ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOT-CAMPINSTRUCTOR: VISHAL KIRTI

DATE: FEB. 28, 2016

SESSION 2

BEHAVIOR TRAITS OF A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR

FIREWORKS

HOMEWORK

•Guy in the middle.

•Instructor’s Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/everythingabouteducati

on1/

GENIUS

GENIUS

•ATTRIBUTED BY SOCIETY

• IMPACT, TIMELESSNESS, NOVELTY

•HELPED BY

•GEOGRAPHY- URBAN SPACES, WALK, MENTORS, PRIOR SUCCESS

• DIVERSITY

•WHATEVER IS VALUED, FLOURISHES

• ENTREPRENEURSHIP & RISK TAKING

SILICON VALLEY

SILICON VALLEY EVOLUTION• STANFORD & TERMAN

•SHOCKLEY- SCHOCKLEY LABS

•TRAITOROUS EIGHT- EG. ROBERT NOYCE

•FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTORS, INTEL

•MORE TALENT

•POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP

GRIT

CAN BE TRAINED

SELF REGULATION: MARSHMELLOW EXPERIMENT

CAN BE TRAINED

GIVE ME EXAMPLES OF SELF-REGULATIONFROM YOUR LIVES

SELF BELIEF

• POSITIVE MINDSET

• CHALLENGE SELF

CRITICISM

• RECOGNIZE &

CELEBRATE

ACHIEVEMENTS

• FAILURE- PATH TO

SUCCESS

RISK TAKERS- FEARLESS

• SEE CHANGE AND RISK AS OPPORTUNITY

EXAMPLES OF RISK TAKINGFROM YOUR LIFE

INTEGRITY

SOCIAL SKILLS

• LEADERSHIP

• TEAMWORK

• PRESENTATION

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

• CHOOSE INTRINSICALLY

MOTIVATED PEOPLE

• REWARD THEM WITH

• AUTONOMY OVER WORK

• HOW

• WHERE

• WHICH PROJECT

• WITH WHOM

TEAMWORK

PRESENTATION

ENTREPRENEUR IN FOCUS

• Founded WHATEVERLIFE.COM @ 14

• Free MySpace Layouts and HTML Tutorials

• Lots of advertising revenue

• More Traffic than circulations of Seventeen, CosmoGirl! and Teen Vogue combined

• Refused acquisition for $1.5m + choice of any car

• At 16, bought a $250K home in cash and lives with mom and sister

HOMEWORK

• Research an entrepreneur

• Need not be very famous

• Three qualities

LAST WEEK’S H/W AND ACTIVITY

• Form Teams- not more than 4-5 members in each team

• Assign a presenter/leader

• Team Name and Team Member Names

• Few minutes to brainstorm and come up with an idea

• Use SCAMPER AND PASSION

• Or any technique of your choice

• APP Development related ideas easier to implement

• Submit the idea and we will discuss some time permitting