1What are the factors to consider in searching for business opportunities?;;Capital, skills, supplier of inputs, manpower, and technology.
2Why should entrepreneurs look at successful businesses?;;They can use them as role models and sources of inspiration.
3How can responding to a problem area create a business opportunity?;;A solution to a problem can be transformed into a business venture.
4What is a home-based business option?;;A business that starts at home and may grow into a bigger business.
5What is linkage of resources?;;Producing your own input instead of buying them.
6What is the best way to evaluate a business opportunity?;;Conducting market research.
7What are the steps in market research?;;Making a preliminary investigation, gathering the data, analyzing the data, and implementation and evaluating decision.
8What happens during the introduction stage of the product life cycle?;;Low consumer awareness and acceptance result in high cost of development and marketing activities.
9What happens during the growth stage of the product life cycle?;;Product distribution is expanded as sales rise rapidly.
10What happens during the maturity stage of the product life cycle?;;The rate of increase declines.
11What happens during the decline stage of the product life cycle?;;There is a sharp fall in sales volume while profit becomes almost flat or horizontal.
12Why is knowledge about the product life cycle important?;;It provides entrepreneurs business opportunities to continuously stay in business.
13What are the categories of business?;;Service business, trading or processed business, manufacturing business, and licensed business opportunities.
14What is a service business?;;A business that provides services such as consultancy, barber shops, designing works, and professional services.
15What is a trading or processed business?;;A business that sells products such as grocery items, bakery products, or construction materials.
16What is a manufacturing business?;;A business that creates products such as hand-painted T-shirts, ceramic vases, and candles.
17What is distributorship?;;A business agreement where a company sells or distributes a particular product.
18What are wholesalers?;;They sell the products of manufacturers to retailers.
19What is subcontracting?;;An arrangement with a major producer to complete product components at a pre-agreed price.
20What are vending machine routes?;;Machines placed in various locations for easy reach of consumers.
21What is ideation?;;The beginning of a business endeavor.
22What makes an idea worth pursuing as a business?;;An idea that has a market now and in the future.
23What are the categories of ideation?;;Need/want drives, time-saving drives, money savings, unique or strong competitive advantages, and link to personal interest or passion.
24What are common ways of developing ideas?;;Recognizing the need, improving an existing product, recognizing trends, being aware of everything, questions and assumptions, and naming it first then developing it.
25What does recognizing the need mean in developing ideas?;;Identifying a need or problem that can become a business opportunity.
26Why is improving an existing product important?;;It helps create better versions of products for customers.
27Why should entrepreneurs recognize trends?;;To discover possible business opportunities based on changes in the market.
28Why should entrepreneurs be aware of everything?;;To gain ideas and information from different situations and industries.
29Why are questions and assumptions useful in developing ideas?;;They help entrepreneurs explore possibilities and create solutions.
30What does “naming it first, then develop it” mean?;;Creating a concept or name first and developing the idea afterward.