Tuesday, April 8, 2008 "BE PREPARED NOTICE"

The Business Plan "packet" which students received a few weeks ago and were told to place in a notebook folder or secure location in notebook, to be accessed daily, must be brought to school with you complete notebook and folder EVERY DAY. There are no exceptions. Notebook checks are done, as was done yesterday again. Your notebook grade is part of your total grade. When you fail to produce your work and your notebook is missing items, you get a failing grade on the notebook that day, which counts against you in the term grade. It is a requirement of this class! You must have your pen, pencil, notebook, folder, and any work to hand in, daily, NO EXEPTIONS. There is no excuse for not bringing it to class. No excuse is acceptable. BE PREPARED and ON TIME to class or accept the consequence (TAKING THE CLASS OVER AND OVER AGAIN).

You will be competing with other students and schools in a new business contest next month. You must have your NEW BUSINESS PLAN completed and ready to present before that time. You have received the "packets"and I will distribute business plan sheets which you will write on, as we work on the business plan preparation in class. You have had many meetings with your "partners" over the phone, by e-mail and in class, about your new business. You came up with the idea, the product or service, the purpose, the targeted market(s) and the name of your business, and much more, including the legal structure of organization and the officers of the business and their functions. Now you must complete the business plan, but this time it is YOUR BUSINESS individually. You are working ALONE. There is no room for "goofing off" as the responsibility is in your hands and the deadline is fast approaching. Don't say, "I didn't know" or " I lost it" or "I was out when that happened"....Those are lame excuses and will not fly. IT IS TIME TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND COMPETE TO WIN!