Business Planning for the Young Entrepeneur

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Are you a high school student interested in someday starting your own business? Are you a young creative mind with ideas of products or services you could offer the community? This course will help give you the basic skills in business, all through the lens of a business idea you may have or will create throughout the workshop. The workshop culminates with a “Shark Tank” style presentation where the participants will get a chance to present their ideas in a business plan format to their cohort.. 

Denise Boggs Eisenhauer, MS, MBA

Individuals 14-17 years  interested in going into business, or creatives hoping to learn more about the "business side" of the world. 

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Strategy· 

Apply strategic decision making to determine the potential success of a business venture, through the use of strategic thinking frameworks· Apply strategic thinking to creation of mission, vision and values statements

Economics 

Utilize the principles of economics

Financial Management 

Use financial tools such as breakeven analysis, accounting statements, and budgets to analyze businesses and business opportunities

Marketing

Apply marketing theory and frameworks to identify a target customer, develop positioning statements, and determine marketing channels

Operations

Understand operations of a business is a series of deeply integrated process which can be examined for efficiency and effectiveness

Organizational Development and Behavior ·

Understand basic business and organizational structures and discuss implications for a business· Understand the basic components of managing people and apply to a business venture

Leadership

Distinguish between various leadership styles and determine what style should be used at what time· Understand and predict the best communication styles to use in various situations

We do not offer direct legal and accounting advice for our clients related to the corporate structure of their potential company (LLC, S-Corp, Sole Proprietorship) , however we do offer a high level overview of the various options so that upon meeting with a legal team or accountant you have the basic fundamentals of various organizational and business structures.