2. Use innovative thinking to generate ideas for high-potential startups.
3. Describe external and internal analyses that might shape the selection of venture opportunities.
4. Explain broad-based strategy options and focus strategies. 5. Know how to screen business ideas to identify those with the greatest potential.
6. Assess the feasibility of a startup idea.
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Developing Startup Ideas
• Opportunity Recognition
Identification of potential new products or services
that may lead to promising businesses
• Entrepreneurial Alertness
Readiness to act on unnoticed business opportunities
and to pivot quickly away from flawed initial ideas.
• Which Product or Service?
Serves important consumer needs
Has readily recognized utility and user benefits
Is affordable to a large group of potential customers
A good idea is not the same as a good opportunity.
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Creating a New Business from Scratch
To develop a commercial market for new product or service
To tap into unique resources that are available Motivations
To Start a Business
Wanting the challenge of succeeding (or failing) on your own
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To avoid undesirable features of existing companies
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Types of Ideas That Develop into Startups
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Common Sources of Startup Ideas
Prior work experience 45%
Personal
interest/hobby
16%
Chance happening 11%
Suggestion
7%
Education/
Family
business
Friends/
6% relatives 5%
Other
4%
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Change-Based Sources of
Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Change Factor
Definition
Industry or Enterprise Factors
The unexpected
Unanticipated events lead to either enterprise success or failure. The incongruous
What is expected is out of line with what will work.
Process needs
Current technology is insufficient to address an emerging challenge. Structural change
Changes in technology, markets, etc., alter industry dynamics.
Human and Economic Factors
Demographics
Shifts in population size, age structure, ethnicity, and income distribution impact product demand.
Changes in perception
Perceptual variations determine product demand.
New knowledge
Learning opens the door to new product opportunities with commercial potential.
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Using Innovative Thinking to Generate Business
Ideas
1. Borrow ideas from existing products and services or other industries.
2. Combine two businesses into one to create a