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

Business Plan Resources

Business Plan Index

Google Docs

User Name - PowerSchool ID

Password - DSD + your lunch code

Intro to Business Plans

EQ - How does a well-written business plan benefit an entrepreneur?

‰        Introduction to Business Plans

o   Importance of Business Plan (p. 64 – 68)

o   Elements to Include (69 – 77)

§  **NOTE** We have already completed EVERYTHING for our business plan.  Our complete business model gives us our foundation for writing our business plan

o   Begin Business Plan Composition (ROUGH DRAFT DUE JAN. 3)

‰       BUSINESS PLAN ELEMENTS

o   Introduction

§  A detailed description of the business & its goals

§  The ownership of the business

§  Skills and Experience the owner brings to the business

§  The Advantages our business has over the competition

o   Main Body

§  Marketing (71-72)

§  Financial Management (72-73) (Cost Structure)

§  Operations (73)

§  Concluding Statement (73)

o   Appendix

§  Supporting documents that provide additional information to support your plan (these will be limited) (76)

‰       **NOTE** Pages 74-77 should assist greatly