P10.O1 Session 1 - Enabling Enterprise Portal

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Entrepreneur Profile: J.K. Rowling. What is your biggest career success? Which enterprise skills do you think your entrepreneur has been important in their.
P10.O1 Big Business Challenge Session 1: Exploration Entrepreneur Profile: J.K. Rowling Key Achievements: •In 1990 JK Rowling came up with the idea of a boy who discovered he was a wizard but it took 7 years to become a book. •Her first manuscript was rejected by over 10 publishers. •By 2000, JK Rowland had become the highestearning woman in Britain, with an income of more than £20.5 million. Quotes: “Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” “It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

What is your biggest career success?

Which enterprise skills do you think your entrepreneur has been important in their success? Refer to the enterprise skills on the board to help you.

Why have they been important in achieving their success?

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P10.O1 Big Business Challenge Session 1: Exploration Entrepreneur Profile: Sir Alan Sugar Key Achievements: •His first real business was called AMSTRAD, this stands for Alan Michael Sugar Trading, it has now been running for over 40 years. •He had an electronics company, which had many ups and downs due to the recession and difficulties with the economy •Appears on the well-known show, The Apprentice. Quotes: “To be a success in business you need to know everything about your business & your people, right down to the bits & bolts that held everything together.” "The desire to be self-sufficient and not to have to rely on anybody else, and finding things to do which I could make money out of." What is your biggest career success?

Which enterprise skills do you think your entrepreneur has been important in their success? Refer to the enterprise skills on the board to help you.

Why have they been important in achieving their success?

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