Homework: Starting a Business
The first homework paper has you researching and applying your reading this week to a Company that symbolizes the entrepreneurial spirit. So, you will be researching "TOMS Shoes" and the Founder/Chief Shoe Giver, Blake Micoskie, in responding to the homework questions that follow. TOMS Shoes, as an online seller of shoes, has a unique marketing philosophy that is based on a considerable level of corporate responsibility and philanthropy. Their shoes are primarily sold online and for every pair of shoes a person buys, a pair of shoes is provided to a child in a developing country.
In pulling your minimum 2 pages response section together, you will want to respond to the following questions (based on our ebook reading and using "qualified" research sources) and respond to each question in the order asked.
a. Describe the elements of entrepreneurship.
b. Describe how the key elements of entrepreneurism (as outlined in your reading and based on your "qualified" research sources) have influenced the Founder of TOMS?
c. Explain how social responsibility and social entrepreneurship play a role in how TOMS is structured to achieve their profit motive and positive social goals simultaneously.
d. By using and expanding on the "Dream Scale," that is found in your ebook reading, apply this framework to how this would be applicable to a business that you would like to open in the future.
e. In follow-up to the 3rd question, how can you personally apply the principles of social responsibility and social entrepreneurship to the business that you would like to create?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.