Entrepreneurial traits: Outcome oriented

Outcome oriented is sometimes referred as result oriented. Generally, outcome oriented is a term used to describe knowing what outcomes are important, and focusing resources to achieve them. It is the opposite of process oriented, which focus more on process.

It is an essential entrepreneurial skill as it can fulfill and meet long-term corporate target, or any entrepreneurial objective. It also translating a vision into missions, which can achieve by the entrepreneur himself or among the team (Jan & Wim, 1996). An outcome oriented thinking is necessary for entrepreneurs as it determines how one can achieve its goal and how to get things done in the fastest way. Flexibility and an immediate drive to action are greater compared to process oriented thinking (Myrko, 2008).

Amancio Ortega, the founder of Inditex and Zara, a fashion retail chain, is the world’s 4th billionaire as according to Forbes on October 10, 2015. This Spanish company has quietly become the world’s largest fashion retailer with 6,500 shops in 88 countries and annual sales of more than €18.1 billion. The key is the outcome oriented of Amancio Ortega, which known as “fast fashion”- giving customers what they want as quickly as possible. For example, in Europe, Zara stores change their stock twice a week and orders arrive within 48 hours (Ben, 2015).

Another typical example, Jeff Bezos, an American entrepreneur who leads the development of e-commerce- the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. He is one of the typical outcome oriented entrepreneur who aims to give the customers fastest and best online shopping experience. Amazon, in July 2015, proposed a plan for high-speed-drone airspace that would enable flying robots to carry packages to consumers. However, he also faced some criticism on conducting high-pressured and long-hour work environment, but he denied it (Forbes, 2015).

The famous Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is also an outcome-oriented entrepreneur. For Mark, the outcome is the user experience of every human. Thus, he valued people more than other expects, in term of serving customers and also hiring the right people in Facebook. He appreciates outcome, believes that great work comes out of doing what a person adores (Ekaterina, 2013).