{"id":5135,"date":"2023-02-22T21:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/?page_id=5135"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:34","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/entrepreneurs-as-small-business-owners\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:WTF_Marlene_Oostryck_Ginos_barrista.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WTF Marlene Oostryck Ginos barrista.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/6\/61\/WTF_Marlene_Oostryck_Ginos_barrista.jpg\/300px-WTF_Marlene_Oostryck_Ginos_barrista.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In this learning pathway, we explore aspects of small business ownership.\n<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurs almost always start off as small business owners, whether or not their ambition is to eventually run a much larger organisation. For this reason it is important to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> identify the characteristics of a small business\n<\/li>\n<li> assess the advantages and disadvantages of small business ownership\n<\/li>\n<li> research and reflect on the environment in which small businesses operate\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At the end of this learning pathway, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Review the advantages and disadvantages of small business ownership.\n<\/li>\n<li> Explain and undertake a basic SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.155 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.992 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 106\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 788\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2017\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 540\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:181143-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20230222021436 and revision id 1082433\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/what-makes-a-successful-entrepreneur\/quiz\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/entrepreneurs-as-small-business-owners\/video-signpost\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Small_business\/Overview\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"db560b82356278534fce46f825ff71ef\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Small_business\/Overview\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"db560b82356278534fce46f825ff71ef\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this learning pathway, we explore aspects of small business ownership. 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