The document summarizes an entrepreneurship class for high school graduates. It discusses the class structure, which is independent study with a facilitator. This prepares students for the college environment and teaches lifelong learning. The class had a 100% proficiency rate on state exams and success placing interns due to developing communication and team building skills. It also had a 100% graduation rate. Students then presented on developing a business plan and the financial and legal aspects of opening a small business like a photography studio.
5. Business Plan In an interview, Joyce talked about their naive leap into business. “Neither of us baked. We were 27, we didn’t have a business plan, we knew nothing about it and ignored the three rules of business: Don’t do it with a best friend. Don’t go into it without a business plan. Don’t do something you know nothing about.” -The Cupcake Girls of Vancouver
