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Assessing Your Assessing Your StrengthsStrengths
20132013
Welcome Welcome Introductions Introductions At your tables, introduce At your tables, introduce
yourself with:yourself with: Name and discipline;Name and discipline; Your entrepreneurial product Your entrepreneurial product
or service; or service; A A natural strength natural strength you haveyou have
that can help you be that can help you be successful.successful.
Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurial StrengthsStrengths
Strengths/Skills/Characteristics:Strengths/Skills/Characteristics: Adaptability (flexibility as market Adaptability (flexibility as market
changes)changes) Collaborative (connected; different Collaborative (connected; different
groups)groups) Passion (+usefulness = what people Passion (+usefulness = what people
want)want) Persistence (pick yourself up)Persistence (pick yourself up) Risk-taking (recognize opportunity)Risk-taking (recognize opportunity)
Gender DifferencesGender DifferencesWomen:Women:Tend to have less Tend to have less small business small business experienceexperienceNetwork primarily Network primarily with other womenwith other womenHave financial and Have financial and non-financial goalsnon-financial goalsDifferent reasons for Different reasons for going into businessgoing into business
Men:Men:More likely to believe More likely to believe they have the skillsthey have the skillsAsk for larger Ask for larger amounts of start-up amounts of start-up capitalcapitalStart businesses with Start businesses with mainly financial goalsmainly financial goalsAre more likely to Are more likely to have multiple small have multiple small businessesbusinesses
Entrepreneurial DNAEntrepreneurial DNA BuilderBuilder
Strengths: Driven; FocusedStrengths: Driven; Focused OpportunistOpportunist
Strengths: Risk-Taker; ActStrengths: Risk-Taker; Act SpecialistSpecialist
Strengths: Expertise; DepthStrengths: Expertise; Depth InnovatorInnovator
Strengths: Creative; Client-orientedStrengths: Creative; Client-oriented
From: From: Entrepreneurial DNA Entrepreneurial DNA by Joe Abrahamby Joe Abraham
Assessing Your Own Strengths
Strengths: Adaptable Collaborative Creative Passion Positive Risk-taking Responsible Self-Confident Visionary Others:
Apply your strengths: Example: use Visionary
to decide what matters Use Collaborative to
partner Use Risk-taking to start Use Passion to stay the
course
NetworkingNetworkingPeople and organizations to People and organizations to
add:add:
YOU
ResiliencyResiliency Facing realityFacing reality
Dealing with what isDealing with what is
Making meaningMaking meaning Creating opportunity from adversityCreating opportunity from adversity
Developing relationshipsDeveloping relationships Asking for supportAsking for support
ImprovisingImprovising Making do with what you haveMaking do with what you have
ChangingChanging Capturing the learningCapturing the learning
Covey Quadrants: Covey Quadrants: Important and UrgentImportant and Urgent
Important, Not Urgent (planning; research; design)
Important and Urgent (emergencies; commitments; meetings; planned tasks, etc.)
Not Important, Not Urgent(non-revenue)
Not Important, but Urgent(interruptions: cell phone, trivial tasks)
Taking ActionTaking Action How will you use your two best How will you use your two best
strengths this week or this strengths this week or this month? month?
Identify at least one person and Identify at least one person and one organization to add to your one organization to add to your networknetwork
Pick a development area and Pick a development area and decide how to grow. decide how to grow.