Select Your Language
CORE 1:
SELECT A MICROBUSINESS, RESEARCH YOUR MARKET, DEVELOP A NEW MARKET
Lesson Plan
- Develop a New Market
- Socratic discussion (teacher lead) to brainstorm to create 3 or 4 sequential steps in developing a new market
- List potential people who could help you create the new market
- List potential business who could use your product/service
- Discuss roles of Product vs Personal persuasion
Resources
- A Cow. A Few Goats. Bees - The Power of Hope is Real
- Choose Item for Sale and Launch Business
- Social Enterprises for the Slum
- Solar lights in Guatemala
- Water Tank, Ferro-Cement, CoRe Solutions Ferro
- Multi functions of rural store in Kenya
- Anything Can be a Microbusiness
- Microbusinesses Likely To Be In Demand
- Top 10 Cottage Industry Products
Homework*
- List 3 businesses or persons who could buy your potential product or service and contact them and ask if they would buy from you if you had the product or service ready.
- Take a “selfie” photo of you and that person together, OR list the time, date, and place where and when you spoke to them and have them sign it.
*assigned at the end of the weekend.