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Lesson 01 - Assignment

Lesson 01 - Assignment

Q Interview an entrepreneur in an industry or business that interests you. Focus on how and why this entrepreneur started his or her business. Be sure to include the following: a. Contact information b. The entrepreneur’s name, address, title, company name, and phone number c. Background d. How did you find this person and why did you choose her or him? e. Why is this person an entrepreneur? f. What influenced the entrepreneur to identify and pursue this opportunity? g. How did the entrepreneur’s background (family history, prior education, and work experience) affect the opportunity discovered? h. Describe the opportunity that the entrepreneur decided to pursue and the process the entrepreneur used to evaluate the opportunity. i. How did the entrepreneur evaluate the opportunity? j. What criteria did the entrepreneur use to decide whether to pursue the opportunity? k. What were the perceived risks of this opportunity and how did the entrepreneur expect to manage them? l. What did the entrepreneur do to turn the opportunity into a business? m. m. Identify specific activities the entrepreneur undertook to develop the opportunity into a business. n. Identify when the entrepreneur did these activities (provide dates: month and year). o. Identify important contacts and individuals who were helpful during the startup process. p. What major problems did the entrepreneur encounter along the way? q. How were these problems solved? r. What advice would the entrepreneur give to someone thinking about pursuing an opportunity? s. Why was this entrepreneur successful?

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I have interviewed an entrepreneur in the retail industry because this industry interests me. The entrepreneur had just started his business in the year of 2020 in the month of January. The business had run well in the first two months, However, the business had not been running well from the month of March because of the pandemic situation of COVID-19. The name of the entrepreneur is Brody Cox. The contact information of this entrepreneur is brodycoxmailbox86@gmail.com. The address of the entrepreneur is 102 Ellerslie Way, Ellerslie, GA, 31807. The entrepreneur is the sole proprietor of the retail business of retail products setup by him. The name of the company is Brody’s retail products.