The week of activities is coming to the end. We have seen that to be an entrepreneur you must have knowledge, skills and attitudes. But this is not enough! Being entrepreneurial, means first of all, recognize the potential that the region offers in terms of future business. After a script visits by companies, museums and institutions in Serra da Estrela region,

your challenge is to create your idea of a business plan based on the products / natural resources of this region. Each working group will have a natural resource or a regional product .

The group work steps are:

1. Give examples of companies that can use or be linked to your product / natural resource;

2. Imagine you decide that the headquarters of one of the companies is in Seia, presents four reasons for your choice;

3. Does a rational prediction of the size of your company, for example: how many jobs would you create, what kind of work teams you would develop, what your concerns about internal market, what your ambitions for the external market;

4. Think also how could increase the productivity of your business, for example: working hours, what kind of incentives would you give to your employees, what kind of benefits would you give to your work teams, what other products or services could associate with your business;

5. Finally present a commercial ad (maximum 90 seconds) to call people to work in your business company.

All your answers, ideas and decisions must be written in big colored hexagon. Use also the picture of the product or resource on the hexagon.

Good job!

First Transnational Short-Term Exchange of Groups of Pupils

EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS