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Discuss the applications and implications of the chapter and its theme. What specifically do you associate this chapter with in the course learning objectives? What aspects or sub$-$chapter themes drew your most attention? Reflect on any compelling lessons learned and how they positively impacted your perception of the chapter and the course in general. Be specific and think outside the box. Use additional outside sources to guide and support your most compelling arguments and conclusions.

Include at least$5$ KEY TERMS and must be bolded for grading convenience. Incorporate all the key terms in your write up$.$

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$2$: Recognizing Opportunities and Generating

Ideas

Introduction: Recognizing Opportunities and

Generating Ideas

$2\mathrm{.}1$: The Differences Between Opportunities and

Ideas

$2\mathrm{.}2$: Three Ways to Identify.

Opportunities

$2\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}2$: Solving a Problem

$2\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}3$: Finding Gaps in the Marketplace

$2\mathrm{.}3$: Personal Characteristics of the

Entrepreneur $2\mathrm{.}3$: Personal Characteristics of the Entrepreneur

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}2$: Cognitive Factors

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}3$: Social Networks

$2\mathrm{.}3\mathrm{.}4$: Creativity $2\mathrm{.}3$: Personal Characteristics of the Entrepreneur

$2\mathrm{.}4$: Techniques for Generating Ideas

$2\mathrm{.}4\mathrm{.}2$: Focus Groups

$2\mathrm{.}4\mathrm{.}3$: Library and Internet Research

$2\mathrm{.}4\mathrm{.}4$: Other Techniques

Chapter Summary: Recognizing Opportunities and Generating Ideas Chapter Summary

LO$2\mathrm{.}1$ An idea is a thought, an impression, or a notion. An opportunity is an idea that has the qualities of being attractive, durable, and timely and is anchored in a product or service that creates value for its buyers or end$-$users. Not all ideas are opportunities. Once an opportunity is recognized, a window opens, and the market to fill the opportunity grows. At some point, the market matures and becomes saturated with competitors, and the window of opportunity closes.

LO$2\mathrm{.}2$ Observing trends, solving a problem, and finding gaps in the marketplace are the three general approaches entrepreneurs use to identify a business opportunity. Economic forces, social forces, technological advances, and political action and regulatory changes are the four environmental trends that are most instrumental in creating opportunities. Through the second approach, entrepreneurs identify problems that they and others encounter in various parts of their lives and then go about developing a good or service that is intended to solve the identified problem. Carefully observing people and the actions they take is an excellent way to find problems that, when solved, would create value for a customer. Finding gaps in the marketplace is the third way to spot a business opportunity. Typically, the way this works is that an entrepreneur recognizes that some people are interested in buying more specialized products, such as guitars that are made for left$-$handed players or scissors for people who are dominant left$-$handers.

$3$ Over time, research results and observations of entrepreneurs in action indicate that some people are better at recognizing opportunities than others. Prior experience, cognitive factors, social networks, and creativity are the main personal characteristics researchers have identified and that observation indicates tend to make some people better at recognizing business opportunities than others.

$4$ Entrepreneurs use several techniques for the purpose of identifying ideas for new products and services. Brainstorming, which is a technique used to quickly generate a large number of ideas and solutions to problems, is one of these. One reason to conduct a brainstorming session is to generate ideas that might represent product, service, or business opportunities. A focus group, a second technique entrepreneurs use, is a gathering of $5$ to $10$ people who have been selected on the basis of their common characteristics relative to the issue being discussed. One reason to conduct a focus group is to generate ideas that might represent product or business opportunities. Careful and extensive searches of a physical library's holdings and of Internet sites are a third technique. Here, the entrepreneur uses an open mind to sort through large amounts of information and data to see if he or she can identify a problem that could be solved by creating an innovative product or service.