What is my GOAL for the project?

To start our (Me, Elsa, and Sebatian Roose, a fellow Big Picture student) own business, and see what it would be like to start from the ground up. 

 

WHY do I want to understand or be able to do this? How does it CONNECT to my interests, passions or goals?

This project is a great way to get creative  learn and learn about small business making, as well to see what it would be like to have a business partner. I (Elsa) have thought about starting my own business for a while, so it would be an awesome way to test drive that! And I (seb) just think it’d be really cool to create stickers and buttons that have my own design on them as well as build my team working skills and the whole small business model. 

 

What ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) will guide my work? Click HERE for a guide to EQs.

1. What goes into making a business? 

 

2. What kinds of things to we want to make?

 

3. Who is our target demographic?

 

4. How do we make the things we want to make?

 

What EVIDENCE/ARTIFACTS  will we produce to know we are achieving (or have achieved) this goal?

Our plans on what we are going to make, concepts that we made, our designs, and our end product of our merchandise, as well as a business plan. (Need some sort of assessment of business success, tracking of sales, etc) 

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How will I ASSESS the quality of the project and who can serve as an expert mentor to help you assess?  ​

We created a rubric which you can see here. 

 

What RESOURCES do I need to make this happen? 

We will need instructions on how to make the buttons, and how to use the button maker. We will also need a few different supplies, but most of them we already have like the button maker, cricket, and sticker paper (granted we will probably need more in the future). 

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What is the PROCESS for completing this project successfully? 

 

1. Design 

   1. Design the stickers, pins, etc. 

   2. Decide on an aesthetic/theme overall. 

   3. Research on how to create business 

   4. Create a business plan

2. Concept 

   1. Making drafts of stickers, pins, etc. 

   2. Focus Groups 

   3. Editing/revising 

3. Advertisement 

   1. Posters 

   2. Twitter 

   3. Instagram 

   4. Word of mouth 

4. Produce 

   1. Make the final drafts of stickers, pins, etc. 

   2. Learn how to make an Etsy shop. 

   3. Make an Etsy shop 

   4. ?Make an actual cart shop thing? 

5. Advertisement  

   1. Instagram about how we are open 

   2. Twitter “       “ 

   3. Word of mouth “      “ 

6. Evaluating and revising the selling process/business