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Elements of the Design Thinking Process - ✔✔Stage 1: Emphasize- Research Your Users'
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Needs
Stage 2: Define- State Your Users' Needs and Problems
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Stage 3: Ideate- Challenge Assumptions and Create Ideas
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Stage 4: Prototype- Start to Create Solutions
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Stage 5: Test- Try Your Solutions Out
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Difference between small businesses and entrepreneurs? - ✔✔Small businesses are not
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always interested in taking on new business opportunities.
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Entrepreneurs set up a business with the aim to make a profit.
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Compensation Types - ✔✔1. Piece work- compensation on a per-unit basis. EX: an employer
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can choose to pay mechanics a fixed rate for each vehicle they repair instead of paying an
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hourly rate. ||
2. Salary- employee receives a set amount of pay each month without overtime
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compensation for extra hours worked. || || || ||
3. Hourly- Employees most affected by minimum wage laws are compensated hourly.
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4. Commission- An employee who is paid a percentage of a sale.
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5. Equity- Non-cash compensations offered to employees in place of or in addition to a
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lower salary. ||
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Types of Sales Channel - ✔✔1. Business-to-Business (B2B): a transaction or business
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conducted between one business and another, such as a wholesaler and retailer.
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Transactions tend to happen in the supply chain, where one company will purchase raw
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materials from another to be used in the manufacturing process.
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2. Business-to-Consumer (B2C): process of businesses selling products/services directly to
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consumers, with no middle person. || || || ||
Typically refers to online retailers who sell products/services to consumers through the
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Internet.
Online B2C became a threat to traditional retailers, who profited from adding a markup to
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the price.
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3. Retail: sell items or services to customers. They typically sell items in-store or may be
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sold online. ||
4. Wholesale: the act of buying goods in bulk from a manufacturer at a discounted price
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and selling to a retailer for a higher price, for them to repackage and in turn resell in
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smaller quantities at an even higher price to consumers.
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Acquisition Costs - ✔✔These costs include shipping, sales taxes, and customs fees, as well
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as the costs of site preparation, installation, and testing. When acquiring property,
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acquisition costs can include surveying, closing fees, and paying off liens.
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Angel Investor - ✔✔a wealthy private investor who provides capital for a business start-up
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for a stake in the business in return.
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Asset - ✔✔A tangible item a business owns. They can generate revenue or be converted
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into cash. They can be physical items, such as machinery, or intangible, such as intellectual
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property.