E-Challenge 2010

Master Entrepreneurship – Business Administration

09-09-2010

AGENDA

E-assignment 1 Pros and cons of business networks @ Pundamilia E-assignment 2 Civil servant about entrepreneurial policy @ E-assignment 3 Quote 500 entrepreneur with 5 tips for success @ van der

Valk E-assignment 4 If the shoe fits… @ Sneakers E-assignment 5 Chamber of commerce and start-ups @ KvK Utrecht E-assignment 6 (Dis)advantages of an incubator @ E-assignment 7 Entrepreneurial aspects @ Sexmuseum Amsterdam E-assignment 8 Entrepreneur about bankruptcy @ Rhebergen E-assignment 9 Business connection @ Eigenbiermerk & van Meel E-assignment 10 Serving a societal goal @ Osira Groep E-assignment 11 Entrepreneur, bank and expert on recession @ Tribe of

Noise, ABN AMRO, … E-assignment 12 Vind en Win @ Twitter E-assignment 13 First aid for E-challenge @ Tribe of Noise via

Formspring.me E-assignment 14 Entrepreneurial veterans @ Osira Groep Questions? It’s raining E-points @ No discussion possible

E-ASSIGNMENT 1 PROS AND CONS OF BUSINESS NETWORKS @

Punda Milia

Pros of a business network: o Cheap solutions for beginning starters. o A business network provides in flexibility. o A business network is always up to date.

And it keeps you up to date.

Cons of a business network:o Harm your reputation. o The gap between users and non users of a social

network.

E-ASSIGNMENT 2 CIVIL SERVANT ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIAL POLICY @

Facility’s

Extensive programms

Specefic project

E-ASSIGNMENT 3 QUOTE 500 ENTREPRENEUR WITH 5 TIPS FOR SUCCESS @

Family Van der Valk - Nr. 49 - Quote 500

 

• Inner drive for success

• Know your market thoroughly

• Customer directed

• Being creative

• Entrepreneurship as a lifestyle 

E-ASSIGNMENT 4 IF THE SHOE FITS @

Location: Sneakers, Grote Houtstraat, Haarlem

Job: Try to sell a pair of shoes

Negotiation about the salary….

Result: 15% of the salesprice (of every shoe)

Work: In one hour, Christiaan sold one pair of shoes to a customer (it wasn’t a very busy day)

Price: € 89,00

Salary: € 13,35

Normally it is not possible to work for only one hour!

Entrepreneurial view

Some tips from a Sneakers salesman:

- Ask open questions like: ‘What kind of shoe are you looking for?’

- Do not be too insistent

E-ASSIGNMENT 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND START-UPS @

Chamber of Commerce Utrecht, activities:

Professional advisor

Organising seminars

Start up Magazine

Online help desk

Chamber of Commerces guides entrepreneurs through different stages:

Orientation

Planning

Go to work

Looking forward

E-ASSIGNMENT 6 (DIS)ADVANTAGES OF AN INCUBATOR @

Providing in advice, facilities, guiding & information

Starting capital Use of network Cluster of company’s Events

Feeling of supervisor Setting goals

E-ASSIGNMENT 7 ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPECTS @

Entrepreneurial aspects:

o They had their logo pasted on the coins of 1 euro and 2

euro.

o Scooter with logo on it.

o Drawing.

o Pencils with name of the sexmuseum.

o Information brochure.

o Visitors can make free pictures of all the things.

E-ASSIGNMENT 8 ENTREPRENEUR ABOUT BANKRUPTCY @

• Very open company

• Drive and believe in company

• No stigmatization

• Curator believes in restart

E-ASSIGNMENT 9 BUSINESS CONNECTION @

E-ASSIGNMENT 9 BUSINESS CONNECTION @

Entrepreneur 1

Christiaan Deijkers

Commercial

Director

Eigenbiermerk.nl

Entrepreneur 1

Christiaan Deijkers

Commercial

Director

Eigenbiermerk.nl

Entrepreneur 2

Joep van Meel

Director

F.E.A.B. van Meel

Entrepreneur 2

Joep van Meel

Director

F.E.A.B. van Meel

Connection:FEAB van Meel can arrange the financial

administration of Eigenbiermerk.nl

Benefits:

FEAB van Meel maintains a special rate for starters

FEAB van Meel has a large business network (banks, insurance companies etc.)

FEAB van Meel offers personal guidance to Eigenbiermerk.nl next to the

paperwork

E-ASSIGNMENT 10 SERVING A SOCIETAL GOAL @

• Need for achievement – we wanted to achieve the assignment• Tolerance for ambiguity – we had no idea what whould happen, what we had to do and how they would react• Self-efficacy – we all had one goal and we all believed in it• Drive – we had the drive to help the people and make them happy and of course to achieve the assignment• Empathy – we have the capacity to share the feelings of the elderly• Social commitment – we all have a strong feeling of social commitment and try to help where we can• Patience – we wait for the right moment

E-ASSIGNMENT 11 ENTREPRENEUR, BANK AND EXPERT ON RECESSION @

The consequences of the economic recession

11a) for SME’s...

ABN AMRO Haarlem (front office employee)

1) Less intake requests for business bank accounts

2) Stricter requirements for getting a loan

3) The bank demands a well-founded business plan

4) Increase in freelance workers

5) A secure income is more important than ever

11b) for services delivered by banks...

Spoken with: Mr. van Oorschot (Director of Tribe of noise)

1) Banks were more generous in giving loans to entrepreneurs. At this moment entrepreneurs

can’t get loans at the banks

2) Opportunity: getting loans from business angels (absurd goals)

3) No venture capital climate

4) For Tribe of Noise: opportunity ABN Amro sold their entrepreneurial department to the

Deutsche Bank (to expand – be more generous)

E-ASSIGNMENT 12 VIND EN WIN @

The ‘Find the Location’ contest

E-ASSIGNMENT 13 FIRST AID FOR E-CHALLENGE @

E-ASSIGNMENT 14 ENTREPRENEURIAL VETERANS @

“ There are so many regulations now a days, there was much more

freedom in running your business 30 years ago”

“Now everything is media, I don’t know much about it, but back in the days

business was more tangible.”

“I was selling on the Nieuwmarkt for years,

selling curtains. I was there everyday, rain or shine, working hard to make a living. I was passionate

about my work, loved doing it and never gave up, recession or not, I was there, trying to sell my

products. “

QUESTIONS ?