COURSE ID: PLPH8151

Entrepreneurship A

Current 2024-25
Start Date: August 19, 2024
End Date: June 4, 2025
District: Sheridan County School District #1
Grade Levels: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Course Type: Career Technical Education, Hathaway Scholarship Eligible
Provider: Cowboy State Virtual Academy

The Entrepreneurship course is designed to grow the student’s passion for starting, growing, and excelling in business ventures. The student will explore the basics of starting a business, from brainstorming great concepts to execution and profitability. Entrepreneurship includes more than just starting businesses, but explores the ventures of product development, marketing, distribution, and sales. The student will expand his or her knowledge in the areas of proper product and service pricing, financial planning and growth, accounting and bookkeeping, fundraising, marketing research, and business law. The course asks the student to practice the knowledge and skills he or she has gained by developing and writing a business plan for their very own business venture. The student will gain a complete understanding of what it takes to make a business a success and possibly gain a desire to actually start a company from scratch.