BUSINESS START UP IN 29

PALMS (AS A SUCCESSFUL

ENTREPRENEUR)

Powerpoint Activity

YOU ARE A FAMOUS/SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR. YOU SENT A VICE-

PRESIDENT, OF YOUR CORPORATION, TO PROPOSE A BUSINESS STARTUP TO

THE 29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL. THE PROPOSAL WAS DENIED. TAKE OVER

THE PROPOSAL AND GET IT ACCEPTED.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE CAN CONTINUE?

WHAT SHOULD BE OUR CRITERIA (WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED) FOR THE POWERPOINT?

WHAT SHOULD BE OUR CONSTRAINTS (WHAT SHOULDN’T BE INCLUDED, COSTS, TIME, ETC.) FOR THE POWERPOINT?

Mary Kay–Cosmetics (Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.)

Joyce Hall - Greeting Cards (Hallmark)

Sam Walton - Discount Retail (Wal-Mart)

Bill Gates Computers- (Microsoft)

Larry Ellison - Software (Oracle)

Oprah Winfrey - Entertainment

Richard Branson- English industrialist (Virgin Records)

Andrew Carnegie - Steel (US Steel)

Louis B. Mayer - Entertainment (MGM)

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield – Ice Cream (Ben and Jerry’s)

Jeff Bezos - Internet (Amazon)

David Packard - Electronics (Hewlett-Packard)

Walt Disney- Walt Disney

Milton Hershey - Chocolate

John D. Rockefeller - Oil (Standard Oil)

Donald Trump- real-estate development

J. W. Marriott - Hospitality

Steve Case - Internet (America Online)

P.T. Barnum - Entertainment (Barnum & Bailey)

Rupert Murdoch - Media Debbi Fields - Cookies (Mrs. Fields)

Michael Dell - Computers (Dell Computer)

A. P. Giannini - Banking (Bank of America)

Rob Drydek- Clothing (DC)

Henry Ford – Automobiles (Ford Motor Company)

Mark Cuban- Entertainment

Steve Jobs- Computers (Apple)

Warren Buffett—

WORKS CITED INFO Cornell University Library. "Introduction

to Research." Cornell University Library. Cornell University, 2009. Web. 19 June 2009 <http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/intro>.

WHAT SHOULD BE COVERED?

Title page with name of entrepreneur and TPJHS proper heading (can be at the bottom of the slide)

Who are they (Background) What have they accomplished When and why did they ever fail Why are they considered to be successful Pictures (school appropriate) Anything else you feel is important Bibliography (Title of article, author of

article, web address)