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5 MINUTES ON YOUR OWN

5 MINUTES ON YOUR OWN

(1) Write your own definition of an ENTREPRENEUR. Who is an entrepreneur, or what

does the word entrepreneurship mean?
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(2) Take a look in the upper left-hand corner of this paper. Have you ever heard of the
organization Network For Teaching
If you have, what is it?
If you havent what do you think it is?

Entrepreneurship?

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(3) Do you know anyone who owns their own business?
If you do know someone, who are they and what business do they own?
If you dont know someone, who is a famous business owner that you know of?
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(4) From the pictures above, circle as many famous entrepreneurs that you know, and write
their names and the businesses they own down below:
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(5) What is your current career interest?

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What is Network For Teaching

Entrepreneurship? (NFTE)
(1)NFTE is an organization that

(2)Students who participate in NFTE will

(3) Cool things that NFTE does with/for its teachers and students .

Lets watch a Business Plan Presentation from Ambar Romero

(4) What did you learn from Ambars presentation that you think NFTE
taught her?
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What does it take to become an

Entrepreneur?

(1)
Take a look at the list of traits below. In your opinion, what are
the three most important traits to have in order to start your own
business? Circle them.

Risk-taking

Long-term
vision

Drive

Creativity

Goal
oriented

Problem
Solving

Ability to
see
opportuniti
es

Learning
from
failure

Flexibility

Collaborati
on

Ability to
find and
use
informatio
n

Initiative

Productivit
y

(2)
Now, explain WHY you chose these three traits. Why are these
traits important when starting your own business?
Trait:

Why it is important:

My Traits

My partners traits

(3)
Turn to a neighbor and talk to them about the traits they chose
versus the traits you chose. Write down any of the different traits below:

Traits in
common