Task 1a

• Computing
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC

Task 1a

What do you need to talk about in your Task 1a write up?

Do Now - Survey Check

Please check your surveys ready to send them out. You need to have one survey for each of your business ideas.

Please ensure the following:

1. You have a minimum of 5 questions

2. You have used correct spellings and punctuation throughout. This means capital letters and question marks mainly.

3. Finally, what are you trying to find out? Will you find out about the price you should charge, what customers want from your product and who your target audience is from the questions?

Microsoft Forms Link

Do Now - Surveys

Please continue to fill out surveys for other students in the class on Teams.

We will just do this for the first 10 minutes of the lesson before you get back to your Task 1a of the coursework.

1. What industry do your two business ideas operate in?

2. Have you included any statistics about how that industry in your write up? If not, spend 5 minutes researching this.

Introduce your two business ideas in your teams assignment.

Please include information about:
Product
Price
Place
Promotion

Learning Objectives

Conquer: Identify which of your business ideas matches your skills and interests best.

Aspire Higher: Compare your business ideas using a range of factors.

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Task 1a Introduction

Introduce your business idea. You should tell me:

1. Name of your business

2. What you sell

3. Where you'll sell your products (location)

4. Any other important facts

Then link your business to the following to explain why you picked this idea:

1. Your hobbies and interests 

2. Is it realistic for a 14-16 year old to run?

3. Is your business within the £50 budget?

Considerations

1. Your hobbies and interests

2. Realistic for a 14-16 year old

3. Within £50 budget

4. Costings - Start up and running costs

5. Pricing 

Considerations

6. Resources - People with skills, equipment, materials/ingredients and storage space

7. Distribution (how will you deliver your product)

8. Promotion and communication

9. Target customers

10. Gaps in the market

11. Your own research!!

Market Research

Use this throughout for evidencing your points. For example:

The target audience I've selected is... This is because my research tells me that....

Sentence Starters

First, I'll talk about my car washing business..... 

Let's start with my first business idea.....

I want to begin by discussing my dog walking business...

My first business idea is...

(Your business name) is a graphic design business that will offer...

I chose this idea because I really like... 

I have experience in....

My favourite subject in school is... this links well to my business idea because.....

This idea is realistic for a 14-16 year old because....

I can start this for a total cost of.... 

Task 1a content

1. Costings - Start up and running costs

2. Pricing

3. Resources - People with skills, equipment, materials/ingredients and storage space

4. Distribution (how will you deliver your product)

5. Promotion and communication

6. Target customers/audience

7. Gaps in the market

1. Name two physical resources needed to run your enterprise.
2. Name one human resource needed to run your enterprise.
3. Name three start up costs of your enterprise.