This is a presentation on how to start your own adventure/outdoor education business. It was part of the AEE - NE Regional conference in 2008.

1. AEE Northeast Regional Conference April 13, 2008 Adventure Entrepreneur By: José H. González

5. More than two-thirds start in the owner's home, and only 21% initially employ someone besides the owner www.nfibonline.com

6. The National Federation of Independent Business estimates that over the lifetime of a business, 39% are profitable, 30% break even, and 30% lose money, with 1% falling in the "unable to determine” www.nfibonline.com

21. 1.Description of the program 4. Activities to be used in the program 5. Hazards of the new program environment 2. Screening and preparation of the participants 3.Staffing 6. Special hazards posed by the participant population 8. Equipment requirements 7. Procedures to deal with the hazards 9. Transportation requirement 10. Emergency procedure 12. Subcontracting of equipment or services 11. Emergency communication

40. Presentation topic Teaching strategy Materials Instructors notes Entrepreneur profile BBK Pictures of entrepreneur and experiential educators Make sure to ask participant to use the worksheet to record their ideas Mission Statements Creative writing Examples of mission statements Frontload the initiative with Outward Bound mission statement How to start your own program Jigsaw Caribbean semester brochure Divide the group into subgroups of 6 participants Business plan 1. Questioning, inferring, new knowledge 2. Read out loud All 4 chapters of Aire Libre’s business plan Divide the current group by business plan chapters into four groups Business plan Gallery Newsprint Give them 5 minutes to have a silent gallery and then discuss the new business by having each group present their business

41. Cheers, José Now it's your turn to start your own experiential education business!