Business Studies

Entrepreneurial Skills

Innovation

Initiative

Determination

Risk Taking

Planning

Leadership

Sources of Added Value

Quality

Design and Formula

Convenience

Speed and Quality Service

Branding

USP

Innovation

The process of transforming inventions into products that can be sold to customers

Business Plan

Name, History, Location

Equipment

Premises

Suppliers

Key personnel and info

The product/service

Production method

Marketing

Costs/Revenue

Cash Flow Forecast

Source of finance

Thinking Creatively

6 Thinking Hats

White - Factual thinking

Red - Emotions thinking

Black - Problems thinking

Yellow - Positive thinking

Green - Lateral thinking

Blue - Thinking about thinking

Lateral Thinking

Blue Skies Thinking

Questions

Why?

Why not?

What?

How?

Where?

When?

What if?

Invention

The discovery of new processes and potential new products typically after a period of research