Creating a business enterprise idea

What is the business enterprise unit about?

The business enterprise unit is an opportunity for students to create and run a real business. Students create a product that can be sold in a specified market. They create financial & marketing plans, then trade their product, ideally for a profit.

Kiva is a charity that works with micro-finance organisations. These organisations provide finance to people that would otherwise find it difficult to raise the money they need e.g. to buy equipment for their business. The G10 business enterprise unit raises money for an NIS Kiva account. Money is lent to entrepreneurs through this account.

What is business enterprise?

Intro to Business Enterprise 2021

For 2021 the business enterprise focus is on creating a food product that can be sold at an international food festival.

Generating Ideas – What business will I create? 

Work through the thinking routine: Generate – Sort – Connect – Elaborate
  • Using stickies to generate ideas
  • Sort your ideas by placing them on a large piece of paper with the most important in the centre
  • Connect ideas where possible
  • Choose the best idea and elaborate – how can you make this work?