Using the skills of an entrepreneur
What is an entrepreneur?
Are there any fictional characters from movies, TV that you think could fit the description
of an entrepreneur?
Now think about any people you either know personally (family, friends, neighbours)
or know of in your community that could fit the description of an entrepreneur?
What about well known New Zealanders or international figures?
Considering all the people you have identified as being ‘entrepreneurial” — what
is it about them that suggests they are — i.e. what skills, attributes, characteristics
do they have?
Choosing your own venture
In groups or as a class, brainstorm a venture that could be used as a fund raising
venture that the whole class would like to work towards (i.e. raising money for class
trip or piece of equipment for the school or maybe raising money for a local charity).
The ideas
In groups brainstorm a list of goods or services you could offer to raise funds.i.e
offer a service i.e. washing cars or by selling goods e.g. selling toffee apples
at lunchtime. Be innovative — try and think of things that may not have been done
before.
Things to consider:
How will they know if people want their product or service?
Do they have the skills to make the product or offer the service? If not, how will
they get these skills?
Will they have to purchase anything first? How will they raise they raise the money
or are there other ways to source product?
How much are they aiming to raise? How possible is this?
For how long will the fund raiser be continued?
How ill they tell people about the products and services they are offering?
Do they have any competition? — i.e. other fundraising activities happening ion the
school in community
Working together as a team weigh up which idea is most likely to be the best
option.
Putting the plan into action
As a team put together a plan of action of details of the fund raiser. The plan
should include:
Set a realistic goal i.e. to raise $$.
Timeline — when will the event happen or is it ongoing over 1 week etc
What tasks need to be undertaken and who should be responsible for this task.
Is there someone that could act as a mentor (i.e. a teacher or person in the community)to
help with advice
Further Classroom Activities.
Up close and personal with an entrepreneur
Choose an entrepreneur from one of the 'New Cool' Websites below:
NEW COOL WEBSITE LINKS
http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/ Dawn Raid Entertainment
(record company)
http://www.injectdesign.co.nz/ Inject Design (a graphic design company)
http://www.loop.co.nz/ LOOP Aotearoa Recordings
(record company)
http://www.metia.co.nz/ Metia Interactive (interactive games developer)
http://www.stickypictures.co.nz/ Sticky Pictures (film & tv production)
http://www.sidhe.co.nz/ Sidhe Interactive (games developers)
Choose the company that interests you most
Research the company through its website
Write a profile that covers
Who runs the company
What they do.
What inspired them to run their own business?
What is their biggest challenge to overcome?
Present the findings from your interview in oral, written or graphical form. For
example you could create a flowchart of the path from the entrepreneur’s idea to
present day or write a short biography or story
OR
Choose an entrepreneur in your community to profile.
First, you need to develop a set of interview questions to ask the entrepreneur.
Focus on covering off:
- What they do and the path to where they are today
- Who or what helped them achieve their success
- What has been the biggest challenge to overcome?
- What advice they would have for young people thinking of starting their own business
Present the findings from your interview in oral, written or graphical form. For
example you could create a flowchart of the path from the entrepreneur’s idea to
present day or write a short biography or story.
What would you like to be?
If you could be an entrepreneur/start up your own business — what would you want
to be and why? Remember, there can be all types of businesses, from music and film,
through to food, fashion, science and technology. |
