Life Skills·Entrepreneurship·conceptual
Having a Business Idea
Where business ideas come from; spotting everyday problems and thinking of solutions; the difference between inventing something new and improving something that exists
Suggested ages 7–9
Evidence of understanding
- Identify a simple everyday problem and suggest a product or service that could solve it
- Explain the difference between an invention (something new) and an innovation (making something better)
- Describe where one real entrepreneur got their business idea from
Assessment prompt
If you asked Having a Business Idea to think of a problem at school or home that they could solve by making or selling something, could they come up with an idea?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.