Entrepreneurship - BDI3C1
What it's all about...
Grade 11
In a world of accelerating change, where both challenges and opportunities abound, students need to learn how to live and work in an enterprising way, either as entrepreneurs who take the initiative to create new ventures or as enterprising individuals who apply their skills, attitudes, and abilities while working within the various organizations that contribute to our society.The need to be enterprising is further emphasized by the exponential growth of e-commerce and the economic opportunities it presents. Students will have opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attributes of entrepreneurs and enterprising employees by organizing an event, planning a school-based business, or completing a venture plan with an e-commerce component. Students will use these skills to learn how to live and work as creative problem solvers who welcome and successfully manage change.
Course Content:
Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs
Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Analyze the skills for success and learn from successful people
Ideas and Opportunities for New Ventures
Learn the difference between invention and innovation. Look at strategies for identifying opportunities and generating ideas
Benefits of a Venture Plan
Learn why it is so vital to develop a business plan and have a vision
Developing a Venture Plan
A step-by-step guide on how-to develop your very own business plan.