Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is Entrepreneurship?
Students will explore entrepreneurship by visiting various websites and conducting research. They will also take an online quiz "Are You A Born Entrepreneur" to determine if they have the characteristics most associated with successful...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Famous Entrepreneurs
This lesson will require students to utilize the Internet to identify characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs. They will create a presentation and present it to the class. This is a Commerce and Information Technology...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Famous Entrepreneur Scavenger Hunt
This instructional activity will help students learn about entrepreneurs in today's society and how they got started in the world of business and became successful at it. This instructional activity reinforces textbook chapters on the...
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Business Week: Maggie Walker: A Rich Legacy for the Black Woman Entrepreneur
Learn about this famous African American entrepreneur and how she rose to success in the world of banking.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Do You Have the Right Stuff to Run a Small Business?
Very comprehensive site with links to all of the roles you must be experienced in to run a small business successfully. Roles such as tax collector, manager/boss, sales/marketing/advertising executive, accountant, etc. are discussed.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Business Tycoons
Ouline of the blooming business industry and the development of entrepreneurs, big business, and the pursuit of financial success in 19th Century America.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Real Origin of the Franchise
In this video lesson, Sir Harold Evans describes the remarkable story of Martha Matilda Harper, a beauty salon owner who invented franchising, one of the most successful business models today. [5:49]
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Ash believed in women's talents. Read about the development of her successful cosmetics company and see a hedcut from an exhibit of these dot drawings in the Wall Street Journal.