VENTURE DEVELOPMENT 30S
Course Calendar
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Course Outline
Purpose
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Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Every business venture begins with an idea. A determined entrepreneur is willing to take the necessary risks to see their venture succeed.
Venture Development is for everyone who has an interest in starting their own business. It builds upon the concepts and ideas studied in Business Innovations 10S. Students will focus the majority of their time on planning, creating, implementing, evaluating, and growing a business venture. |
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Evaluation
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10% - Self-Assessments: Student self-checked work.
50% - Assignments and Projects: Assigned and graded regularly. 40% - Major Project: Application of entrepreneurship venture development principles and concepts. |
Due Dates and Final Deadline Dates
You will be given suggested deadlines for assignments and projects, to encourage responsibility and assist with time management. Assignments and projects may be submitted to me in any order; however, all assignments and projects must be submitted to me no later than the final scheduled deadline day. Assignments, projects, and tests not submitted by the final deadline day will be assigned a grade of zero.
To avoid plagiarism: please note that depending on the nature of assignments and projects, work that has not been submitted by the time other student’s work has been marked and returned will not be accepted and an alternate assignment/project will need to be completed. Plagiarism and cheating on any work, including assignments, projects, and tests is unacceptable and will result in a grade of zero. If a student copies another student’s work, both of the students will receive a grade of zero.
To avoid plagiarism: please note that depending on the nature of assignments and projects, work that has not been submitted by the time other student’s work has been marked and returned will not be accepted and an alternate assignment/project will need to be completed. Plagiarism and cheating on any work, including assignments, projects, and tests is unacceptable and will result in a grade of zero. If a student copies another student’s work, both of the students will receive a grade of zero.
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Includes all items due from: September 4 to October 11
Includes all items due from: October 12 to November 22 Includes all items due from: November 22 to January 27 |
Attendance and Puctuality
You are expected to attend class and be on time. Attendance and punctuality are mandatory and extremely necessary for success in the course. Remember that most learning occurs inside the classroom. If you are absent, you are responsible for finding out what work you missed and for completing that work on your own time. Classwork, assignments, projects, tests, etc., are all posted on my web site.
Cell Phone and Electronic Device Usage
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Please do not bring personal electronic devices to class (keep them in your locker). If you choose to bring them to class, remember to keep devices turned off and/or silent. Personal devices must be kept away at all times (out of sight). I will give you my undivided attention, and I expect the same from you.
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Teacher Contact Information
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Web Site
PowerSchool Phone |
Check out course calendar, expectations, day‑to-day lessons, activities, assignments, and more.
Follow your son/daughter’s progress by accessing their marks in PowerSchool. Reach me during school hours at 204-325-8008. Contact me any time via e-mail at susana.hawryshko@gvsd.ca. |
Suggested Supply List
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Outcomes
Unit 1 – Your Venture is About to Begin
Unit 2 – Clearing the Path to Your Venture
Unit 3 – Understanding the Market for Your Venture
Unit 4 – Developing the Venture
Unit 5 – Financing Your Venture
Unit 6 – Your Online Venture
Unit 7 – Your Adventure Awaits
- Define entrepreneurship
- Identify the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs
- Assess personal entrepreneurial potential
- Analyze how creativity is essential to entrepreneurship
- Analyze why innovation is essential to entrepreneurship
Unit 2 – Clearing the Path to Your Venture
- Demonstrate an understanding of the three-stage planning process
- Analyze forms of business ownership
- Evaluate business risk and reasons for business success and failure
- Investigate legislative, legal, and insurance requirements associated with starting a business
Unit 3 – Understanding the Market for Your Venture
- Analyze the marketplace to identify needs and wants
- Conduct market research
- Develop business strategies that appeal to specific target markets
- Evaluate and assess an industry’s current profile and future outlook
- Analyze the external factors that may affect a business (competition, economy, politics, cultural trends, and technology)
Unit 4 – Developing the Venture
- Analyze the elements of the marketing mix
- Construct product development strategies
- Construct pricing strategies
- Construct place and distribution strategies
- Construct promotional strategies
Unit 5 – Financing Your Venture
- Identify the difference between cost and prize
- Calculate and analyze:
- Total cost (cost of goods sold vs. expenses)
- Cost per unit
- Break-even analysis (fixed expenses, variable expenses)
- Profit
- Start-up capital
- Prepare a comparative income statement and a statement of cash-flow
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze financial statements to make business decisions
Unit 6 – Your Online Venture
- Analyze the role of digital commerce in entrepreneurship
- Investigate methods doing business online (e.g. social media)
- Analyze the impact of one’s digital footprint when starting a business
Unit 7 – Your Adventure Awaits
- Analyze a comprehensive business plan
- Develop a comprehensive business plan which includes:
- Executive summary
- Company Profile
- Market Research Analysis and Marketing Strategy
- Competitive Analysis
- Sales and Marketing
- Operations
- Financial reports
- Implement a business plan
- Develop a formal presentation on a business plan which includes:
- Product Pitch
- Investor Pitch
- Tradeshow