We talked about how before the Industrial Revolution, lots of people were their own bosses. Then factories came along and hundreds of people worked for a single employer. Today our career aspirations often rely on having an employer who takes on the risk and responsibility of running a business.
We talked about the four basic elements of a business plan:
Next we walked to the local brick-oven pizza place to learn from Stephanie, whose pizza has become a favorite at our house. She took us back into the kitchen where all the prep work is done, let us walk into the huge refrigerator, and showed us the massive dough mixing machine. We even got an up-close look at the wood-fired oven.
We found out that when food prices increase, you have to print thousands of new menus. We learned that it took a whole year to build the restaurant and that Stephanie works seven days a week running it. That's a lot of work!
After downing some of Stephanie's famous pizza, we visited the nearby cemetery where we found two letterboxes:
Then we had lunch and did some climbing on the playscape:
Once we had baked sufficiently in the sun, we headed to the secret air-conditioned basement room of the library where we built our business plans. There was individual brainstorming,
then peer review, feedback, and collaboration.
Finally, the campers presented their plans to the group.
On the way home we stopped by our the gourmet ice cream place (another small business!) for a scoop,
a peek at the chickens,
a shorter visit to the pigs,
and a climb.
Back at home we rode bikes, recorded impressions of the day in our journals, and created business cards to go with our business plans. Another great Darwin day!
Bonus material:
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