smaller companies are finding expansion and growth opportunities in foreign countries.
first-mover
advantage
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For example, Fuci Metals, a small but growing enterprise, buys metal from remote loca-
tions in areas such as Siberia and Africa and then sells it to big automakers such as Ford
and Toyota. Similarly, California-based Gold’s Gym is expanding into foreign countries
and has been especially successful in Russia. And Markel Corporation, a small
Philadelphia-based firm that manufactures tubing and insulated wiring, derives 40 per-
cent of its annual revenues (currently around $32 million) from international sales.
Although such ventures are accompanied by considerable risks, they give entrepreneurs
new opportunities and can be a real catalyst for success.
STRUCTURE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
With a strategy in place and a business plan in hand, the entrepreneur can then proceed
to devise a structure that turns the vision of the business plan into a reality. Many of the
same concerns in structuring any business, which are described in the next five chapters
of this book, are also relevant to small businesses. For example, entrepreneurs need to
consider organization design and develop job descriptions, organization charts, and man-
agement control systems.
The Internet, of course, has virtually rewritten all the rules for starting and operating
a small business. Getting into business is easier and faster than ever before, there
are many more potential opportunities than at any other time in history, and the
ability to gather and assimilate information is at an all-time high. And social media
introduces new companies to larger potential markets than ever before.
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For example,
HardToFindPartySupplies.com has been successful marketing discontinued or hard-
to-find supplies like Power Ranger paper plates, Lone Ranger napkins, and Snow White
drinking cups. The firm relies solely on social media and its website.
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Even so, would-be entrepreneurs must still make the right decisions when they start.
They must decide, for example, precisely how to get into business. Should they buy an
existing business or build from the ground up? In addition, would-be entrepreneurs must
find appropriate sources of financing and decide when and how to seek the advice of
experts.
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