Homework: Women and Minorities in Entrepreneurship
OBJECTIVES
a) Design a 4-5 minute self-running presentation on a female or minority entrepreneur.
b) Determine the entrepreneur's impact on their industry based on their actions.
c) Explain how personal challenges have changed this entrepreneur.
GOAL
You will choose a female and/or minority entrepreneur who has had a positive impact on the entertainment industry. Create a 4-5 minute self-running presentation with plenty of visuals, facts, figures, and quotes gathered from your research. Use your discretion when organizing and deciding how many slides are going to be presented to satisfy the time allotment.
INSTRUCTIONS
After reading Chapter 3 of The Guide to Entrepreneurship textbook and listening to a podcast of your choice from Great Women of Business choose one female and/or minority entrepreneur to research.
a) List the entrepreneur's name, company, and position. In addition, research this person to learn more about who they are and how they use the entrepreneurship concepts.
b) What is the entrepreneur's background? Include relevant information about their upbringing, family, and personal life. What is the entrepreneur's experience? Include past jobs, companies worked for, and awards.
c) What challenges has the entrepreneur overcome to become successful? Use the entrepreneurship textbook concepts (3.3 Personal Challenges) from Chapter 3 to support your answer.
d) Does he/she lead by example? Why or why not? Use the leadership textbook concepts from Chapter 4 to support your answer.
e) Include a summary at the end of your presentation. Cover key points from your presentation.
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.