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11 August 2016

Entrepreneurship Environment & Angel Investment In Turkey

''An entrepreneur is a person who sees the difference between an opportunity & and a threat, but turns both into an opportunity.''
Turkey Corporate/Commercial Law

Definition of Entrepreneurship

Entre + prendre => Undertake, begin stg...

''An entrepreneur is a person who sees the difference between an opportunity & and a threat, but turns both into an opportunity.''

Action + turn into (transform) + added value

Wake up Test for Entrepreneurs

  1. I don't like being told what to do by people who are less capable than I am.
  2. I like challenging myself.
  3. I like to win.
  4. I like being my own boss.
  5. I always look for new and better ways to do things.
  6. I like to question conventional wisdom.
  7. I like to get people together in order to get things done.
  8. People get excited by my ideas.
  9. I am rarely satisfied or complacent.
  10. I can't sit still.
  11. I can usually work my way out of a difficult situation.
  12. I would rather fail at my own thing than succeed at someone else's.
  13. Whenever there is a problem, I am ready to jump right in.
  14. I think old dogs can learn — even invent — new tricks.
  15. Members of my family run their own businesses.
  16. I have friends who run their own businesses.
  17. I worked after school and during vacations when I was growing up
  18. I get an adrenaline rush from selling things.
  19. I am exhilarated by achieving results.
  20. I could have written a better test than Isenberg (and here is what I would change ....)

Source: https://hbr.org/2010/02/should-you-be-an-entrepreneur

WHAT is GEM?

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project is an annual assessment of the entrepreneurial activity, aspirations and attitudes of individuals across a wide range of countries.

Conducted since 1998, with the participation of 73 countries worldwide, as of 2014 GEM is a major international research study aimed at increasing our knowledge of entrepreneurship.

http://www.gemconsortium.org/

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