Business 101

Learn how to take your ideas and turn them into a profitable business. Starting with idea generation and culminating in a business fair at the end of the KDO school year, this class will lead you through the process of starting and running a business. This class offers information, advice, guidance, and activities to learn how to start a business, looks at how businesses operate, and helps you to be a well-informed consumer. We will touch on business strategy, business planning, marketing, financing, accounting, the production process, branding, and how to make a pitch. Guest speakers from different industries will lend their expertise as well. This will be a hands-on class with lots of interaction, team building, and effective communication while encouraging you to think creatively. The Simple Start-Up Workbook will serve as a general guide to building a business. The instructor will give real life examples, supply other resources, and allow students to apply the principles learned within the course. This course is best suited for high school students. Students in the workforce or closer to entering it will benefit the most.