BSAD 345 WEEK 3
1. In May 1985, a small company, America Online, started in business with a service for
connecting to the Internet. On March 19, 1992, AOL sold a portion of its shares to the public.
AOLs aggressive pricing and marketing campaigns fostered
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What are the key factors in determining if this is a valid business
opportunity for Josh,
Mathew and Hannah? Is this a real business opportunity or just an idea?
The key factors in determining if this is a valid business opportunity for Josh,
Matthew a
Morgan Johnston
BSAD 345
Assignment 5
02/22/2017
1) Social and professional networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have
leveraged network effects to expand market impact by allowing businesses to expand
their online outreach using social
Morgan Johnston
BSAD 345
Assignment 6
02/28/2017
1) Organizations become innovative to attract new customers, maintain their current
customers, and gain competitive advantage. For this reason, innovation has become
an important factor in todays business e
Morgan Johnston
BSAD 345
Assignment 4
02/13/17
1) A key factor in determining the validity of the business opportunity for Josh, Mathew,
and Hannah is whether there is a need for the product to be sold, how the biodiesel is
made, and where it should be ma
Morgan Johnston
BSAD 345
Assignment 1
1/24/2017
1. Everyone has ideas; however, not all ideas are opportunities. An idea in terms of
entrepreneurship is the thought of a product or service that may be marketable to
consumers. In contrast, an opportunity i
Morgan Johnston
BSAD 345
Assignment 2
02/01/2017
1) I believe Netflix entered the market at the perfect time. With new technology and faster
internet, it was easy to order a DVD from home and mail it back after you had watched it.
Netflix provided a conve
Morgan Johnston
BSAD 345
Module 3 Assignment
02/09/2017
1) America Online (AOL) beat it competitors, Prodigy and CompuServe, in part due to
AOLs ability to put together the right mix of attributes that would later led to their
success. One of the moves th
Chima Ekeji
Case 1.
1. What are the key factors in determining if this is a valid business opportunity for Josh,
Mathew and Hannah? Is this a real business opportunity or just an idea?
Business Opportunity - key factors
Cost Income Independence Work Risk
Chima Ekeji
Assignment Ch. 5&17
AOL beat its competitors Prodigy and CompuServe in part because of the unprecedented
amount of CDs they gave to potential customers via the mail, as well as being available in
public places, providing access to a carrier th
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Acquisitions and Global Expansion
Opportunityisrare,andawisepersonwillneverletitgobyhim.
BayardTaylor
Summary
Howcanentrepreneursbestmanageexpansionvia
acquisitionsandentryintonewgeographicmarkets?
Anewventuremaystartasapurchaseofanexistingcompanybya
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Opportunity and the Concept Summary
In the field of observation, chance only favors minds which are prepared. Louis Pasteur
Summary
How can an entrepreneur identify and select a valuable opportunity? The choice of an opportunity and the decision to act
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Economic Growth & the Technology Entrepreneur
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the longrange risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
Summary
John F. Kennedy
What drives global entrepreneurship? The entreprene
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