On a Mission for Our Society

The whole day was dedicated to creating concrete entrepreneurial business plans.

In the first session, the basic elements of a business plan were discussed, a brainstorming was done with what kind of business young people can start and in which areas it is easier. The benefits they have in some countries from the state or the access to different sources of financing, different from banks, were discussed. We discussed SWOT analysis and how it can help us at any time in our business or at any time in our lives.

Participants were asked to sit in 5 mixed groups and received as a support the SWOT analysis diagram, a detailed description of the steps to make a real business plan and the structure of a business plan on which they will work and develop the presentation.

In the second session they had time to prepare for the presentation of business plans. We decided that the presentation would take 5-10 minutes followed by 10 minutes of questions and answers. The presentations were timed for each team to understand the importance of time management.

After the lunch break, the presentations followed. Most were made in Power Point, and projected on a screen in the room for everyone to see. The presentations contained: name, logo, description of the domain, description of the business, marketing plan, managerial organization, financial plan and operational budget, accessible funds, who represents a competition on the market.

The presentations were creative, interactive and all team members got involved.