Your task is to think about your interests and talents and develop an idea for a unique small business. Then, you should research the community where you want to have the business to decide if it is a reasonable and useful idea for that area. Next, you should develop a business and marketing plan for your business to sell to investors. Finally, you will have to present your plans and get investors on board so you can start your business and succeed!
You will need to submit (Please see the Steps & Resources page for more specific instructions and details):
Notes and a Bibliography -- Keep detailed notes on information you discover throughout the project. Make a note of every source consulted. Submit a proper bibliography with all of your resources.
Power Point Presentation -- Outlining your business idea, support for your business idea, brief outline of business and marketing plan (should be persuasive and detailed)
Business/Marketing Plan for Business
See the Evaluation page for more details. Once completed, you will share your results and what you learned from the experience with your classmates through a presentation.
Proceed to the Steps & Resources section for directions on completing each step of this project and a list of resources to use for research.
**NOTE THE FOLLOWING** The SMALL BUSINESS REFERENCE CENTER DATABASE below will be very helpful for this project, especially during this time; many of the small business news and advice websites are now focused on helping small businesses deal with the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The database above will still contain the general articles about creating a small business, marketing, advertising and creating business plans that you need for this project.
Small Business Reference Center - VERY USEFUL RESOURCE!!!!
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&profile=sbrc
username: lenapehs1
password: lhs2425!
NOTE that this SMALL BUSINESS REFERENCE CENTER DATABASE will be very helpful for this project, especially during this time; many of the small business news and advice websites are now focused on helping small businesses deal with the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The database above will still contain the general articles about creating a small business, marketing, advertising and creating business plans that you need for this project.