Entrepreneurship

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All static exhibits must receive a purple ribbon at the County fair to advance to the State Fair.

General Information:

• Entrepreneurship exhibits help 4-H member develop an entrepreneurial mindset. An entrepreneurial mindset is needed to tackle social issues as well as explore new business opportunities.
• The 4-H member’s name, age, town and county must be listed on the back of the exhibit.
• If the exhibit is a poster, it must be 14" x 22" and may be arranged horizontally or vertically. Poster may not use copyrighted materials such as cartoon characters or commercial product names. 
• Exhibits which do not conform to size or content guidelines will be lowered one ribbon placing. Posters may include photographs, charts, or examples as well as a written explanation. 

Entrepreneurship Investigation, Division 531 Classes 

ESI Unit 1 Discover the E-Scene

*F531-001 - Interview an Entrepreneur - Share what you learned from the person about having an entrepreneurial mindset. How have they applied that mindset? Have they started a business? Are they tackling a social issue? How do they deliver excellent customer service? How will what you have learned through this interview change your future plans or ways of thinking about entrepreneurship? The summary of the interview should be typed and with a maximum length of two pages (12 pt. font). Enter exhibit in a folder with fasteners (no slide bars).

ESI Unit 2 The Case of ME

*F531-002 - Social Entrepreneurship Presentation - Prepare a five-slide power point presentation about a social entrepreneurship venture to benefit a group or individual in your community. Social entrepreneurs are people who are in business to help others. Submit a printout of the note pages which shows each slide and include an explanation of each slide. Enter exhibit in a folder with fasteners (no slide bars).

ESI Unit 3 Your Business Inspection

*F531-003 - Marketing Package (mounted on a 14" x 22" poster) must include at least three items (examples) developed by the 4-H’er from the following list: business card, brochure, advertisement, business promotional piece, printout of an internet home page, packaging design, signs, logo design, direct mail piece, etc. The marketing package should be for an original business developed by the 4-H’er and not an existing business.

*F531-004 - Sample of an Original Product with an information sheet (8 1/2" x 11") answering the following questions: 

1. What did you enjoy the most about making the product?
2. What challenges did you have when making the product?
3. Would you do anything different next time? If so, what?
4. What is the suggested retail price of the product? How did you decide on the price?
5. Market analysis of the community - data gathered through a survey of potential customers. Survey at least ten people in your community about your product.
6. How much would you earn per hour? Show how you determined this figure.
7. What is unique about this product?

*F531-005 – Photos of an Original Product (mounted on a 14" x 22" poster) – Must include three photos of developed product and a mounted information sheet answering the following questions. (If exhibiting in both Class F531-004 and Class F531-005, products must be entirely different products.)

1. What did you enjoy the most about making the product?
2. What challenges did you have when making the product?
3. Would you do anything differently the next time? If so, what?
4. What is the suggested retail price of the product? How did you decide on the price?
5. Market analysis of the community - data gathered through a survey of potential customers. Survey at least 10 people in your community about your product.
6. How much would you earn per hour? Show how you determined this figure.
7. What is unique about this product?

Entrepreneurship – All Units

*F531-006 – Entrepreneurship Challenge – Take on the entrepreneurship challenge. Open to 4-H’ers enrolled in any of the three units of ESI. Complete five (5) or more of the challenges from the following list. The exhibit will include highlights from these five (5) challenges. Consider labeling each challenge so the viewer will understand what the challenge was. Enter a poster, video (or other digital presentation), report or scrapbook related to the learning from the challenge. Use your creativity to show and share what you learned. Multi-media presentations and exhibits are to be uploaded to a video streaming application and 4-H member must provide a hard-copy QR code for viewing. 4-H members are encouraged to test their code or link on several devices to check for appropriate permissions for public viewing.

Select five (5) challenges from the following list: 

1. Sell something. 
2. Talk to local leaders about entrepreneurial thinking and how it is being applied or could be applied to a current community issue. 
3. Introduce yourself to a local entrepreneur and take a selfie with them. 
4. Be a detective! Look for Nebraska-made products and find out more about the business. 
5. Tour 2-3 entrepreneurial businesses and create a photo story. Investigate what it takes to be an entrepreneur and complete a skills assessment. 
6. Make a prototype (sample/model) of a new product idea. Include the prototype or a photo of the prototype.
7. Work with a friend to develop a new business idea.
8. Contact your local Extension Office to learn about entrepreneurship opportunities. Create an activity to teach others about entrepreneurship (coloring page, puzzle, game, etc.)

TEC Box (Tinker, Explore, Create)

General Information: All exhibits are directly related to activities in the project manual. The 4-H member’s name, age, and county must be attached to the exhibit. If exhibit is a poster, it must be 14” x 22” and may be arranged horizontally or vertically. County only.

F531-101 – Poster – Think like an entrepreneur! Create a poster that shows your solution to keep Emma safe (TEC Box Scenario, Facilitators Guide, page 7).

F531-102 – Poster – Use your creativity to design a poster that highlights the TEC Box Bingo words that best describe you.

F531-103 – Game – Entry is the game you created from the TEC Box project manual. Include the following:

1. Directions for the game
2. Who is the customer for your game
3. How this game fills a need or solves a problem.

Next Chapter – Career Development

General Information: All exhibits are directly related to activities from the Next Chapter program. Posters should be no larger than 22” x 28”. County only.

F531-104 – Vision Board – Create a poster that illustrates how you envision your future and a S.M.A.R.T. goal that you have created for yourself.

F531-105 – Poster – Using the Nebraska Career Education Model, create a poster related to career clusters. The exhibit might highlight careers that you are interested in, or clusters/careers that represent your family members. https://www.education.ne.gov/nce/career-clusters/ 

F531-106 – Share what you learned through the Next Chapter Tours. Exhibit might be a PowerPoint, video, report, etc.

An asterisk* in front of a division/class number indicates the class is State Fair eligible.