Mod 2 2) Corporate Venturing, Strategic Renewal, and Innovation Mod 3 1) Disruptive Innovation is good for a. new start-ups using new technology 2) Social entrepreneurs do not have to focus on financial sustainability. a. False 3) A product that attracts customers that formerly do not use them is, a. causing new market disruption 4) Which of the following is a myth of entrepreneurship? a. Entrepreneurs love the spotlight 5) What is the reason for Corporate Entrepreneurship? a. to fend off market competition 6) By accumulating multiple incremental improvements, one achieves radical innovation a. False 7) A business plan typically contains a. All the above 8) When an entrepreneur engages in business analysis, s/he takes into account all of these factors except: a. Preferred lifestyle 9) The Theory of Disruptive Innovation is useful to forecast the trajectories of related innovations. a. True 10) At the “New Idea Creation” stage a. quantity of ideas is more important than quality 11) Innovative organizations are those that systematically generate ideas and do not let any idea slip away. a. True 12) Radical Innovation is also called Breakthrough Innovation. a. True 13) All of the following statements are false except: a. An opportunity is anchored in a product or service that adds value to customers.
14) Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Radical innovation of demand always brings in huge fortune. 15) It is important to the organisation to do a feasibility test at the incubation stage. a. True 16) Which of the following describes the rationale for Corporate Entrepreneurship? a. Avoid business stagnation 17) Social ventures that adopt a _________ model generate profit to fund the social programmes of their affiliate or parent charities to reduce their reliance on donations and improve financial sustainability. a. plough-back profit 18) What is the difference between invention and innovation? a. Invention is just something new and innovation is something new with commercial value. 19) Personal analysis includes knowing and understanding a. my goals 20) Which of the following statements is correct? a. All the above 21) The following are qualities of an opportunity except a. Radical 22) One of the many reason for Corporate Entrepreneurship is to retain performing staff. a. True 23) According to Professor Dees, the following pertain to what social entrepreneurs do except: a. Prioritize income over social mission 24) The following are categories of social enterprises in Singapore except: a. Voluntary work 25) At the “New Idea Creation” stage, not all ideas are important a. False 26) Which of the following statements is incorrect? a. Innovative products will bring in huge fortune. 27) Low end disruption refers to the case when a. there are customers who buy when price is cheap even though performance is not so good 28) Professor Howard Stevenson defined entrepreneurship as: a. The pursuit of an opportunity beyond resources one currently controls Mod 4 Match the personality type to each description. 29) Pick up the corresponding answers
Powerful, achievement conscious, control oriented, productive.
1) Which of the following is NOT an effective communication method when communicating with an Initiator? a. Stay direct, focus on the conversation objective 2) Which personality type would like to know why something needs to be done? a. Relater 3) Which of the following is a preferred communication method to communicate effectively with an Analyser? a. Give them all the information – do not withhold 4) Which of the following is a preferred communication method to communicate effectively with a Driver? a. Get to the point 5) Match the following(repeat the same for all 3) a. Listerner b. Speaker 6) Why should both speaker and listener ask open-ended questions? a. A more descriptive/ narrative answer can indicate that the information was understood correctly. 7) What is the importance of body language in effective communication? a. Body language can sometimes give clues to the speaker and listener alike. Mod 5 1) People who are regarded as “single-track” in their career score high in one career dimension but low in the rest 2) Which of the following variable does NOT distinguish between managerial and entrepreneurial mindset? Personality 3) Entrepreneurial skill set and mindset can be developed in schools. True 4) Which of the following is not a principle of prediction logic? Determine what you are willing to lose (money, time, and social capital) to engage in the activity. 5) If one scores low in all three (EPL) career dimensions, s/he tends to none 6) Entrepreneurs belong to the category of people who make things happen. True 7) If motivation can be translated to “I want”, efficacy is equivalent to I can 8) The Freitag video illustrates the importance of entrepreneurial passion. False 9) The NTU Career Aspirations Survey captures all of the following except: E, P, and L networks 10) Which of the following best describes the "bird-in-the-hand" principle? Start with your means 11) Working in a startup company such as EndoMaster _A and B 12) Which of the following is not a principle of creation logic? Outside organizations are seen as competitors and barriers to future growth. 13) According to the interview with Mr. Colin Tan of EndoMaster, his experience at Stanford University and the Silicon Valley got him interested in entrepreneurship 14) Creation logic is more important than prediction logic. False 15) In the EPL framework, what does being “single-track” imply? Low in all three: E, P, and L 16) Entrepreneurs tend to have a growth mindset. True 17) What kind of framework is the EPL framework? career 18) Managerial mindset is different from entrepreneurial mindset in this key aspect: predicting the future by controlling it True 19) The education system in the 19th century was geared towards producing more skilled workers and professionals 20) The ability to be dynamic, flexible and self-regulating in one's cognitions in dynamic and uncertain task environments refers to entrepreneurial cognition 21) The type of vocational and educational training one completes would always translate to what one does in his/her career. False 22) Which of the following characterizes effectuation? Managerial logic 23) Which of the following can be inferred from the interview with Dr. Henry Tran of EndoMaster? Enterprise and Innovation is not just for entrepreneurs but also for professionals 24) Entrepreneurs are not good at dealing with paradoxes. False 25) The following are considered leadership skills except marketing and selling a business opportunity 26) Which of the following characterizes causation? Prediction-based 27) In the example provided, Mei Yin Chan, the co-founder of Gamelan Asmaradana has a Boundaryless career mindset. 28) Entrepreneurs take calculated risks. True Mod 6 Purpose passion perseverance, principles Aptitude and attitude if you are not one step ahead then you are two step behind 1) Singapore is very pro-enterprise and regulations are transparent and readily available online. What is the name of the multi-agency portal that serves Singapore’s business community? None of the above is correct,SME portal 2) While many agencies worked hand-in-hand to promote and support entrepreneurship ecosystem in Singapore, which agency is the main agency coordinating these efforts? Spring 3) Other than business registration information, SME Portal also provides industrial specific regulation information? True 4) Based on SPRING’s categorisation, a company with S$120 revenue and 50 workers is considered as a Medium enterprise 5) In Singapore, what is the estimated percentage of workforce in SMEs? 67% 6) In Singapore, how many enterprises are considered as SMEs? 99% 7) Majority of the start-ups are considered as Microenterprise 8) Between 2003 to 2013, number of startups more than doubled. Which sector had the highest growth in startups? Info-comm tech 9) Centres of Innovation (COI) helps SMEs with technology consultancy and advice as well as helping in innovation projects development. If a SME needs help in Supply Chain Management, which tertiary institution hosted the COI that is best to provide assistant? RP 10) To help SMEs, there are 7 Centres of Innovation (COI) hosted in various tertiary institutions. Which institution hosted the Electronics COI? NYP 11) How many Startup Accelerators and Incubators are there in Singapore? More than 50 12) With the success of LaunchPad at One-North, JTC created another LaunchPad in which location? Jurong innovation district 13) Which of the statement(s) below is(are) true? Angel Investors are investors from religious group. All Accelerators provide educational programme cohort by cohort to their startups. 14) Project creation is currently open to creators in the following countries: Include Singapore and New Zealand 15) As of May 2017, how many projects in Kickstarter had raised more than 10 million USD? 5 16) More than 3 billion USD had been raised under Kickstarter as of May 2017. What is Kickstarter? Crowdfunding Platform 17) In 2014 data provided by Kickstarter, Singapore was among the top 10 most number of backer in the world. Which other country(ies) was/were also in the top 10? Japan 18) Founded in 2005, Y Combinator is a top Accelerator from Mountain View that had investors fighting to invest in their startup at sky-high prices. Which of the following was a startup of Y Combinator? Dropbox 19) In NTU, we started our own startup accelerator programme in 2009, looking to create a platform for young budding entrepreneurs from Singapore. We envision a future full of innovative, tech-savvy and entrepreneurial Singaporeans. What is the name of this accelerator programme? Ideasinc 20) Next Thing Co. produced a $9 computer and had a very successful launch in Kickstarter. They were a company under which Accelerator programme? HAX