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Entrepreneurship: The Venture

Grade 11 College Preparation, following the Ontario curriculum.

  • 4 units
  • 23 lessons
  • 202 practice questions
  • 181 flashcards
  • 2 simulators
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Try oneBDI3C · Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs
What is the main feature that separates an entrepreneur from an enterprising person?

Units

Unit 1 · 6 lessons · ~20% of course

Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs

What makes a person enterprising, how an entrepreneur differs, what successful Canadian entrepreneurs have in common, how young and adult entrepreneurs compare, why ethics matter, how entrepreneurs change communities, and how to measure your own entrepreneurial potential.

  1. 1Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs
  2. 2Profile of a Successful Entrepreneur
  3. 3Young and Adult Entrepreneurs
  4. 4Ethics and Social Responsibility
  5. 5Entrepreneurs as Agents of Change
  6. 6Assessing Your Entrepreneurial Potential
Unit 2 · 6 lessons · ~25% of course

Ideas and Opportunities for New Ventures

Where business ideas come from, how to tell a good idea from a real opportunity, and how to research demand, size up the competition and decide whether a student venture is worth launching.

  1. 1Invention and Innovation
  2. 2Ideas, Opportunities and Trends
  3. 3Generating Ideas and Choosing One
  4. 4Marketing Research: Is There Demand?
  5. 5Analysing the Competition: SWOT, PEST and Porter
  6. 6Is the Venture Viable?
Unit 3 · 4 lessons · ~15% of course

The Benefits of a Venture Plan

Why entrepreneurs write a venture plan, what goes in each section, where to get free help and templates, and how to test and revise the plan when conditions change.

  1. 1Why Write a Venture Plan?
  2. 2Inside a Venture Plan
  3. 3Where to Get Help and Templates
  4. 4Evaluating and Revising the Plan
Unit 4 · 7 lessons · ~40% of course

Developing and Completing the Venture Plan

Resources, ownership, production and marketing plans, then start-up capital, cash flow, break-even and financing, assembled into a finished plan.

  1. 1Resources, Rules and Forms of Ownership
  2. 2The Production Plan
  3. 3The Marketing Plan for Your Venture
  4. 4Financial Goals and Start-Up Capital
  5. 5Cash-Flow Projections and Break-Even
  6. 6Financing the Venture
  7. 7Completing and Presenting the Venture Plan

Simulators

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BDI3C
Cash-Flow Projection Lab

Plan six months of receipts and payments for a small venture and watch closing cash carry into the next month, to see how a business that earns money overall can still run out of cash in one month.

Used in 3 lessons
BDI3C
Decision Matrix Lab

Weight the criteria, rate three venture ideas from 1 to 5 and rank them by weighted score, then see how changing what matters most can change which idea wins.

Used in 7 lessons