Entrepreneurship+Fall+2013

__ JA Business Hall of Fame Banquet Tickets __ If you are interested in attending the gala, it is on Thursday, June 5th at 6:30 pm at the Queensbury Convention Centre in Regina. Please Click Here follow the link to purchase tickets for the event.

__**Monday, January 6th to Wednesday, January 29th, 2014**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can SELL SELL SELL SELL
 * We can reflect on our learning experience by completing the "Venture Evaluation"
 * We can complete the final shareholders report for our final meeting
 * We can conclude the class with our final shareholder meeting
 * We can close our business out which includes paying all shareholders
 * We can reflect on the successes and areas that we learned from in our companies through self-reflection

__**Monday, January 6th**__: Today we are going to be figuring out what will be happening with the rest of our product that is left. Is it time for a MASSIVE BLOWOUT SALE? What dates do you want to sell the rest of your product in the pit? Also, I will be going through your exit interview assignment with you. You can download the questions and evaluation below. Times for the interviews will be determined at a later date.


 * UPDATE: We will be slashing our prices of the trail mix; Large is now $5 and small is $3. You will also be selling in the pit on Wednesday and Thursday, at noon.**



**You must go through this interview process before a check will be cut for you from the company.**  This is your exit interview from the class
 * __Tuesday, January 7th__: There are a few things we need to finish up before the end of the semester:**

**Final Shareholders Meeting**: We will have one more meeting before the year end is done and the checks are distributed to you from the company. A final shareholders letter will be put together by Kendra and the other VPs over the next few days. We will determine a date for the final shareholder meeting in the next few days.

**Thank you cards done for the following people (who will be in charge of this. Doesn't have to be just one person)**:
 * Tina Fink-Charles (Mall administration)
 * Doris Dunphy (Conexus Credit Union)
 * Miss Perry (use of the cabinet in the foods lab)
 * Administration at the May Wilson for allowing us to sell during Sound of Music (who would that be?)
 * Gemells Shoes (sponsorship) Nigel
 * Quilter's Haven (sponsorship) Arlene Thompson

Emma and Christina will make up the cards

**Final Inventory Clearance:** What is going to be done with the supplies that is not sold off? This needs to be discussed. Have we examined every possible way of selling of the rest of the remaining product?

**Awards and Scholarships**: We will be going over these in class and everyone is expected to apply for one award and or one scholarship (you, of course, can apply for as many as you wish).


 * Here is the link to the Awards and Scholarships offered by Junior Achievement.**


 * Here is a copy of the Business Hall of Fame Awards that can be applied for:**




 * __Wednesday, January 8th to Friday, January 24th__:** We need to be finishing up everything that has been listed above.


 * Issuing of cheques**: Cheques will be issued to company members that have finished everything that is expected of them. They must be signed by Ethan and Mr. Young. Without the two signatures on the cheque, you will not be able to cash it. You will have three days from the the cheque is cut to you to cash it at a **Conexus Credit Union** branch.



__**Monday, December 2nd to Friday, December 20th, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can promote our product to the community through marketing and positive word of mouth
 * We can reach our personal goals of selling the amount of product that we had set out to do
 * We can SELL SELL SELL SELL

__**Monday, December 2nd to Friday, December 20th, 2013**__: This week, it is all about the SELLING and filling orders!!! Make it happen people! Make it happen! Let's have a great week and get our orders out there! Let's get rid of this trail mix!!!

I hope that each of you have an awesome Christmas break! Enjoy the time!

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__**Monday, November 25th to Friday, November 29th, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can produce our product for our customers
 * We can examine the purpose and setup of a Business Plan
 * We can create our own business plan for our company
 * We can use technology to advertise our product

__** How we will learn it **__ __** Monday, November 25th and Tuesday, November **** 26th: **__


 * Things we need to complete:**

1. BUSINESS PLAN 2. PreOrders for Elementary (coming in on Thursday) 3. Setting a board meeting date 4. Are all orders out? 5. Have order forms been put in teacher's mailboxes 6. Have you been taking order forms home? 7. Have you contacted CHAB (Miranda Sheepwash)?

__**Wednesday, November 27th:**__ Kirk from 5 Hills will be here to talk about food safety

__**Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th**__: Refer to Monday and Tuesday's list

Have an awesome weekend!



__**Monday, November 18th to Friday, November 21st, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can produce our product for our customers
 * We can examine the purpose and setup of a Business Plan
 * We can create our own business plan for our company
 * We can use technology to advertise our product

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, November 21st to Thursday, November 24th:**__

Here are the things we need to continue to work on over the next few classes:

4. Posters need to get out there 5. Business Cards 6. Ethan, Emma, Rachel, 20 businesses called (give list, from Kendra) 7. Order Forms to the Office 8. Ethan and Kendra, Finances 9. Odi, GLOVES AND HAIRNETS 10. Health and Safety person come in 11. BUSINESS PLAN!!!!!! 12. Getting Gluten Free and Sports Mix labels made 13. Get in touch to Miranda at the radio station

BUSINESS PLAN!!! PLEASE!!!!

Have a great weakend!



__**Monday, November 4th to Friday, November 15th, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can begin breaking down our roles within our business (Marketing, Production, Finance, etc.)
 * We can create a list for our first round of orders
 * We can produce our product for our customers
 * We can examine the purpose and setup of a Business Plan
 * We can create our own business plan for our company
 * We can use technology to advertise our product

__**Monday, November 4th to Thursday, November 7th**__: This week will be spent getting orders and order forms ready to sell at the May Wilson! Let's make this happen people! :) This is an amazing opportunity that we cannot pass up!

Then a LONG LONG weekend happened.....

__**Tuesday, November 12th to Friday, November 15**__: Welcome back from your long weekend! This week is going to be focused on the management team getting the business plan up and running and the production team getting more product ready and even filling some orders. We will be having our first board meeting near the end of next week where we will all go over the business plan as a group.

Things needing to get done, from the marketing team

1. Sports Mix and Glutten Free need to be made 2. Posters being made for the community 3. Getting Courtney a Thank You gift 4. Posters need to get out there 5. Business Cards 6. Ethan, Emma, Rachel, 20 businesses called (give list, from Kendra) 7. Order Forms to the Office 8. Ethan and Kendra, Finances 9. Odi, GLOVES AND HAIRNETS 10. Health and Safety person come in 11. BUSINESS PLAN!!!!!! 12. Getting Gluten Free and Sports Mix labels made 13. Get in touch to Miranda at the radio station

Let's have a good week!

__ **Monday, October 28th to Friday, November 1st, 2013** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can begin breaking down our roles within our business (Marketing, Production, Finance, etc.)
 * We can create a list for our first round of orders
 * We can examine the purpose and setup of a Business Plan

__**Monday, October 28th**__: Today we are going to be debriefing about how your 4 days with asking people about our product. What did you find out? Price? Packaging? Amount of product in each portion? What else?

We also need to figure out how much our product costs to make? How much does it cost us?

Here are some other things we need to assign roles to and figure out:


 * Name for Business: Twists and Turns
 * Cost for Customer: $10 for large, $4 for small or 3 large for $25
 * Logo: Looks awesome
 * Posters:
 * Order forms: Happened
 * Business Cards:
 * Email account: done
 * Website (wikispace) / Facebook page / Twitter Account:
 * Visiting businesses for sponsorship (if you want. Is this still on the table?)
 * Cost everyone is going to bring in (maximum of $20)
 * Charity of our Choice:

__**Tuesday, October 29th**__: Today, we will be going over the set-up of a business plan. We will be going over all the sections and things that need to be included within it. The President and the VPs will be getting a copy, each, to go over as we are creating ours for CHEERS. Here is another look at the copy if you need to look at an example:

__**Wednesday, October 30th to Friday ,November 1st**__: During these classes there are a number of things we need to get started as it comes to our business:

1. ** Business Plan ** : This is the number ONE thing that MUST get done over the next number of classes. The President and VPs will all be busy with this and will need time to work on this. How they decide to do this, will be up to them.

2. ** Logo ** : We need one! Who has the ideas and concepts! We need to vote on it! Let's make it happen!

3. ** Advertsing ** : What do we want? What do we need? Poster? Business Cards? Who will do this? The logo needs to appear on the business cards along with all of our information! Information for product can be seen below.

4. ** Production: ** We need to have all of our supplies ready to go for next week, for sure! Who will be in charge of purchasing supplies?

Have a great weekend! We are getting there!



__ **Monday, October 21st to Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013** __ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can expand our business by gaining interior structure by adding a President and Vice-Presidents
 * We can begin breaking down our roles within our business (Marketing, Production, Finance, etc.)
 * We can create a list for our first round of orders
 * We can examine the purpose and setup of a Business Plan

__**Monday, Octobe****r**__ **__21st__:** A huge thank you to Emma for going to get the supplies for our prototypes! We need to put the together, people! Let's make that happen, people! Remember, keep track of your measurements! Our job is to make these prototypes so that we can do our market research and see what our customers think! All comments and suggestions are welcome! Next Monday we will debrief about what you have found!

__**Tuesday, October 22nd**__: ELECTION DAY FOR TWISTS AND TURNS!!!! Congrats to our President and VPs! :)


 * President: Kendra **
 * VP of Marketing and Sales: Rachel **
 * VP of Finanance: Ethan **
 * VP of Production: Shelby **
 * VP of Human Resources: Emma **
 * VP of Information Technology ** : **Aiden**

NEXT WEEK WE NEED TO SET PRICE and GO OVER BUSINESS PLANS **WE ARE ABOUT TO GET SUPER BUSY!**


 * Have a great weekend!**

__ **Tuesday, October 15th to Friday, October 18th, 2013** __ __ **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**__ **__15th and Wednesday, October 16th__:** Hope you all had an awesome weekend! Today, we are going to be continuing to break apart our business bit by bit in hopes that we all can create an outline for what the company (and our product) is going to look like. We started a list last week of things we need to look at. We will be using these two classes to start getting more in depth into each of the areas and start figuring out how our prototypes, packaging, and marketing research is going to look like.

> Again, HE WILL be paid back!!!!! :)
 * Cost for Prototypes of Products - ** During conversations conversations, a point was made about the cost of creating prototypes for your products as you are doing market research. I heard a few things mentioned that we can discuss right now and I am open to anything as long as we are __moving__ thos process forward:
 * Mr. Young will see if there is some money available in our School Supplies account (will talk with Mr. Faulk) that would help you with your prototypes (this money would need to be paid back when you make your profits). Recipts MUST be submitted!
 * Mr. Young can give you a loan (with advance notice) but he will be paid back as you make profit on your product.
 * You keep a copy of your receipts of the things you pay for for your your prototype products and the company will pay you back as you see profit.
 * Any other ideas???


 * Marketing Research:** Obviously we need to figure out who is going to buy our product and how much they are willing to pay for each. This needs to be done quickly and we need to cover a lot of territory. How are we going to do this?


 * Logo and Company Name**: We need to establish a company name as we go and SOMEONE is going to need to make a logo! How are we going to do this? WHO IS CREATIVE, CAUSE THIS GUY IS NOT!!!!! :)


 * Sponsorship for the Packaging**: The discussion has also revolved around adding sponsorship to the package for a fee. How is this going to look and who is going to go and present the idea to potential businesses? Again, these needs to be taken on by members of our group if this is the way you want to go? We will need:

1. Contacts made with the businesses prior to going in 2. A letter explaining to the businesses what you would like from them 3. A time for you to go in and see the business 4. Your Prototypes 5. Presentation of what you are going to provide the business for their sponsorship (5 minutes or less)

__**Thursday, October 17th and Friday, October 18th**__: Tie up any loose ends from the last few classes and go over the "Company Roles" from the JA handbook (will be provided to each of you that we will keep in the class. **Elections will take place on Monday, October 28th.** Also, we will be looking at the norms (10 Commandments) for our company, as a group, so that we are all on the same page before the roles are established within the business. We will be going through this as a class and create them! Remember this is YOUR company! What do you want it to look like and how do you want it to run?

Have a great weekend!



__ **Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th, 2013** __ __ **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**__ __ **Monday, October 7th**: __ Hope you all had a great weekend! Today is the last day to work on your presentations! Tomorrow, THE DRAGONS ARE HERE!

__**Tuesday, October 8th**__: A huge welcome and thank you to our Dragons for showing up today during your presentations!!

__ **Wednesday, October 9th** __ : Today, we are going to be debriefing about your presentations from yesterday. Here some questions to look at as a class:


 * 1. What went well in your presentation? **
 * 2. What could have gone better? **
 * 3. Did you feel prepared to answer the questions that the Dragons asked? **
 * 4. Was there a product that stood out as one that tweaked your interest as one that we could sell for our business? **

Today, as well, we are going to be taking a look at some of the positions within the company that will up for you to decide. Some of the titles include President, Vice-President, etc. We will go through each of these roles, using the Junior Achievement handbook and over the course of the next couple of days, we will decide or vote on who will be taking on these roles within the company.

Elections will take place __!__

__ Some of the topics we will be looking at when it comes to YOUR company, will be the following: __

__ 1. ** Voting ** - Talk briefly about how you will vote when things come up in your company. Whether it be voting for positions or on products, there needs to be a vote on how things will be handled in your group. We will be looking at this this week and we will need to come up with a written document, with all signatures, on how voting will happen. Some groups in the past have done that there needs to be a 100% committment from everyone, or go with over 60% majority gets the vote. Think about it. We will be looking at page 34 in our books for guidance. __

__ 2. ** Identifying your buisness idea ** - Market Research for your product __ __ As Katherine said when she was here, you have to start narrowing down your ideas for your product. That means showing your product to other people by making something up on the computer or creating a prototype of your products. Based on your market research, you will hopefully we able to narrow down your product choices even further from the list that you already have. There are some questions that we need to answer before we can go ahead with your chosen product. Please feel free to take the document and use it however you wish. You can change it to fit Here are some copies for you: __



__** 3. Cost for Prototypes of Products - ** During yesterdays conversations, a point was made about the cost of creating prototypes for your products as you are doing market research. I heard a few things mentioned that we can discuss right now and I am open to anything as long as we are __moving__ thos process forward: > Again, HE WILL be paid back!!!!! :)
 * Mr. Young will see if there is some money available in our School Supplies account (will talk with Mr. Faulk) that would help you with your prototypes (this money would need to be paid back when you make your profits). Recipts MUST be submitted!
 * Mr. Young can give you a loan (with advance notice) but he will be paid back as you make profit on your product.
 * You keep a copy of your receipts of the things you pay for for your your prototype products and the company will pay you back as you see profit.
 * Any other ideas???

4. ** CONTACTS - ** Now is the time to start thinking about WHO you know and WHO you can go and talk to about your products. Once we have an idea nailed down, you are definitely going to want to go and use those contacts to see how you can use them in some way. WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT COULD HELP US OUT WITH DIFFERENT AREAS SUCH AS MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION? The more opportunities to get your product out there, the better!!!

__**Thursday, October 10th and Friday, October 11th**__: During these classes, we will be using the time to discuss more about your business and the ideas you are putting together to get started!

Have an awesome weekend!

__ **Monday, September 30th to Friday, October 4th, 2013** __ __ **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 understandings

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, September 30th to Friday, October 4th**:__ This week, is Pitch your Product Presentations week!! Just like we discussed on Friday, it is now YOUR TURN to come up with a product that you are going to pitch to a group of Dragons, next week!

Here is the assignment and the marking scheme, that we went over on Friday:



Remember, work hard and it will all pay off! You need to know that product inside and out!

Presentations will be taking place on Tuesday, October 8th!

Have a great weekend!



__ **Monday, September 23rd to Friday, September27th, 2013** __ __ **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 understandings

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, September**__ **__23rd__:** LEMONADE SALE!!! CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING $287.00 for CLASSROOMS FOR AFRICA!!!!

__**Tuesday, September 24th**__: You will be given this time to work on your responses regarding the Lemonade project. This can either be written out or printed off (or sent to me over email). 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?



__**Wednesday, September 25th**__: PERIOD OFF BECAUSE YOU ROCKED IT ON MONDAY!!!

__**Thursday, September 26th**__: Mrs. McKinnon, from Junior Achievement will be joining us!

__**Friday, September 27th**__: We will be debriefing our discussion with Mrs. McKinnon, and starting to think about the big idea for your product as we begin to look at your company!

Here is the next part of our journey:



Have a great weekend!



__ **Monday, September 16th to Friday, September 20th, 2013** __ __ **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 **__ __** Monday, September 16th and Tuesday September **** 17th: **__ You are all hanging out with AXIS for these two days! Enjoy it!

__**Wednesday, September 18th to Friday, September** **20th**:__ You are being given the rest of these classes to get EVERYTHING ready for Monday's sale! One person, in your group, will be given the $30 and THEY WILL BE IN CONTROL OF THE MONEY UNTIL MONDAY WHEN THE CASH BOXES ARE HANDED IN!!!! :) (That's me saying it nicely). My hope is that you choose someone that is VERY responsible! Those people will be in charge of:

1. Keeping the money safe! 2. Collecting all receipts from purchases of the group 3. Paying back people if purchased with their own money (RECEIPTS MUST BE IN HAND) 4. Getting the cash box to me on Monday, after the sale with the total from the group of how much you made

Everyone is doing their thing for the next few classes! Make it happen people! :) you can do it!

Have a great weekend! :)



__ **Monday, September 9th to Friday, September 13th, 2013** __
 * __What are w__ **** __e 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?__ **
 * __Monday, September__ __ 9th __ : ** Continuing with our discussion on the skills of a beginning entrepreneur, we are going to be looking at the Dragons' Den episode: The Road to Riches (see last week's entries, below, for the video)

**__Tuesday September 10th__**: ** GET YOUR LEMONADE HERE!!!! ** That's right! Welcome to our first venture into you creating a product that you will sell to the public. We will be going through the following handout. As we go through this handout you will see a few tasks that you have to undertake in this new venture. It is going to be quick so you are going to have to be on top of your game for the next few classes! We will be getting into 3 groups to work on this project.




 * __Wednesday, September 11th to Friday, September 13th__ ** : For these classes, we will be working on our ventures. Please refer to the handout above for information on what you need to do.

Have a great weekend!



__ **Tuesday, September 3rd to Friday, September 6th, 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?** __

**__Tuesday, September 3rd__**: 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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Oh, by the way, next week, you start selling! Have a great weekend!