This Week in Entrepreneurship — May 11th 2020

This week we will be learning about pitching your idea to investors and customers.

Activity One

I want you to read the article below.

18 Pitch Essentials: How to Pitch an Idea to Investors and Customers

After you read the article, write a brief reaction or reflection to the article at the bottom of this page.

If you have any questions, please email me.

Activity Two

After reading the article, you should have an idea of what a pitch is. For this next activity, I want to complete the handout below which will help to organize a pitch for you startup. Click here for the document. Make a copy of the document and respond to the section. There is link to a sample pitch. You do not have to follow that form. The sample is only given to help you understand the different sections.

If you have any questions, please email me.

This Week in Entrepreneurship — May 4th, 2020

This week you should complete your two social media ads. You should have these finished by the end of the week. You will receive more details on Thursday how to submit your ads. If you need specific directions, you should refer to the documents I gave you last week.

If you have questions, please email me.

This Week in Entrepreneurship — April 27th

At this stage of developing your social media campaign, you are now ready to begin creating your advertising materials.

I have created a series of documents to guide you through this process. Click here for the document. This document provides specific instructions for how to complete the activity. In addition, it provide several resources that will help you construct your social media ads. Also, there are rubrics that will help you assess the quality of your works. Finally, there are student samples to give you an idea of what these ads might look like.

Read over the directions and we will meet on Tuesday to discuss the activity.

This Week in Entrepreneurship — April 20th 2020

Activity One — Analyzing Advertisements

This is another activity designed to help take another look into the construction of advertisements. Completing this activity and the previous activities will help you design your own advertisements. Click here for today’s activity which is due on Thursday.

Remember to submit the link to the activity below. You should make two different post: one for each activity assigned this week.


Activity Two — Designing A Social Media Campaign

This is the second activity for the week. Click here for the document. The purpose of the activity is to guide you through the process of developing a brand and brand messages.