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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

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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.