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Course Title:
Entrepreneurship Section LD
Course Code:
prerueld
MA NCES Code:
12053
Discipline:
Business
Grade Level:
10, 11, 12
Level:
Standard
Offering:
Repeated Semester (Fall: 25 Seats; Spring: 25 Seats; )
Duration:
15 weeks
Prerequisites:

An enthusiastic attitude about starting a business and developing a business plan. Good writing and Internet research skills, along with basic to advanced-basic knowledge of: PowerPoint, Excel and Word, OpenOffice.org equivalent programs, or Microsoft Works. Also a willingness to learn new ideas and apply them. Students will also need to be able to access several games during Weeks 1 and 2 and YouTube during Weeks 12 and 13.
Home internet access could be helpful.
Additional Requirements:
Accredited by:
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools; Northwest Accreditation Commission
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students:
No
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor
(see additional details below):

No
Description:
Do you have a great idea for a new business or is there a product or service that you know will solve a problem or help consumers? Would you like to find out the procedures and information required to start up a new business venture? Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Do you feel that you would like to study more about business? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this may be the course for you.

Entrepreneurship starts to prepare future small business owners to run their own businesses according to the principles of business. It also allows students to experience the entrepreneurial spirit. You will learn how to develop a business idea and write a business plan to promote that idea. Future business people must understand economics, financial statements, marketing and selling techniques, investing, business structures, legal issues, banking, technology and taxation. In entrepreneurship, we will teach you how to use all of these business principles in order to develop a successful business and kindle in you an entrepreneurial spirit that will help you to follow your dreams and reach your goals.

Come join our business group and develop a business that someday could be a great career for you. This is a course where dreams are made into realities.



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MediaKit Contents:

Syllabus:
Week 1
Start Here & Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Week 2
Creating a Product or Service
Interests & Hobbies
Profile an Entrepreneur
Appointment to Interview an Entrepreneur
Predicting a Consumer Need
YouTube Entrepreneurs

Week 3
Starting Your Business Plan
Interview an Entrepreneur
Business Case Study (Part 1)
Copyright Activity

Week 4
Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
Interview an Entrepreneur Report
Opportunity Evaluation
Business Case Study Answers

Week 5
Negotiating & Keeping Good Records: Personal Ledger (Part 1)
Business Case Study (Part 2)
Negotiation Game (Part 1)

Week 6
Recording the Financial Activities of a Business
Negotiating Game (Part 2)
Creation of an Income Statement
Personal Ledger (Part 2)

Week 7
Financing Your Own Business
Negotiation Game (Conclusion)
Start-up Costs Report
Personal Ledger (Part 3)
Unit Costs Report

Week 8
Investing in Your Own Business
Return on Investment
Time Value of Money
Personal Ledger (Part 4) & Analysis

Week 9
Selling Your Product or Service
Methods of Selling
Features to Benefits
Sales Call Simulation (Part 1)
Entrepreneurship Article Report

Week 10
Marketing Your Business
Marketing Research (Part 1)
Sales Call Simulation (Part 2) & Researching the Competition

Week 11
Marketing Strategies for Your Business
Sales Call Simulation (Part 2 continued)
Marketing Research (Part 2)
Competition Research Report

Week 12
Promoting Your Business: Logo, Slogan, Business Cards, Advertisements
Research Analysis
"Elevator Pitch" Rough Draft

Week 13
Business Legal Structures
Business Cards (Part 2)
Advertisements (Part 2)
"Elevator Pitch" (Part 2)

Week 14
PowerPoint Plan Part 1

Week 15
PowerPoint Plan Part 2 : Finish Plan



Course Objectives:
To study the principles of business in order to incorporate them into the development of a business idea.
To develop an organized and effective business plan to present a new business idea.
To prepare students to carry out the entrepreneurial process and experience the entrepreneurial spirit.
To prepare students for the workforce of tomorrow.
To see the world as an opportunity to create a product or service that meets a need, solves a problem, or improves a product or service.



This catalog description was last modified on 07/12/2012


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