Q7. Entrepreneurship: Brainstorm Business
What would your dream business look like?
So far, you’ve learned what it takes to be an entrepreneur, seen some awesome real-world examples, and even ran your own business in a simulation. Now it’s time to take it to the next level — your level!
In this Quest, you’ll get to imagine a business that’s totally YOU — based on your interests, skills, passions, and even problems you’d love to help solve.
Get ready to think big, dream bold, and start building a business idea that could really make a difference!
Discussion question to think about as you are playing the video below:
- In the video, what are the examples of problems that were solved through entrepreneurship?
How to Come Up with Innovative Business Ideas
Direct link (2:24 min.)
Brainstorming Business Time!
To assist in the process to come up with a business idea, you will want to make sure it is a good fit for you based on your interests, skills, passions, and problems that you would like to find solutions to.
The Brainstorming a Business Template.
- Be careful to read and follow all three steps in order on the template.
- You will be completing the tab labeled Template and AI Prompt but you may also want to go to the Examples and Ideas tab to help you out with your brainstorming.
Select that appropriate template based on which program your school uses and complete each set of instructions.
After you have completed the Brainstorming a Business Template, add it to the Brainstorming a Business page of your Career Prep Portfolio.
Once you have completed the Brainstorming a Business Template, add it to your Career Prep Portfolio, Q7 Brainstorming a Business. Check out 16.Q7 Brainstorming a Business portfolio as an example.
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes
b. Build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world
3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences
Websites and Documents
Websites
Videos from Outside Sources
- How to Come Up with Innovative Business Ideas (2:24 min.)
- How to Start Your Own Business (3:07 min.)
- Start It Up: A Small Business Simulator overview (1:18 min.)
- What is an Entrepreneur? (3:49 min.)
21t4s Websites
21t4s Documents & Quizzes