Title: Examine career opportunities in entrepreneurship.
Course: Entrepreneurship (12053-I) > Section: Understanding Entrepreneurship

Examination should include research in entrepreneurial careers based on one's own wants and needs:

Want

- Taking an existing career (e.g., teacher, nurse) and turning it into an entrepreneurial opportunity
- Taking a personal interest or hobby (e.g., car repair, antiques, books) and turning it into an entrepreneurial opportunity
- Willingness to risk time and money in the short term to potentially achieve more time and more money in the long term

Need

- Creating a job to address a personal situation (e.g., need to work from home, need to work on weekends to supplement weekday job, need to find a job as a result of unemployment or retirement)

Exploration should also incorporate entrepreneurial opportunities representing a variety of the career clusters listed below:

- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- Architecture & Construction
- Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
- Business Management & Administration
- Education & Training
- Finance
- Government & Public Administration
- Health Science
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Human Services
- Information Technology
- Law and Public Safety, Corrections, & Security
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
- Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can an existing career be turned into an entrepreneurial opportunity?
- What personal interests or hobbies could transfer to a business idea?
- How could a stay-at-home parent create a career opportunity for himself/herself?
- How could a student create an entrepreneurial opportunity to help finance postsecondary education or training?
- What can a student learn by working side-by-side with an active entrepreneur?
- What type of business could be operated out of an individual's home?