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  • Summary

    4.1 Tools for Creativity and Innovation There are many practical approaches to being creative and developing innovations. Many programs and models encourage creative thinking. Some of the best encourage entrepreneurs to think like the stakeholders they hope their products and services will help. Human-centered design begins with empathizing with the people experiencing a problem or pain…

  • Developing Ideas, Innovations, and Inventions

    Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: The previous section defined creativity, innovation, and invention, and provided examples. You might think of creativity as raw; innovation as transforming creativity into a functional purpose, often meant to eradicate a pain point or to fulfill a need; and invention as a…

  • Creativity, Innovation, and Invention: How They Differ

    Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: One of the key requirements for entrepreneurial success is your ability to develop and offer something unique to the marketplace. Over time, entrepreneurship has become associated with creativity, the ability to develop something original, particularly an idea or a representation of an idea.…

  • Tools for Creativity and Innovation

    Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Creativity, innovation, and invention are key concepts for your entrepreneurial journey. Fostering creativity and innovation will add essential tools to your entrepreneurial toolkit. In this chapter, first you’ll learn about a few practical tools that can assist you in your efforts to…

  • Introduction

    Figure 4.1 Creativity comes in many forms. It can be messy, but creativity is an essential element of innovation and inventiveness, both of which can drive entrepreneurship. (credit: modification of “On creativity” by Linus Bohman/Flickr, CC BY 2.0) Chapter Outline 4.1 Tools for Creativity and Innovation 4.2 Creativity, Innovation, and Invention: How They Differ 4.3 Developing Ideas, Innovations, and Inventions…

  • Summary

    3.1 Ethical and Legal Issues in Entrepreneurship The first section of this chapter explores the relationship between entrepreneurship, ethics, social responsibility, and the law. At times, ethical conduct and legal conduct may seem intertwined; in other circumstances, they are quite different. This section discusses how ethical considerations can provide a moral compass for entrepreneurs seeking to…

  • Developing a Workplace Culture of Ethical Excellence and Accountability

    Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Successful entrepreneurs understand that the workplace of 2020 is quite different from that of 2000, just twenty years ago. As the heading to this section suggests, progressive entrepreneurs want to create a workplace culture of ethical excellence. However, doing that means understanding a changing…

  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship

    Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: To understand the role of a socially responsible entrepreneur, it is important to first look at the major tenets of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the underlying reason why this concept was conceived. Few directives in business can override the core mission…

  • Ethical and Legal Issues in Entrepreneurship

    Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: What does it mean to be both ethical and socially responsible as an entrepreneur? When Martin Shkreli decided to increase the price overnight of a lifesaving HIV drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill, the public immediately characterized his actions as unethical.…

  • Introduction

    Figure 3.1 Photo of Martin Shkreli (left). Scrabble tiles spelling SHKRELI PRISON (right). (credit (left): modification of “Martin Shkreli 2016” by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain; credit (right): modification of “Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding investors” by Marco Verch/Flickr, CC BY 2.0) Chapter Outline 3.1 Ethical and Legal…

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