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A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of the Senior High School
University of Mindanao, Davao City
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January 2019
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
necessary physical and human capital to start a new venture, and operates it and is
responsible for its success or failure. Entrepreneurs identify an opportunity and then
capitalize on it. If there’s demand, they become the one with the supply (Hayes,
2003), the one who provides the demand of the market. Entrepreneur can be those of
who took up business related courses or not and/or have no educational degree at all.
their ventures through business education but not all requires one. Through countless
own skills in running a business which makes it not that necessary for them to have
their own business degree and yet this does not imply to everyone who aims to gain
profit and succeed in business venturing. However, according to Mack (2019), even
qualifications related to the running of their businesses, it’s not imperative. Some of
the business world’s biggest names have only a few qualifications, but have gone on
opportunities for relevant, real world learning experiences. These programs provide
information and connections that help them to explore potential work and business
that are caused by the recent global economic crisis are the major issues in the
political agenda of all countries today. (Askun & Yildirim, 2011). The Global
“as a reliable means to improve one’s economic and social standing.” The report said
the country’s huge population, high educational attainment and the growing
developed and knowledgeable entrepreneur will still fail. Here in Davao City, Charita
Puentespina, not a business degree holder became o successful entrepreneur with her
In the K-12 program that the DepEd offers there is The Accountancy, Business
and Management (ABM) strand that focuses on the basic concepts of financial
management, business management, corporate operations, and all things that are
accounted for. For the college education courses which are related in business
(Creswell, 2013). The purpose of this phenomenological study is to find out the
venturing, how they dealt with their entrepreneurship journey, their management
mechanisms in dealing with their hardships, and the insights gained from those
experiences they have gone through their journey as entrepreneurs without any
background in business venturing, desires and ambitions in life, and the capacity of
the informants to face the challenges and difficulties that they have encountered.
Research Questions
an entrepreneur?
venturing?
Theoretical Lens
with that. On the contrary, it’s still helpful in developing and making progress to the
business field is that you’ll have them for lifetime. It’ll be useful for you to get better
job opportunities, no matter what happens to your business in the end. It is supported
by the study conducted by Scott (2017), that most of the entrepreneurs who have
business problems, creating new ideas and innovations, and analyzing market sales
beneficial for business entrepreneurs, yet academic educational background might not
be the most efficient tool to be a successful one (Lill, 2019). Plenty of entrepreneurs
don’t even have any degree in relation about managing business but doing extremely
well; has freedom to think and feel like experts who lead and run businesses.
formulating new business ideas and problem solutions that will fill the gap between
Aspiring Entrepreneurs. This study will serve as guiding tool that will help
them see the importance of having formal education in relation to business and what
impact it can bring to them as they enter entrepreneurship in the near future.
Future Researchers. This study can become very useful and credible source
where they can gain informations that may help them and their study.
Definitions of Terms
The following terms used in this study are defined in terms of operation and
Entrepreneur. As used in this study, the term refers to make their own
business model, provied the needs and wants of its market and gain income from it.
of courses designed to provide students with all the necessary skills for business
entrepreneurs in Davao city who have beaten the downsides in business venturing.
The research sample is made out of youthful and professional entrepreneurs who have
gone hardships and how could they endure. The essential information gathering
experience and through their cooperation in business venturing. This research utilized
purposive and comfort testing as far as the business achievement and different
foundations have discovered that individuals who have not gotten enterprise
instruction perform better at maintaining their very own businesses. Also, the
degree.
The study does not cover the entreprenuers lack of basic skills in the business.
Although entrepreneurs have started a business, they need certain skills to be able to
run it successful. This study does not provide a complete picture of the posibilities on
how entrepreneurs may be able to develop their own self in the business.The
Davao city who need to comprehend and pick up information even to those
entrepreneurs who have not finished their educational degree yet they end up fruitful.
This study is limited to the business students who actually expected to utilize this as
their primary reference of their work, eventhough this investigation has not
constraints and limitations are sources of opportunity in the marketplace, and sources
Chapter 2
In this literature review are selected readings, survey results, and studies
conducted globally to provide further support for this study. Few authors have done
Entrepreneurship
Like initiating social change, creating an innovative product or a new way of life.
What the definition of entrepreneurship does not tell you is that entrepreneurship is
what people do to take their careers and dreams into their own hands and lead them in
their own direction. It's about building your own life. There are no bosses. No
limitation of schedules. And nobody holds you back. Entrepreneurs can make the
In addition, Hisrich, et. Oh, al. (2008) stated that the term entrepreneurship, as
people and can be seen from different concepts. There are, however, some common
These commonalities will remain the driving force behind the future concept of
involves not only increasing capital output and income, but also initiating and
As Greene (2013) said, however, entrepreneurship is not for all. Some people
for you, you must first evaluate yourself. A self-evaluation is an assessment of your
Entrepreneur
working as an employee, establishes and runs a small company and assumes all the
risks and rewards of the company. The entrepreneur is often regarded as an innovator,
a source of new ideas, goods, services and businesses. Entrepreneurs have a crucial
role to play in any economy. These people have the skills and the necessary initiative
to anticipate current and future needs and to bring good new ideas to the market.
Entrepreneurs who prove successful in taking on the risks of a startup are rewarded
with profits, reputation and continued growth. Those who fail suffer losses and are
follow, most people find the path to entrepreneurship mystifying. What works for a
businessman may not work for the next businessman and vice versa. That said,
Kenton (2018) has taken five general steps, followed by most, if not all, successful
entrepreneurs:
1. Ensure Financial Stability – This first step is not a strict requirement, but is
companies while being less than financially flush, they start with an
adequate cash supply and ensure continued financing and can only help an
aspiring entrepreneur increase his or her personal path and give him or
her more time to build a successful business rather than worry about
2. Build a Diverse Skill Set – Once a person has strong financial resources, it is
important to build a variety of skills and apply them in the real world. The
beauty of step two is that it can be done at the same time as step one. The
financial background, he can play a sales role in his existing company to learn
the soft skills needed to succeed. Once a diverse set of skills is built, an
entrepreneur can rely on a toolkit when faced with the inevitability of tough
situations.
This may be in podcasts, books, articles or lectures. The important thing is that
aspiring entrepreneur should always become acquainted with the world around
him so that he can look at industries with a fresh perspective, giving him the
It is important that steps three and four be combined so that a problem can be
5. Solve That Problem – It is important that steps three and four be combined so
This often gives an aspiring entrepreneur the ability to see other problems.
Say, for example, you identify the procedure for appointing a dentist is
complicated for patients and as a result dentists lose customers. The value
appointments easier.
Zhelev (2018) said that the degree has as many uses as there are students who
decide to pursue it, but the program's three main objectives are career specialization,
career change and academic career. With so many higher education programmes, it is
often hard to find an option. After all, an advanced degree after a bachelor's degree
sets you on a career path that defines a lifetime of professional commitment in most
cases. To make the right choice, it is important to understand what the degree is and
Pennsylvania, USA. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or you are looking at a
corner office, a degree in business administration gives students the tools they need
challenging program that opens the doors to dozens of career paths. Here are four
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comprehensive degree combining art, science, planning and analysis. With a broad
marketing, public relations, advertising and insurance. The job market today is always
changing and highly competitive, but degrees in business administration are very
much in demand. It shows that job applicants are intelligent, competitive and flexible,
which can give you a foothold over other candidates. The needs of today's economy
constantly evolve. When you graduate in business administration, you will learn skills
you will use throughout your career, regardless of the economy or the job market.
thinking or predictive thinking in the sense that students are taught how to get into
business. She further says that when someone go to business, the first thing he/she
should do is to scan the environment, envision the business, then establish the mission
and objectives, determine key result areas, performance indicators and strategies.
Students are taught that when they are following those standards of operating
procedures, they would be successful. Such a method may not work with those who
have entrepreneurial thinking and behaviors, who rely on creative thinking. Creativity
is learned not by sitting in the classroom, but by experiencing and applying creative
stifles this. Entrepreneurs are inherently effective reasoning. They do not begin with a
specific goal, mission or objective. Instead, it begins with a certain set of means and
allows goals to emerge contingently over time from the diverse imagination and
aspirations of the founders and the people with whom they interact.
Kto12
(Gene Coulson, 2014) stated that Kto12 program is a benefit to every student
and every community in establishing entrepreneurial culture. Here are four reasons
alternative career in their lives at any time. There are students in every
consider it after college or several years of work. Some graduates don't think
about it now, but at some point in their lives. There are even those who have
thought about it and, with more knowledge about what it takes for
start-up funds at risk. There are even those who have thought about it and,
with more knowledge about what it takes for entrepreneurial success, decide
not to do it and do not put personal or family start-up funds at risk. Finally,
there is the student who has no interest in entrepreneurship now and who will
never be interested in it, but who will be a better employee because she now
knows what is important to her employer. She knows how companies make
Entrepreneurship can be the answer to, " Why do I have to study this? "
even the arts can be connected to the world of today through a connection to
How will an artist turn that talent into a family-friendly career? Every career
and technical student with an ability to sell on the market should consider the
3. Research shows that the most creative students in theK-12 system are in
kindergarten and in the first grade. When they move through the system,
creative thinking is discouraged in favor of learning the " right " answer and
being able to enter it on a test answer sheet. We need to nurture the creativity
that our youngest students bring to their first days and years of school.The
creative thinking skills that exist in early grades, but disappear as students
move towards high school graduation. There are many appropriate activities of
entrepreneurship education into their instruction and teach their state standards
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with a common sense connection to the real world around them and a way to
innovative and creative thinking, not by rote memorization. Looking for the
alternative answer, the highly personalized answer, the innovative idea, keeps
the creative thinking muscles strong as students move through the K-12
system.
4. Rural and urban communities suffer from brain drain. Sharp, young people
who are forced to leave the area to find a good job and make a career. Students
who do leave their communities frequently want to come back at some point
in their lives, but alas, they can’t land a good job opportunity back home.
Those same communities have needs unmet by businesses in their area. Young
people who are creative, entrepreneurial thinkers can turn these unmet needs
with only one right answer and success measured by test scores, we need to
keep young minds open for alternative ways of thinking, allow innovative
ideas to spark and grow, to create an entrepreneurial culture that will grow
great people and great communities. Their communities, create jobs and
entrepreneur. In fact, several successful businessmen and women have never even
received a college degree; they simply had a brilliant idea that they could follow
through. However, those who want a solid educational foundation to inform their
success have a few good options. This leaves many students wondering, what’s the
best degree for becoming an entrepreneur? Here are some of the best degrees to
Business Degree
business deals with many aspects of being an entrepreneur. It teaches the student how
to communicate effectively, how to see and meet market needs and how to find and
can be somewhat vague on each subject, an MBA forces students to delve deeply into
the issues and develop their skills. Many people are dead in choosing a business
rounded preparation.
degrees can promote their products and services more effectively and will receive
more attention from the beginning than some of their other cohorts. Since there are so
marketing or arts students effectively package their ideas, they can quickly gain
recognition.
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Psychology
For this reason, a degree in psychology could be useful for a hopeful entrepreneur. An
entrepreneur meets many people every day, including clients, potential partners,
employees and others with whom he or she must work. An entrepreneur must be
persuasive and persuade others to follow his ideas. An entrepreneur must also win
over people; the path to success is much shorter when others look after you and
actively try to help you. Psychology degrees can therefore be helpful. Courses in
insight into how to run and organize an effective business model with all the human
Finance
corners where necessary and expanding the budget in areas that have proved
profitable, the business can go much further.Therefore, those who are great at
analyzing numbers and patterns are successful entrepreneurs. A degree in finance can
help you to master this aspect of running a project. While this degree may miss some
solid background in dealing with one of the most notoriously difficult aspects of
Communications
nature of this work demands that you communicate effectively with people from all
walks of life. Since you will be the one coming up with the big ideas, you won’t be
able to convey these effectively to others unless you have the necessary aptitude for
communication. Getting others on the same page as you will be key in making sure
your project develops in the direction that you want it to go. Specific skills that you
IT Degrees
entrepreneur with an IT degree will be ahead of the game. Many of the most
profitable and successful new business ideas revolve around the technology industry,
advantage in coming up with useful new services and products. There are plenty of
internet tools and technologies that can make the life of an entrepreneur easier, from
background can best take advantage of these technologies to make life easier. Aside
from this, an IT degree is one of the most solid degrees to fall back on in case an
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