8th February 2022

Jason Parris
The Cricket School By CoachP

Dear Mr. Parris,

Request to Interview

We are Lower 6th Students of the Alexandra School, preparing for our CXC
CAPE Entrepreneurship Unit 1 Examination.

As a component of our Entrepreneurship Syllabus, we are required to complete a

School Based Assessment (SBA), where an Entrepreneur is interviewed in their
locality/community. The discussion topics are: The Entrepreneurial Mindset, The
Entrepreneurial Process, and Creativity and Innovation.

We are, therefore, requesting your permission to meet with you in order for us to
conduct an interview. We understand that you have a busy schedule and therefore
have enclosed the questions so that you can prepare in advance, hence minimizing the
interview time.

Please note that all information given will be held in strictest confidence and used
solely for the purposes of our SBA.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our group leader,
Jonathan Chester, at 846-7656, 423-0078, or jonathanchester@alexandra.edu.bb.

Yours faithfully

Jonathan Chester
Kimani Greaves
Eon Thomas

Questions for Mr Parris:

1. What is the name of your business?
2. Is the name registered?
3. Where is your business located? (official address of the business)
4. Can you give us some background information, for example
• Were you always self employed?
• Did you work somewhere else for a business/person before you
became an entrepreneur?
• Did you always want to be an entrepreneur?
What inspired you to become an Entrepreneur?
• What made you start your business? (origin of the venture)
5. Where do you see your business right now at this present?
• Is it one of the leaders in the industry?
• Struggling to survive?
• ‘Holding its own’/surviving/doing well?

6. Would you say there are a lot of people in this type of business?
7. Would you say the industry is getting smaller, bigger or seems the same?
8. Is there anything the government or the private sector could do to make it
easier to run your business?
9. Do you plan to pass the business on to anyone else? If yes, to whom?
10. Do you have any present challenges?
11. Do you see any challenges presenting themselves in the future?
12. Do you see any emerging opportunities in the industry that can impact the
business?
13. With the knowledge you have gained, would you have done anything
differently from when you first started?
14. What challenges did you face at the beginning of your business?
15. What is unique about your business?
16 What advice would you give to someone trying to become an
Entrepreneur?
17. What strategies have you used to market your business?
18. How would you define success?
19. What do you enjoy most about starting your own business?
20. How long did it take for your business to be successful?