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3. Entrepreneurial Literacy EMPOWERS Everyone! NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK - February 20 - 27, 2010 Earn Your "GENIUS" CertificateGENIUS" Certificate Teachers - Students - Parents - Entrepreneurs - Officials Do You Know How Entrepreneurship REALLY WORKS? Test yourself on these "20 Questions for All Americans"20 Questions Create activities using the "20 Questions for All Americans“ SHARE YOUR ACTIVITIES ON YOUR STATE MAP …. www.nationaleweek.org www.nationaleweek.org

4. TRY THIS WITH “20 QUESTIONS FOR ALL AMERICANS” Each table at the conference found a question on their table. After discussing the answer to their question a spokesman stood and shared their ideas. Note that these questions lead to discussion….not a true or false answer. We did have fun too! At the end of the session everyone received a “GENIUS Certificate” demonstrating their entrepreneurial literacy! Feel free to use these slides with an activity with your own students and post their pictures!

5. 1. How can a person's career skills and experiences lead to becoming a successful entrepreneur?

6. 2. What personality traits are more likely to lead to success as an entrepreneur?

7. 3. Are there differences between a market economy, entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and capitalism? Explain.

8. 4. What taxes do entrepreneurs pay?

9. 5. What items are part of a firm's operating costs?

10. 6. How can an entrepreneur learn about what the customers want?

11. 7. How can computer skills help with business operations?

12. 8. How do entrepreneurs deal with risks?

13. 9. How is personal financial literacy related to business financial literacy?

14. 10. What factors determine where to locate a business?

15. 11. Why is branding important?

16. 12. How does competition affect entrepreneurship?

17. 13. What percent of American firms have no employees working for them? Why is this important?

18. 14. What are some sources of funding to start a business?

19. 15. What can an entrepreneur do if business sales drop off?

20. 16.What should an entrepreneur consider when hiring employees for the business?

21. 17. How does an entrepreneur work in a country that doesn't support capitalism?

22. 18. What is "tolerance of ambiguity" and why is it important to an entrepreneur?

23. 19. How might an entrepreneur use company profits?

24. 20. Why do entrepreneurs say they are in charge of their own fate?

26. PS….. Thanks to one sharp teacher who found the typo on our GENIUS Certificate

27. JOIN THE BEST-DRESSED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO CELEBRATE National Entrepreneurship Week 2010!

28. Remember… It takes 50 states to make an “entrepreneurial nation”! Let us hear from each of you!