Entrepreneurship Course for High School

Pathways 2: Entrepreneurship

Build a real business concept from the ground up — covering markets, finance, pitching, and the ethics of building something that matters.

1. Welcome!
1. Challenge: Create a New Drink
2. Challenge: Innovate It!
3. The Evolution of Entrepreneurship
1. Successful Start Ups
2. What's the Difference? For-Profit vs Nonprofit Business
3. Informational Interview - For-Profit Business Owner
4. Informational Interview - Non-Profit Leader
5. Product to Launch
1. What are Pop Up Shops?
2. What are Pop Up Shop? - Quiz
3. Visit Farmer's Market or Crafts Fair
1. Finding Your Pop Up Shop Idea
2. Finding Your Pop Up Shop Idea - Survey
3. Explore Your Local Economy and Business Support
1. Start With a Great Plan - Using Lean Canvas
2. Crafting Your Plan - Customers, Problems, Solutions and Channels
3. What is Your Unique Value Proposition?
4. Crafting Your Plan - Key Metrics, Cost Structure, Revenue Streams
1. Telling the Story - Transforming Lean Canvas into a Narrative
2. Exploring Future Training and Entrepreneurship Opportunities
1. Creating Your Products - Identifying Resources
2. Creating Products - Determining Costs
3. Develop Your Product Prototype
4. Testing Your Product with Consumers
1. Brainstorm a 3D Pop Up Shop
2. Intro to SketchUp
3. Model Your 3D Pop Up Shop
1. The Elevator Pitch
2. Write Your Pitch
3. Practice Your Pitch
1. Market Day!