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Unit 2 - Opportunities & Business Idea
Unit 2 - Opportunities & Business Idea
Unit 2 - Opportunities & Business Idea
ACTIVITY 1
IDENTIFY BUSINESS IDEA/OPPORTUNITY
COME UP WITH A LIST OF 3 INTERESTING PROBLEMS TO SOLVE
Hint:
What problems are you experiencing in your community?
What resources are available in your community
What are the possible solutions for each problems
ACTIVITY 2
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
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Eliminate inappropriate business ideas:
• Use various techniques
Appropriate screening techniques are identified and selected
Selected screening techniques are justified and applied:
• Questionnaire technique
Activity: Assess business idea
• Visa technique:
- Visualize need that exists
- Imagine product / service to satisfy need
- State most important benefits to customer
- Action required
Brainstorming technique:
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- To generate, evaluate ideas
- 3 – 7 people
- Offer ideas freely, spontaneously
- Filtering funnel to select final ideas
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Activity: Brainstorming
• ‘What if’ technique:
- Ask ‘what if’ questions:
… clients unable to pay on time
… someone can produce same product at lower cost
… there is such a big demand that I have to employ staff
• Visa technique:
- Visualize need that exists
- Imagine product / service to satisfy need
- State most important benefits to customer
- Action required
• Brainstorming technique:
- To generate, evaluate ideas
- 3 – 7 people
- Offer ideas freely, spontaneously
- Filtering funnel to select final ideas
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… there is such a big demand that I have to employ staff