview/821691095
O'Brien, T. (2010). Time for an upgrade: Creating a 10-part
business plan for career success.
Public Relations Tactics, 17
(1), 12.
http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemoc
s.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.proquest.com/
docview/205189646

5. Schramm, C. J. (2004). Building entrepreneurial economies.
Foreign Affairs
,
83
(4), 104–115. (ProQuest Document ID: 214291063) Retrieved
from
http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/2142910
63?accountid=34899
Module
introduces you to the concept of entrepreneurship and the
various advantages and disadvantages of conducting a business
as an entrepreneur. In addition, it focuses on the business plan
and the reasons for creating such documents, as well as on some
recommendations for its contents and applications.
Module Overview
Entrepreneurs are able to identify and pursue ideas and
opportunities that can become feasible business ventures. They
are the real agents of innovation and change in free economies,
always finding a new or better way of doing things.
Traditional entrepreneurs start their own businesses and work
for themselves.
There are, however, other kinds of entrepreneurs, such as the
intrapreneur (or corporate entrepreneur) and the social
entrepreneur. Nevertheless, this course will focus only on
traditional entrepreneurs and the creation of new business

6. ventures.
This Module
will introduce you to the concept of entrepreneurship and the
various advantages and disadvantages of conducting a business
as an entrepreneur. This module will also introduce you to some
of the decisions that an entrepreneur makes.
Conclusion Module
covered the foundations of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial
process, and the identification of potential business
opportunities.
Developing a successful business idea not only includes the
opportunity recognition discussed in this module, but also
following all the steps in the entrepreneurial process until the
business is ready to participate actively in the marketplace. All
these steps will be discussed in the coming modules of this
course which will include, among other things, a clear and
comprehensive definition of the business in point and the
development of marketing and financial plans.
Assignment: Discussion—Entrepreneurs and the World of
Business
In this assignment, you will discuss the role of entrepreneurship
in improving the economic condition of countries and
individuals and understand the manner in which this perception
has spread around the world.
Tasks:

7. Entrepreneurship is being increasingly practiced in countries
throughout the world.
On the basis of this statement, answer the following questions:
Why do you think entrepreneurship is growing around the
world? Do you expect this trend to continue, or do you think
entrepreneurship's appeal will subside over time?
What are the three primary reasons that lead people into
becoming entrepreneurs?
Which reason would better describe an eventual personal choice
to become an entrepreneur?
Submission Details:
By Saturday December 22, 2108
, in about
300 words
, post your responses to this
Discussion Area
.
turned-in on time, Grading criteria followed All assignment
qualifications addressed correctly, Grading Criteria followed,
Include Question followed by the answer
Reference Page Included Cover page Included, Paragraphs
Indented, Running-head included, main heading should be
centered; all new paragraphs should be indented; paper should

8. be right ragged, not right justified; references, should always
go on a standalone page. abstracts are not usually indented;
acronyms should be spelled out when using them for the first
time, for example HR. references as listed are APA standard.
When you submit your papers through turnitin.com, your
overall similarity index score should not be exceedingly high,
with ten to fifteen percent being the maximum, Please make
sure your APA formatting of citations. I have provided the
APA resource cite for you.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01, Please
work on using literature within the span of the last 5 years,
keep in mind there should not be any one, two, or three
sentence paragraphs Your response should be thorough and
address all components of the discussion question in detail,
include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the
APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.
Write your initial response in
300–500 words.
Your response should be thorough and address all components
of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all
sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and
demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Do the following when responding:
Read your answers.
Provide substantive comments by
contributing new, relevant information from course readings,
Web sites, or other sources;

9. building on the remarks or questions; or
sharing practical examples of key concepts from your
professional or personal experiences
Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback on
their ideas.
Make sure your writing
is clear, concise, and organized;
demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and
attribution of sources; and
displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Grading Criteria:
Quality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment
instructions
Reference to supporting readings and other materials
Language and grammar