PowerPoint / Portfolio Assignment The Entrepreneur’s Playbook [Managing the Business Lifecycle]
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Assignment Instruction: Portfolio Assignment: Visit the Course Tools / Portfolio tab of the classroom and view the following video about the use of Portfolio: . The Entrepreneur’s Playbook [Managing the Business Lifecycle] In this assignment, you will take on the role of a Founder/CEO of a new company. Your task is to create an 8-10 slide “Entrepreneur’s Playbook” (in PowerPoint with speaker notes) that navigates your company through the five stages of the business lifecycle. The Goal: Instead of just defining the stages, you will be making key decisions for your company. For each stage, you will: 1. Identify the #1 challenge your company faces (on the slide). How to Start: Download the BUSN100 Entrepreneurs Playbook Template file attached to these instructions. All detailed, step-by-step instructions are provided directly in the speaker notes of the template. This file is your guide and your submission. Choose a simple product or service. Here are some examples, get creative, it is your business: A local dog-walking/pet-sitting service A niche e-commerce store (e.g., selling custom-designed-t-shirts or niche subscription box) A mobile app for college students (e.g., a textbook exchange app or study spot finder app) Your business must be original for this assignment. All your decisions in the playbook must be specific to this company. Content: A minimum of 8 content-rich slides (Title/Reference slides do not count toward this minimum). Speaker Notes: This is critical. Your slides should be clear and concise. The detailed explanation, justification, and analysis must be written in the Speaker Notes section for each slide. (You may optionally record audio/video narration for your slides instead of writing speaker notes, but you must do one or the other.) Use Speaker Notes for explanations and details (How to create a and .
A Note on Application: You will be graded on your ability to apply the concepts, not just define them. A successful assignment will have clear, logical, and well-justified decisions that are directly tied to the unique company you created. Generic descriptions of the stages will not receive full credit.
Grading Rubric: A rubric is provided for your convenience that details how this assignment will be graded. Please review it carefully prior to submitting your assignment. If the grading rubric does not auto-populate here, please see it by visiting the Assignment details under Course Tools. |
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