Finding Demand for your Business

1.      Introduction

a.      Individually review supply, demand, equilibrium

b.       Quiz their table partner on the terms

c.      Clear desks (they may have a pen or a pencil)

2.      Supply and Demand graphing quiz

a.      Complete the quiz and submit it to the top bin on the laptop cart when finished.

b.      Take the packet next to the bin.

3.      Active Reading Assignment

a.      Begin reviewing the packet as follows:

                                                              i.      Frame the contents (Skim the article to define the author’s purpose

                                                            ii.      Highlight/underline key vocabulary terms

                                                          iii.      Read the article and “Talk to the text” (write notes, questions, key ideas, etc. all over the packet).  These are typically items that you believe are important.  If you make highlights, you must also make a notation.

                                                           iv.      Summarize the contents of the packet

                                                             v.      Define the author’s purpose in writing the content.

4.      Business Development – Find a million dollars’ worth of customers

a.      Access laptops to begin developing a business concept for this class.  Use the advice presented in the reading.