Entrepreneurship+30+2015

__**Monday, November 2nd to Friday, November 6th, 2015**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can look at the "Big Ideas" when it comes to choosing a product for our business
 * We can reflect on the idea of using our "personal contacts" in helping us with our business
 * We can examine the ideas of others and how their products lead to their success
 * We can conduct Market Research to nail down who are target market will be for our products
 * We can identify the cost for a prototype for our chosen product and the the breakdown that will make that cost
 * We can examine the idea of profit and what is a reasonable cost for our product
 * We can continue to work our way through the development of an example business plan

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, November 2nd**__: Today we will be finishing up going through the business plan for Peac Treats. Remember your job will be to work on creating a business plan, throughout the semester. We will portion out each section, as we go along.

__**Tuesday, November 3rd to Friday, November 6th**__: Here is the tasks, for the week, that you will need to get through, within your company. You might not get to every task before Friday, but you should be getting close:

1. Idea chosen 2. Prototype Made up 3. Investment for the company decide by team members (How much $$$ for startup) 4. Investment money brought in and given to Mr. Young for your company (unless money is paid for by member, they won't get a portion at the end) 5. Marketing Research. How are you going to gather this information? Who are are you going to talk to? What questions will you ask your potential customer? 6. Company Name 7. Company Logo (design. Needs to be done on computer so that you can put it on all your documents) 8. Order Forms beginning to be made (check Peak Treats business plan for ideas on setup) 9. Charity of choice will need to be chosen by the company. 10% of final profits will be given to that charity


 * YOUR COMPANY WILL MEET WITH ME ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY SO THAT I CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE WITHIN THE LIST. ANY QUESTIONS???? ASK!!!!!!! REMEMBER I WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING THINGS, AS WELL, FROM THE QUESTIONAIRE:**



Have an awesome weekend!



__**Monday, October 26th to Friday, October 30th, 2015**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can look at the "Big Ideas" when it comes to choosing a product for our business
 * We can reflect on the idea of using our "personal contacts" in helping us with our business
 * We can examine the ideas of others and how their products lead to their success
 * We can conduct Market Research to nail down who are target market will be for our products
 * We can identify the cost for a prototype for our chosen product and the the breakdown that will make that cost
 * We can examine the idea of profit and what is a reasonable cost for our product
 * We can continue to work our way through the development of an example business plan

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, October** **26th**:__ **Your reflections for your Dragons Den pitches are due today! Please turn them in for evaluation!** Today, we are going to do another round table discussion about what you came up with based on your time with the "Identifying the Business Idea" sheet, from last week. Our hope is to start narrowing down potential ideas, for the rest of the semester, as you start to develop your own business.

As we discuss, I'll make some quick notes here so that we have them for safekeeping:

1. Sensual Scented Candles - $2.32 to make. $10 selling. Websites, cheaper. Lots of product in stock. Double boiler, water, wax on top, color, scent, pour in jar. Half an hour to produce 4. Customers: Women. Willow Tree, Walmart, Superstore, Alternate Organic

2. Chocolate and Marshmallow on a stick, hot chocolate, with a mug (themed). $2.00 to make. Sell for $5 or $10. Superstore, Walmart, Bulk Barn, etc. Customers: GIFTS! Anyone!!! Especially during the holidays. Chocolate Moose. WalMart, Past Times,

3. Foldie

4. Rain Drop Lamps: $1.00 per candle holder. $10.00 for consumer to buy.

5. Water Color Mugs. $4.00. $10.00 customer. Walmart. Dollar store. Easy to produce. Anyone that uses mugs. Anyone needs a gift. Bed Bath Beyond. Wal Mart. Super Store. .

__**Tuesday, October 27th**__: Continue on with yesterday's discussions

__**Wednesday, October 28th**__: Today we are going to be continuing on through PeakTreats business plan so that you can gain an understanding of how to set up a business plan when it comes time for starting your own business.

__**Thursday, October 29th and Friday, October 30th:**__ Let's see where we are at based on the last few days and go from there.

Hope you all have an awesome weekend!



__**Tuesday, October 20th to Friday, October 23rd, 2015**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can look at the "Big Ideas" when it comes to choosing a product for our business
 * We can reflect on the idea of using our "personal contacts" in helping us with our business
 * We can examine the ideas of others and how their products lead to their success
 * We can examine the ideas of others and how their products didn't succeed and what we can learn from their mistake
 * We can discuss our ideas for our products with a consultant
 * We can conduct Market Research to nail down who are target market will be for our products
 * We can identify the cost for a prototype for our chosen product and the the breakdown that will make that cost
 * We can examine the idea of profit and what is a reasonable cost for our product

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Tuesday, October 13th:**__ We will be finishing up the presentations, today! A huge thanks to Ms. Rowe for coming in to be our Dragon! We will also begin discussing what the rest of the semester will look like for our class.

__**Wednesday, October 14th**__: Today we will begin talking about the process of putting together a business plan. We will only get through a bit of it and will finish the rest later.

I will also be giving you a copy of "Identifying the Business Idea" It will be up to you and a partner to go through the questions and come up with some answers that will help us identify a product that we can work on for the semester.

Here is a copy, if needed:



__**Thursday, October 15th:**__ I'm away today and you will have this hour to work on the "Identifying the Business Idea" sheet. These are due tomorrow.

__**Friday, October 16th**__: We will be going over the "Identifying the Business Idea" sheet.



__**Tuesday, October 13th to Friday, 16th, 2015**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can look at the "Big Ideas" when it comes to choosing a product for our business
 * We can reflect on the idea of using our "personal contacts" in helping us with our business
 * We can examine the ideas of others and how their products lead to their success
 * We can examine the ideas of others and how their products didn't succeed and what we can learn from their mistake
 * We can discuss our ideas for our products with a consultant
 * We can conduct Market Research to nail down who are target market will be for our products
 * We can identify the cost for a prototype for our chosen product and the the breakdown that will make that cost
 * We can examine the idea of profit and what is a reasonable cost for our product

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Tuesday, Octobe****r**__ **__13th__:** Tomorrow the Dragaons come. Are you ready? dumm dum dummmmmmmmm :)

__**Wednesday, October 14th**__: THE DRAGONS ARE HERE THE DRAGONS ARE HERE!

__**Thursday, October 15th**__: I am away today. For those people that have presented their products, you can begin working on the project below. I passed out a hard copy to you while you were in Mr. Behrns class today.



__**Friday, October 16th**__: The rest of the presentations will take place on Tuesday, with Mrs. Rowe. Please be prepared for much bantering after the presentations take place.

Have an awesome weekend!



__**Monday, October 5th to Wednesday, October 7th, 2015**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * To develop entrepreneurial skills that may contribute to the success of the student’s practical learning experience
 * To assess opportunities at home, school, and in the community and to develop those opportunities by applying personal experience, knowledge, and expertise.
 * To promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences, and objects in meaningful contexts in order to create or identify entrepreneurial opportunities
 * To develop independence in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning experiences
 * To enable students to think for themselves and to recognize the limits of individual reflection and the need to contribute to and build upon mutual understanding

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, October 5th to Wednesday, October 7th**__: We will be using these classes to work on your "Big Ideas" project. Remember that presentations with the "Dragons" will take place on **Wednesday, October 14th from 1:00 to 2:10.** Please make sure to use your class time wisely as we are expecting some awesome things from each of you. The Dragons are coming......

Have an awesome Thanksgiving break!!



__ **Monday, September 28th to Friday, October 2nd, 2015** __ __ **What are we learning?** __


 * To develop entrepreneurial skills that may contribute to the success of the student’s practical learning experience
 * To assess opportunities at home, school, and in the community and to develop those opportunities by applying personal experience, knowledge, and expertise.
 * To promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences, and objects in meaningful contexts in order to create or identify entrepreneurial opportunities
 * To develop independence in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning experiences
 * To enable students to think for themselves and to recognize the limits of individual reflection and the need to contribute to and build upon mutual understanding

__**How we will learn it**__ __**M**____**onday, September 28th**:__ ** You all left me for Saskatoon! Hope you are having a good time! **

__**Tuesday, Septemb****er**__ **__29th to Friday, October 2nd__:** Here is the next part of our journey in Entrepreneurship,



We will be working on this project more, next week.

Have a great weekend!



__ **Thursday, September 24th, to Friday, September 25th, 2015** __ __** What are we learning? **__
 * To develop entrepreneurial skills that may contribute to the success of the student’s practical learning experience
 * To assess opportunities at home, school, and in the community and to develop those opportunities by applying personal experience, knowledge, and expertise.
 * To promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences, and objects in meaningful contexts in order to create or identify entrepreneurial opportunities
 * To work with others toward a common goal
 * To develop independence in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning experiences
 * To enable students to think for themselves and to recognize the limits of individual reflection and the need to contribute to and build upon mutual understandings

**__Thursday, September 24th__:** You will be given this time to work on your responses regarding the Lemonade project. This can either be written out in hand, typed, or completed by video as a journal type entry. Here are the questions you need to look at:


 * How do you feel the project went? A full reflection from start to finish. Don’t’ say "I felt it went well".
 * What worked for your group?
 * What could be improved?
 * What personal skills did you see in yourself that you think contributed to the success of your business (two qualities with examples)?
 * If you were to go back and do it again, what would be one or two things you would do differently to make your life easier and the business more successful?

The following evaluation will be used for this project:



This will be due on Friday, September 25th. You will have Thursday's hour to work on it.



__ **Wednesday, September 8th to Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * To develop entrepreneurial skills that may contribute to the success of the student’s practical learning experience
 * To assess opportunities at home, school, and in the community and to develop those opportunities by applying personal experience, knowledge, and expertise.
 * To promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences, and objects in meaningful contexts in order to create or identify entrepreneurial opportunities
 * To work with others toward a common goal
 * To develop independence in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning experiences
 * To enable students to think for themselves and to recognize the limits of individual reflection and the need to contribute to and build upon mutual understandings

__**How we will learn it**__


 * Your Mission: **

That’s right!! You are going to be selling lemonade or something along those lines!!

Remember when you were little and you and your buddies used to setup a lemonade or iced tea stand outside your house? Then eventually you just drank it all and didn’t make any money. At least that’s what happened to me! This week you are going to be selling lemonade! The only difference is, you are going to be creating a business that will hopefully make money! What I need you all to do right now is pool all your money together to see how much money we have to get started! Everyone EMPTY YOUR POCKETS NOW!!

Ok, just kidding! You are actually in luck! We have an investor in our company and they believe in you guys so much that they are willing to hand over some money for you to start your business! The questions is, will you make enough to pay the investor back?

Your investor for this project is Mr. Robertson. He has so much faith in you guys (without even having seen a business plan) that they are willing to give $40 dollars to the project. Of course, as an investor, they want to see their money come back to them! They are even willing to NOT take a percentage of your sales for giving you their money. CHA CHING!!!!!!

So, the big thing is that you have $40 to use in your business. Of course, we want to turn that $40 into a larger profit! (There are three groups so they are actually investing $120). Now, I want Mr. Robertson to see how well we can use his money wisely in our business. You noticed you are broken up into three groups. Within these groups you are going to be given $40 dollars to create your business.

In these groups you are going to be responsible to create jobs for each group member. As you are creating your business, you are going to have to think of many things that will make you successful. What I would like you to do is look at the following terms. Your job, as we go through this, is to define the terms as they relate to your business (what do they mean to you).

As you look at the terms you will probably want to think about what jobs each group member is going to contribute to the group:


 * 1. Supplies**
 * 2. Location**
 * 3. Advertising**
 * 4. Cost Comparison**
 * 5. Cost vs. Profit**

The majority of this project will be completed during class time unless the group decides to work on some of it outside of class. You are going to be encouraged to go out and find all of your supplies and do cost comparisons.

Our schedule will hopefully stay true to what we lay out here but we can be flexible as you are in grade 11 and 12 and VERY mature!


 * Our time from for this will be starting today and the sale will take place on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 during noon hour. **

Things to think about as you are creating your business:


 * What are you going to sell? You need ideas
 * Delegate your jobs! Who will be in charge of what?
 * You need to know your supplies! Can you find things cheaper at different locations? Coupons? Online deals?
 * LOCATION!!! First come, first serve! You need to talk to me!
 * Advertising: What will you create to advertise your business around the school? Mr. Young must approve posters before they go up!
 * MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SUPPLIES READY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 22nd!!!!!!!!
 * PreSales: What does that look like? Mr. Young can help you with this when dealing with the Elementary students!!! :)

You will be individually evaluated on this project using the following rubric:



GOOD LUCK!!!!!!



__ **Tuesday, September 2nd to Wednesday, September 8th, 2013** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can view the course outline and go over classroom procedures
 * We can discuss the skills of a beginning entrepreneur
 * We can analyze how Entrepreneurs have created success for themselves
 * We can analyze how Entrepreneurs have faced challenges within their success
 * We can discover the BIG IDEA when it comes to being an Entrepreneur within our society

__**How we will learn it?**__ Welcome Entrepreneurship 30! Today we will be going over the course outline, classroom procedures here on the wiki. As you can see, I am not giving you a paper copy of the outline as you can always access it here. The wiki address is the only thing you need to write down. Please remember that this wiki is setup for your use! You can access this on computers, tablets (iPads, etc), smartphones, and iPod touches. Please remember that you can download document from the wiki, as well. There is no excuse for you not knowing what is going on in the class!



We will also talk, briefly, about Junior Achievement of Saskatchewan as you will be part of this program through our class.

**__Wednesday, September 4th to Friday, September 6th__**: Today, we are going to be looking at what it takes to be an Entrepreneur within our society. A few years ago a show called Dragon's Den worked it's way onto TV and became and Entrepreneurs dream! 5 successful CANADIAN entrepreneurs would judge up and coming ventures and see if they would like to invest their own money into a beginning business. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it goes up in flames.

As we watch a number of these episodes there are some guiding questions I want you to think about:


 * How do the presenters handle themselves when it comes to promoting their products to the Dragons?
 * How well do they know their product?
 * What qualities make the presenters good Entrepreneurs?
 * What do you notice about their style of dress when presenting their product?
 * What qualities would hinder them from being successful as an Entrepreneur?
 * How do they respond to the Dragons when questioned about their product?

__ The Road to Riches Episode __ :


 * Where did the Dragon's come from? What was their childhood look like?
 * What obstacles did they face within their lives?
 * How did they handle those obstacles?
 * What is one word that describes the Dragon as an Successful Entrepreneur? Why did you pick that word?

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