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Building a Business from Nature: Kari W. Block’s Entrepreneurial Journey




Abstract
Issues
The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:
- How entrepreneurs go through an evolutionary process in their journey
- Why one model does not describe the framework of development of all entrepreneurial ventures; the uniqueness of each venture
- The capabilities entrepreneurs require at different phases of their journey
- How entrepreneurs build organizations using environmentally friendly solutions to common problems
- How leaders can create a super-ordinate goal for their people
Contents |
Introduction |
Her Early Years |
The First Brush With Entrepreneurship |
Mice Under The Pant And An Opportunity |
Tackling Challenges |
Farmer In Charge |
Expanding The Market And Business |
Success |
Looking Ahead |
Exhibit |
Keywords
Rodent ,Repellant, Agriculture-based, Sustainable, Lean, Green, Environmental–friendly, Community, E&Y Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program, Earth-Kind, Fresh Cab, Dayton Hudson, Environment Protection Agency, John Deere, Green America