Entrepreneurship Jump Start (5 Week Session)

Pitch Your Business Idea

Ready to jump-start your business? Have you dreamt of turning your passion, hobby, or idea into a business? Where do you start? Entrepreneurship Jump Start is a five-week unit designed to take you through the steps to start a small business. We will show you what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, from idea generation to creating a product and pitching your ideas to an audience. Students will develop skills to brainstorm ideas, develop a product or service and create a business pitch. Each lesson builds upon the next in the development of a business.

Entrepreneurship is a mindset that can be cultivated through creativity, teaching life skills that will help navigate through a promising future. These skills include brainstorming, problem-solving, teamwork, empathy, innovation, and communication skills. 

What You Will Learn:

1. Develop unique business ideas
2. Understand the importance of and purpose of a prototype
3. Turn your idea into a prototype
4. Identify the components of a business pitch 
5. Develop a persuasive business pitch