Protégé : Business Opportunities’ Evaluation...
Here’s Minty as if she were awarded first prize! Well, she was our First Dog! « Always smiling, that dog! » Jolley, S. (2005) So, then, what came first in our league table of potential business opportunities emerging from our analysis and evaluation of the ideas that arose from your studies of the key components of change in the business environment? Here’s your Top 15 (in priority order according to your evaluations N°1: 42.4 to N°15: 38.6) Second hand clothing chain (the accent being on ‘chain’ as there is nothing remarkable about a second-hand clothes shop). In-Situ / Virtual Travel Time Exchange / services swap ‘Waste’ food redistribution service White goods machine rental – like Forbes UK? Locally...
L3 Intro 2 Business
OK… so in your research you saw through the obvious convenience in compartmentalising the key ‘environments’: SOCIO-CULTURAL TECHNOLOGICAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL (Natural) … which is good, because in reality all of these are overlaid and interact with one another. So, as you are no longer JUST looking within your teams at the ONE aspect of the business environment, I’ll have to change our targets and the output required. Here it is: In your teams of three or four, today: Find two changes within one or more of these environments each: i.e. 8 for a team of four 6 for a team of 3 Find the evidence: facts & figures, projections: what is changing how fast in what direction where?...
Protégé : L3 Business. Choices.
The front-runners for selection (unless you have some last-minute ideas to add) are: 1. Organic fast food chain 9.0 2 2= Local ‘eco’ hire car fleets 8.4 4 2= Low-cost rainfall collection & use system for householders 8.4 2 2= Upcycling brand chain 8.4 1 5 = Everything Dog 8.4 3 5. Eco-education university facility 8.1 6. One stop sustainability shop 7.9 7. Local currencies for big towns: a national movement 7.9 1 8. Terroir Restaurant chain 7.7 9. Eco-delivery fleet 7.6 So, which do you want to do? You are sixteen in number and three is about the optimal group size, so that gives us the following possibilities: 4 x groups of 3 plus 1 x group...
L3 Online Resources
Here is the list of reviewed resources produced by your groups (those I have received anyway) . CRON Pauline LODOLO Anthony Di FILIPPO Karen L3 FLSH Mulhouse TOP 5 Online Business Resources http://www.businesslink.gov.uk Free ressources. Clear and detailled informations. Step by step guide. Developped in partnership with the British Government, business experts and organisations. Helpfull if you?re starting a business, already running a business or looking to grow and develop. All aspects of business. You can access to local advice & support. http://www.business.gov.au An online free government ressource. It helps you creating a business in Australia but also gives you tips that can be applied to any other business. The website is really complete, contains a lot of...
L3 Trends in the Business Environment
So what ARE the key trends in the respective environments that your teams have looked at? Where are society, technology, the natural environment and the economy heading and what sort of changes are they going to make to us as customers or business...
L3 Online Business Resources … in English...
Your task (in pairs) was to identify 10 good online Business Resources (in English) and to make a list of the top FIVE of these, and review and present them to the group. Here I will try to build up for you a definitive list from the materials you cite: www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html US site. Basic and detailed. SBA www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner Business Link British government links all free business resources BBC www.bbc.co.uk Business Area. Reliable. Clear. High volume. Free Allbusiness.com. Small business start up orientated. Simple tips for business. Directory of terms / glossary / dictionary. e-anglais.com/resources/glossary A couple I prepared earlier: http://www.entrepreneur.com/ If you have only looked at the term ‘Business Resources’ then you are likely to have missed things...
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