Table of Contents

  1. Welcome

  2. GoVenture Small Business

    1. What is the GoVenture Small Business Simulation
    2. How GoVenture Small Business Differs from Other Business Simulations
    3. What You Need to Play GoVenture Small Business
    4. More Information

  3. Being An Entrepreneur

    1. What Is An Entrepreneur?
    2. Why Be An Entrepreneur?
    3. Who Can Be An Entrepreneur?
    4. Success
    5. Risk and Return
    6. Experience and Decision Making
    7. Life Skills Development
    8. Stress

  4. Basic Business Structures

    1. Products or Services
    2. Markets and Customers
    3. Sales Methods

  5. Starting Your Business

    1. Personal Profile
    2. Business Profile
    3. Type of Business
    4. Business Plan
    5. Financing a Business
    6. Business Name
    7. Logo Design
    8. Legal Structure
    9. Business Location
    10. Site Selection
    11. Equipment Selection
    12. Permits and Licenses

  6. Running Your Business

    1. Products and Inventory
    2. Attracting Customers
    3. Advertising
    4. Hiring and Managing Employees
    5. Business Accounting
    6. Financial Statements

  7. More on Running Your Business

    1. Balancing Your Business and Personal Lives
    2. Dress Codes in the Work Place
    3. Importance of Leisure and Physical Fitness
    4. Selecting Business and Professional Advisors
    5. Your Accountant
    6. Your Lawyer

  8. Evaluating Success

    1. Measurements of Business Success
    2. Measurements of Personal Success
    3. Evaluating the GoVenture Small Business Experience

  9. Next Steps