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Achievement Programs |
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JA
Be Entrepreneurial
By
developing the essential components of a business
plan, JA Be Entrepreneurial challenges
students to start an entrepreneurial venture
while still in high school.
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LEARNING
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Session One: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Students
are introduced to the elements of successful
business start-ups, myths and facts about
entrepreneurship, and early product development.
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Recognize the elements of a successful
business start-up.
- Evaluate
myths and facts about entrepreneurship.
- Consider
product-development options.
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Session Two: Whats My Business?
Students
continue to develop their product or service
idea by analyzing various sources of successful
entrepreneurial ventures, culminating in
their selection of a product or service
as the basis of their business plan.
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Recognize the importance of carefully
selecting their product or service before
starting their business.
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their passions, talents, and skills to
a market-needs assessment to determine
the basis of their business plan.
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Session Three: Whos My Customer?
Students
examine how market needs and demographics
contribute to successful entrepreneurial
ventures.
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- Recognize
the importance of analyzing their market.
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a needs assessment to the market available
to a specific product.
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Session Four: Whats My Advantage?
Students
learn the importance of intentionally selecting
and applying competitive advantages to an
entrepreneurial venture.
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Define competitive advantages and recognize
them in other businesses.
- Demonstrate
the importance of selecting competitive
advantages that give their product and
market an edge on the competition.
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Session Five: Competitive Advantages
Students
apply competitive advantages to entrepreneurial
ventures.
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Evaluate short- and long-term consequences
in making ethical decisions.
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that being ethical can be good for business.
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Session Six: Ethics Are Good For Business
Students
learn to anticipate ethical dilemmas and
consider consequences in making ethical
business decisions.
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- Evaluate
short- and long-term consequences in making
ethical decisions.
- Express
that being ethical can be good for business.
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Session Seven: The Business Plan
Students
apply the six elements of successful start-ups
for their products and services.
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- Compile
entrepreneurial elements into a sample
business plan.
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CONCEPTS
Advertisement, Business plan, Competitive advantages,
Customer, Demographic, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial spirit,
Ethical dilemma, Ethics, Financing, Franchise, Long- vs.
short-term consequences, Management, Market, Market needs,
Marketing, Nonprofit business, Product, Product development,
Profit, Social entrepreneur, Social responsibility, Stakeholder,
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SKILLS
Analyzing information, Business planning, Categorizing
data, Decision-making, Evaluating alternatives, Expressing
multiple viewpoints, Graphic presentation, Oral and written
communication, Presenting information, Reading for understanding,
Weighing consequences, Working in groups, Working in pairs |
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Sample
Business Plan
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Volunteers, Teachers, and Students: Below is a
link to the downloadable version of the Sample Business
Plan from the JA Be Entrepreneurial program kit. |
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