An Introduction

Pasted directly from the E+E Rave intranet home page.

E&E LEVEL 3: MAKING IT HAPPEN
SESSION 1: Introduction

Last year, you came up with a 'pretend' business plan that you pitched in a 'Dragons' Den' type set up. In level 3 you will instead do something very hands-on. Again, you will look at trends and do market research but this time you will use these insights to design and produce actual products and services.Your task is to create something that will bring you revenue, an enterprise related to your discipline or interests.

Whatever enterprise you decide to work on, it:
- Should potentially bring revenue (or a confirmed purchase order) before the end of the course (so no abstract businesses)
- Be approved at Formative Assessments
- Be presented in a professional manner and be representative of you as a creative professional: ideally it will be a useful addition to your portfolio or CV so don't waste the opportunity. 
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As soon as you have come up with a business idea and have decided whether to work on your own or in a group, you will write a brief project plan based on the project plan template below to include time line and budget. This needs to be handed in by the 28th of April so that the we can assign a tutor/assessor to you for Formative and Summative Assessments. At the end of the project you will use this initial project plan in order to analyse your endeavour and compare it with the actual results- you will discuss these with your tutor and fill out a project report. Perhaps you ended up with a completely different product or service having gained market insight? Maybe you surpassed your targets? Miscalculated the time needed for the tasks set?

So basically, all systems go!

I have already joined a jolly band of people to start the unit with. Me and my friends Michelle Vinall, Clym Smith, and Steve Pender have formed a mighty alliance. We have already hosted a meeting on Skype, in order to discuss which direction we should go in and what we should offer to get some dosh.

(I'm the goofy looking one on the bottom left. Michelle has a similar screenshot of the same meeting on her blog)

In a bit, I will post up the thoughts I've had about what we could do, and what I think I should specialize in.