8:6 – Thursday – Build-A-Biz

As a classroom entrepreneur, you will plan and create your own pizzeria and take care of daily operations, learning loads of practical concepts related to your new venture along the way. What will the week’s assignment be: Designing and naming your restaurant? Calculating profits? Scripting a commercial? Conducting an employee job interview?

In the exciting world of business, there is so much you can learn:

Writing a Simple Business Plan

Basic Economics

Money Matters

Problem Solving

Marketing

Customer Service

Management

Design and more…

You will dream up pizza specials to test the market as you look for successful dishes to grow your permanent menu. Will your new recipe be a hit? Find out the following week, through a Consumer Report showing customer sales and reviews.  We will track the collective profits of all class Pizzerias to earn real prizes throughout the semester.

We will finish our year with a real-life Pizza Party to celebrate how well you Build-a-Biz!

Purchase Order Instructions for Charter Families:

Vendor: We Spark Learning

(If with Gorman, Compass, Innovations Academy, or SCALE, use Vendor “Homeschool Coaches”)

Instructor: Ani Janbazian

Duration: One hour weekly, 14 week semester.

 Private Payment Instruction: