I was surprised, when on Friday, sep 03 came to the lecture and had a seminar de-facto.
It was an interesting, almost unformal talk. But I need to get used to such a lecture format.
More than seventy years ago Shumpeter suggested a term “innovation”. In becomes more and more popular year by year, but be true, not everyone who tells “innovation”, knows the meaning of this word.
On other hand, this is one of the most ambiguous terms in the modern science – so it is no surprise that we can get confused.
The most interesting discussed idea for me was connected with the thought, that entrepreneurs pay great attention to the details.
It surprised and scared a little bit. Looks like person can be creative, but not entrepreneurial, as well as entrepreneurial, but not creative. Does the missing page in the business plan (no matter which, according to this theory) determine, is its creator entrepreneurial or not? Is it possible to provide everything? All possible scenarios, future forecasts and grotesque disasters? What if the person did not thought about the end of human being in 2012 (or goat flu, or Martian invation, or dinosaur’s awakening, as well as stock market crash caused by weather changes in Peru), and it suddenly came true, just one of this billion possibilities, and ended his business? Can he still be called entrepreneur? Or we should stain this looser because he did not pay attention to that detail?
To my opinion, entrepreneur is not the one who tries to provide everything, but the one who can be mobile and react on the changes quickly, to make even drawbacks came into profit.
And what’s on your mind?
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A couple words about the entrepreneurial game. Wonderful opportunity to see all benefits and drawbacks of any teamwork and brainstorming. It showed, that it’s hard for me to work in team. Unbelievable hard, so I should learn it quick.
Also it proved an obvious thing: if one team has seven people, three teams each has six and the last one has five people, and the background of all persons is approximately the same… Who will be a winner and a looser?
Yes.
Obvious.
my brain burst!)))...
ОтветитьУдалитьthat's why it is you and not me - studying there!^)))
Hi Yulia,
ОтветитьУдалитьI agree that an entrepreneur is not the one who tries to provide everything, but the one who can be mobile and react on the changes quickly, to make even drawbacks came into profit. By doing so the entrepreneur can react on opportunities.
And off course a person can be creative, but not entrepreneurial, as well as entrepreneurial, but not creative. This is because every entrepreneur is different. Some are more creative than others, but that does not always make him a more successful entrepreneur. It is the way of combining these important skills to create success.
Regards,
Stef
Hi
ОтветитьУдалитьJust a note of curiosity, you state that not everyone who talk about innovation knows the definition of it. People may have different perceptions of it.. what is yours??
Regards,
Sara
Stef, you're definitely right - entrepreneurs (just like an ordinary people) are so different, that it's impossible to make one scenario suit everyone.
ОтветитьУдалитьSara, for my opinion, innovation is new way of seeing the world. Change the point of view - and innovation is the thing that is hidden round the corne!