Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

 EQ - How do my character traits compare to those of a successful entrepreneur?

1. Activator - TPS Splashdown: 
1. Success Handout - What does this mean to you?
2. Who are some people who you consider to be successful?
3. What characteristics of successful people do you value?
2. Introduction to the Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
1. *Graphic organizer
2. Compare and contrast the two lists?
3. AP - Adora Svitak Ted Talk
• Focus Area - What character traits has Adora demonstrated that show that she has what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur?
4. Young Entrepreneur Investigation
1. Young Entrepreneur Stories - Complete the Assignment
5. Presentation of Entrepreneurs
6. Class Discussion - How can you determine whether or not you have these character traits?prove that you have these character traits?
7. Homework - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know? *

Where do Good Ideas Come From?

EQ - How can a person transform a good idea into a viable entrepreneurial venture?

1. Activator - What is entrepreneurship?
1. Commenting on Schoology (Laptop Assignments)
2. Gyrate Your Genius *Credit to Soul Pancake*
1. Think of a problem that irritates you.
2. Channel your inner inventor
3. Create a solution.  No matter how far-fetched it seems, sketch it out and name it.
3. TPS Discussion - What makes an idea a good idea?
4. Video - Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created.  After watching the video we will share our inner genius with others and see if our ideas can grow together.
     
5. AP – Small group summary: Where do good ideas come from?
6. Share your Gyrate Your Genius projects with your small groups and utilize Steven Johnson’s research to create a good idea for a business
1. White Board Drawing
7. AP - Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
1. Handout
8. Class Discussion
1. Collaboration Opportunities?
2. Favorite Idea?
3. Most Likely To Succeed?
9. AP - Collaborative Pairs - How could you turn your idea into a business?
10. TOD - How can I develop a good idea to become an entrepreneur?

Welcome to Entrepreneurship

EQ - How is entrepreneurship defined?

1. Welcome to Entrepreneurship
2. Classroom Policies & Procedures
3. Syllabus Review
4. Activator - I Want To Draw A Cat For You
5. Splashdown *Discovery Questionnaire
6. AP - Class Discussion: Review of Discovery Questionnaire*
7. The Key to defining Entrepreneurship
• Light bulbs vs. Money bags
8. AP - Discussion Groups - What have you learned so far?
9. *Revisiting "I Want To Draw A Cat For You" * Copyright You and Me This Morning
10.  TPS
• What are your thoughts regarding becoming an entrepreneur?  Explain using what you have learned about entrepreneurship today.
11. TOD - Back of Notecard
1. List 3 parts of your life that you feel passionate
2. List 2 goals for yourself in this class.
3. Ask Mr. Hill 1 meaningful question regarding this class, learning/teaching, or business.

**Homework** Visit Schoology and to the discussion board with your definition of entrepreneurship

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

EQ - How can a person transform a good idea into a viable entrepreneurial venture?

1. Activator - What is entrepreneurship?
1. Commenting on the class website
2. Gyrate Your Genius *Credit to Soul Pancake*
1. Think of a problem that irritates you.
2. Channel your inner inventor
3. Create a solution.  No matter how far-fetched it seems, sketch it out and name it.
3. TPS Discussion - What makes an idea a good idea?
4. Video - Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created.  After watching the video we will share our inner genius with others and see if our ideas can grow together.
     
5. AP – Small group summary: Where do good ideas come from?
6. Share your Gyrate Your Genius projects with your small groups and utilize Steven Johnson’s research to create a good idea for a business
1. White Board Drawing
7. AP - Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
1. Handout
8. Class Discussion
1. Collaboration Opportunities?
2. Favorite Idea?
3. Most Likely To Succeed?
9. AP - Collaborative Pairs - How could you turn your idea into a business?
10. TOD - Answer the EQ

Advantages and Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship

Is entrepreneurship a viable career option?

1. Finalize Partnership Activity
1. Choose a successful entrepreneur - 30 Under 30
2. List the traits and aptitudes that have contributed to his/her success (You should search beyond Inc.com)
3. Create a list of advantages and disadvantages to becoming an entrepreneur based on this Trep's story.
4. Create a brief overview of this Trep to present to the class.

EQ - How will I know if entrepreneurship is right for me?

1. Activator - The Downside*
2. Class Discussion
3. Advantages & Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
4. TPS - What Went Wrong? (p.13)
5. AP – Considering the risks associated with entrepreneurship, why do many people consider opening their own business?
6. Homework Evaluation – Access your homework
1. What characteristics of successful entrepreneurs do you display?
2. Provide evidence from your life
3. How can your characteristics allow you to capitalize on the advantages of entrepreneurship?
7. TOD - Is entrepreneurship right for you? Why or why not?

Unit Assessment Next Class

Entrepreneurial Ideas

EQ - How can identifying a problem lead us to develop an entrepreneurial idea?

1. Activator - What makes an idea a good idea?
2. Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created.  After watching the video we will share our inner genius with others and see if our ideas can grow together.
     
3. Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
• Handout
4. Class Discussion
• Collaboration Opportunities?
• Favorite Idea?
• Most Likely To Succeed?
5. How does this relate to that big "E" Word...What is an Entrepreneur?
6. Collaborative Pairs - How could you turn your idea into a business?
7. TOD - Answer the EQ

Welcome to Entrepreneurship

EQ - What is entrepreneurship?

1. Activator - I Want To Draw A Cat For You
2. Splashdown *Discovery Questionnaire
3. Class Discussion
4. The Key to defining Entrepreneurship
• Light bulbs vs. Money bags
5. Class Discussion - What have you learned so far?
6. *Revisiting "I Want To Draw A Cat For You" * Copyright You and Me This Morning
7.  TOD
• What are your thoughts regarding becoming an entrepreneur?  Explain using what you have learned about entrepreneurship today.

**Homework** Visit the class website and comment on this post with your definition of entrepreneurship

Is Entrepreneurship Right For Me

Continuation from last class

PLEASE PREPARE FOR CLASS BY TAKING OUT YOUR ADVANCED ORGANIZER 

EQ - How do my character traits compare to those of a successful entrepreneur?

1. Activator -  Splashdown 8 characteristics of successful entrepreneurs
2. Discussion - Which of the characteristics from your reading do you most possess?
3. Project - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know? (Prove It)

EQ - How will I know if entrepreneurship is right for me?

1. Activator - The Downside*
2. Class Discussion
3. Advantages & Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
4. TPS - What Went Wrong? (p.13)
5. Meet a young entrepreneur
6. Teamwork - As a class, list Adora's personal traits that have contributed to her success as an entrepreneur.
7. CP - Entrepreneur Project
8. TOD - Is entrepreneurship right for you? Why or why not?

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

 EQ - How do my character traits compare to those of a successful entrepreneur?

1. Activator:  Soul Pancake "Success"
• Read the quotes
• Compose your thoughts on your reading.
2. Key Terminology AO
3. Ideas In Action - Making Job Connections (p. 3)
1. Actively Read (Intro & Demo)
2. Complete "What do you know?"
3. Prepare for a class discussion
4. Card Group Activity - Understanding Entrepreneurship
1. Actively Read p 4-8 (skip "Types of Entrepreneurial Businesses)
2. Checkpoint Question
3. Class Discussion
5. Collaborative Pairs Splashdown- What do you think it takes to be a successful entrepreneur?
1. CP Activity (10-11)
2. Update your list
6. Discussion - Which of the characteristics from your reading do you most possess?
7. Homework - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know?

Problem Solving

EQ - How can identifying a problem lead us to develop an entrepreneurial idea?

1. Activator - Soul Pancake Activity
2. Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created.  After watching the video we will share our inner genius with others and see if our ideas can grow together.
     
3. Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
• Handout
4. Class Discussion
• Collaboration Opportunities?
• Favorite Idea?
• Most Likely To Succeed?
5. How does this relate to that big "E" Word...What is an Entrepreneur?
6. Collaborative Pairs - How could you turn your idea into a business?
7. TOD - Answer the EQ

Welcome to Entrepreneurship

EQ - What is entrepreneurship?

1. Activator - I Want To Draw A Cat For You
2. Splashdown *Discovery Questionnaire
3. Class Discussion
4. The Key to defining Entrepreneurship
• Light bulbs vs. Money bags
• TPS - Exploratory Research - Click Here
5. Today's Meet - What have you learned so far?
6. *Revisiting "I Want To Draw A Cat For You" *
7. TOD - In Today's Meet
• What are your thoughts regarding becoming an entrepreneur?  Explain using what you have learned about entrepreneurship today.

**Homework** Visit the class website and comment on this post with your definition of entrepreneurship

Advantages & Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship

EQ - When considering both the advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurship, why is it a viable career option?

1. Activator - Family Feud Review
2. Classifying Business Project
1. Choose a company you know (or from the list)
2. Research the history
3. Summarize the history of the company
1. Include the type of business
2. The entrepreneur(s) who started the business
3. Characteristics of the entrepreneur(s) that made the company successful
4. Where did the idea for business generate?
1. Prepare to present your findings
3. Project Presenations (30 - 60 seconds)
4. The Downside - Handout with Application
5. Sim Card Foldable - Listing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
6. TOD –
1. List and describe the 4 categories of business that exist.
2. What made the entrepreneur(s) willing to take the risk to own and operate a business? 
3. What would inspire you to become an entrepreneur?
4. Construct support to explain why entrepreneurship is a viable career option? (Use content from all previous classes)
7. Unit 1 Exam Preparation

Test Next Class 

Types of Business & Entrepreneurs

 EQ - Why is entrepreneurship a viable career option?

1. Q & A
2. Activator: Splashdown 4 types of businesses
3. Types of Business w/ examples
1. Sim-card Foldable
2. Description
3. Examples
4. Group Try It
1. Google
2. Sony
3. Exxon Mobile
4.  Hollister
5. Classifying Business
• Choose a company you know (or from the list)
• Research the history
• Summarize the history of the company
1. Include the type of business
2. The entrepreneur(s) who started the business
3. Characteristics of the entrepreneur(s) that made the company successful
4. Where did the idea for business generate?
• Prepare to present your findings
6. The Downside - 
7. TOD –
• List and describe the 4 categories of business that exist.
• What made the entrepreneur(s) willing to take the risk to own and operate a business? 
• What would inspire you to become an entrepreneur?
• Construct support to explain why entrepreneurship is a viable career option? (Use content from all previous classes)

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs Continued

*Please prepare for class by reviewing your notes from our last meeting AND taking out your homework.*

 EQ - How do my character traits compare to those of a successful entrepreneur?

1. Activator: Hot Seat Scribe
2. Reading Recap 
3. Homework Recap
4. Discussion - Which of the characteristics from your reading do you most possess?
5. Activator - Adora Svitak Ted Talk
6. Young Entrepreneur Stories- Complete the Assignment
7. Write at least 2 characteristics on the board
8. Class Discussion
9. Homework - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know?

Characteristic of Successful Entrepreneurs

 EQ - How do my character traits compare to those of a successful entrepreneur?

1. Activator:  Soul Pancake "Success"
• Read the quotes
• Compose your thoughts on your reading.
2. Key Terminology AO
3. Table Activity (p 4-7)
4. Discussion - What do you think it takes to be a successful entrepreneur?
5. Table Activity (10-11)
6. Discussion - Which of the characteristics from your reading do you most possess?
7. Young Entrepreneur Stories- Complete the Assignment
8. Write at least 2 characteristics on the board
9. Class Discussion
10.  Homework - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know?

Welcome to Entrepreneurship

EQ - How can identifying a problem lead us to develop an entrepreneurial idea?

1. Welcome to Entrepreneurship
2. Activator - The Rat Race
3. Discussion Question - How can you get out of the box?
4. Soul Pancake Activity
5. Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created.  After watching the video we will share our inner genius with others and see if our ideas can grow together.
     
6. Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
• Handout
7. Class Discussion
• Collaboration Opportunities?
• Favorite Idea?
• Most Likely To Succeed?
8. How does this relate to that big "E" Word...What is an Entrepreneur?
9. TOD - Answer the EQ