OPPORTUNITY SEEKING

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Marlon T. Onofre
Teacher II
Bucal National High School
OBJECTIVES
01 Identify the attributes of an entrepreneur
in opportunity seeking
02 Show characteristics of an opportunity
seeker through illustration
03 Distinguish sources of opportunities using
seeking techniques
01
“The secret to successful
hiring is this: look for the
people who want to change
the world.”
 –Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO
When opportunities open
for you, how would you
determine if this is the
right one for you?
 02
Activity
A MILLIONAIRE'S Projection
GROUP WORK
10 MINUTES ONLY
Draw your own image of
an entrepreneur.
Assign five parts of the body as
attributes of becoming an
entrepreneur.
Present your work.
 03
Analysis
1. What do you think are the
best characters of an
entrepreneur?
2. How do these characteristics help
in seeking opportunities for
business?
3. What are the different sources of
opportunities one might consider in
planning a business?
 04
Abstraction
 Opportunity Seeking
Entrepreneurs are innovative opportunity seekers
Have endless curiosity to discover new ideas
A TINKER on improving operational capability
thru new technologies
Greater efficiency, better economics & upgrading
their reach
 3 Components Essential to an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial Mind Frame

Allows seeing things in an optimistic

light in the midst of crisis

Using problematic situations as

inspirations
 Heart Flame
Driven by passion, one totally devotes to the quest
Not easily disheartened but rather driven to persevere
even more
There is EQ which manifested in nurturing
relationships with customer, employees, and suppliers
Looks after the interest of his people creating a
CARING CULTURE within the organization
 Gut Game

The ability to sense without using the 5

senses (INTUITION)
COURAGE, the confidence and firm beliefs
that everything is within reach
Different Sources of Opportunities

Macro Market
environment
Industry Other
sources
Macro Environment - refers to the big
forces that affects the area, industry and
the market
Socio-cultural Ecological
Political Technological
Economic
Industry Source
The biggest sources of opportunities
Market Source
the measure of actual demand and supply as
well as potential demand and supply of the
industry

90% 50% 65% 40%

90% 50% 65% 40%

90%
70%
 Other Sources

refers to own set of

skills or expertise,
or hobby
Application

Brainstorm: If you are

already pursuing a
business, give the
opportunities and
threats in your
business?
Assignmen
1.What t
is an Industry Trend?
2.Choose one of the newspapers or periodicals and
locate an article or reference to an industry
trend. Summarize the information you read and
attach a copy of your source.