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Christine Bianca Chua - M1 S3 - PT
Christine Bianca Chua - M1 S3 - PT
Module 1 Session 3
The Entrepreneur and His Journey
PERSONAL EVALUATION
Understanding your hobbies, and interest well will allow you to know the
business ideas that you can pursue. Always focus on your strength because they help
you know which business ideas to pursue to achieve your goals. This is the starting
point on how to get a good business idea. Now, list down all the possible business
ideas that come to mind based on your strengths, hobbies and interests.
Photography Studio
1. _________________________________________________________
Opening a Restaurant
2. _________________________________________________________
Merchandising Business that sells school and office supplies.
3. _________________________________________________________
Establishing dancing and singing workshops.
4. _________________________________________________________
Creating a Tourism Company
5. _________________________________________________________
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PERSONAL GOALS
Write down your personal goals and categorized them into short (up to one year),
medium (1-3 years) and long term (3 years plus). The goals should be achievable and
realistic in comparison with the resources you have and type of business. They should
be easy to assess within a given time period.
CREATIVITY
Let’s play a game! The rule is to connect the three dots with three straight lines
in as many ways as you can.
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BRAINWRITING
Let’s practice a bit of brainwriting, shall we? Write the first thing that comes to
mind after each question. In this exercise, use as many metaphors as you can because
that is what makes you most creative.
NEEDS
Case Study:
Mrs. Grace Casitas of Malinao Albay has been in business for over 20
years. She sews uniform jackets from organic wool thread for over 10 primary
and secondary schools in Albay. During the production process of these jackets
there are off-cuts (waste material). These off cuts have accumulated over the
years. Presently, she has no more space for these off cuts.
What would you advise Mrs. Casitas to do with these sweaters’ off cuts?
Come up with ideas that are viable and feasible in the community that you live
in.
It can be transformed to another product such as pouches and handkerchief.
1. ______________________________________________________________________
Combine it to make a new shirt and donate it on individuals who needed it.
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
Sweaters’ off cuts can still be reuse, recycle and find a new use of it.
Mrs. Casitas can throw it in a compost pit, if she doesn’t want to do anything with it.
4. ______________________________________________________________________
She can sell it on individuals for extra income.
5. ______________________________________________________________________