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Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset

Grade 9 Open, following the Ontario curriculum.

  • 4 units
  • 21 lessons
  • 175 practice questions
  • 156 flashcards
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Try oneBEM1O · What Is an Entrepreneurial Mindset?
Which statement about the entrepreneurial mindset is TRUE?

Units

Unit 1 · 5 lessons · ~25% of course

The Entrepreneurial Mindset

What an entrepreneurial mindset is, how Canadian entrepreneurs turned their experiences into new ideas, how to check and grow your own potential, which ownership structure fits a venture, and how to take smart risks and bounce back from failure.

  1. 1What Is an Entrepreneurial Mindset?
  2. 2Canadian Entrepreneurs and Their Stories
  3. 3Assessing Your Entrepreneurial Potential
  4. 4Business Ownership Structures
  5. 5Risk, Failure and Bouncing Back
Unit 2 · 6 lessons · ~30% of course

Designing and Refining an Idea

Follow one student venture, the Stick With It water-bottle sticker shop, from a pile of brainstormed ideas to a tested prototype, a simple budget and a better, fairer final plan.

  1. 1Generating Ideas
  2. 2Evaluating and Choosing an Idea
  3. 3Prototypes and Storyboards
  4. 4Impacts and Stakeholders
  5. 5Making a Simple Budget
  6. 6Solving Problems and Refining the Idea
Unit 3 · 5 lessons · ~25% of course

Pitching and Business Communications

Find the money, mentors and programs that help young entrepreneurs, build and deliver a short pitch, and plan, design, revise and present business texts that everyone can read.

  1. 1Finding Support and Funding
  2. 2Building and Delivering a Pitch
  3. 3Planning Business Texts
  4. 4Design That Everyone Can Read
  5. 5Revising, Publishing and Presenting
Unit 4 · 5 lessons · ~20% of course

Leadership, Projects and Technology

Lead a team, plan and run a real project from goal to reflection, use digital tools safely, connect business skills to every subject and career, and see how entrepreneurs make a difference.

  1. 1Leadership Styles
  2. 2Managing a Project
  3. 3Digital Tools and Staying Safe Online
  4. 4Business Skills Everywhere: Subjects and Careers
  5. 5How Entrepreneurs Make a Difference