\documentclass{report} \input{preamble} \input{macros} \input{letterfonts} \title{\Huge{Entrepreneurship and Innovation}} \author{\huge{Aidan Sharpe}} \date{} \begin{document} \maketitle \newpage% or \cleardoublepage % \pdfbookmark[]{}{<dest>} \pdfbookmark[section]{\contentsname}{toc} \tableofcontents \pagebreak \chapter{} \dfn{Entrepreneurship} { According to Steve Blanc, \emph{Entrepreneurship} is the search for a sustainable and repeatable process to validate a business idea. } The difference between a startup and a business is that a startup is a hypothesis test for a process, while a business is the tested idea. \dfn{Intrapreneurship} { The act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization. } \dfn{Bootstrapping} { Being able to create a startup with minimal budget and without external funds. } \dfn{Pitch Deck} { A marketing presentation used to gain investors and funding. } The design thinking process: \begin{enumerate} \item \textbf{Empathize}: understand what the customer \emph{wants} and \emph{needs} \item \textbf{Define} \item \textbf{Ideate} \item \textbf{Prototype} \item \textbf{Test} \end{enumerate} \dfn{Growth Mindset} { } \dfn{Ideation} { The act of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas. } \chapter{} \section{Business Model} \dfn{Business Model} { Describes the rationale of how a new venture delivers and captures value } \noindent A business model canvas has nine segments in four core areas. \begin{enumerate} \item \textbf{Offering}: Value generated and reaching customer base \item \textbf{Customer}: Customers are \item \textbf{Infrastructure}: includes all necessary resources to fulfill customer value proposition \item \textbf{Financial Viability}: defines costs and revenue streams \end{enumerate} \dfn{Customer Value Proposition (CVP)} { Better value than competition. Measurable in monetary terms. Must be sustainable for long-term operation. } \subsection{Business Model Canvas} \begin{enumerate} \item \textbf{Customer Value Proposition}: properly addresses the need \item \textbf{Customer Segments}: \item \textbf{Customer Relationships}: People want to know that you care. How to get, keep, and grow a customer base. \end{enumerate} \dfn{Minimum Value Proposition} { Meets needs and requirements of the CVP while mitigating risk } \end{document}