At the beginning of semester one, the year was introduced to a subject called InnovatED. In this subject we had the ability to choose an activity that would allow the cohort to become young creator and explore different thing ourselves or in groups these activities also help us learn more about the business world. I luckily got sorted into the activity of $20 Boss, where we have to make a business and sell our own products using just $20 for each perosn in your group, the maximum in a group was 4 witch meant that group would get $80.

PRODUCTS

My $20 Boss group created homemade lip scrubs and bath bombs. We had 4 different scents for both products: Lavender, jasmine, rose, and lemon. My group consisted of Anya, Jinning, and Alison. We sold our products at the Market along with many other stalls.

DESIGN THINKING PROCESS

When we got out groups we decided who would do what for the market project. We first empathised with people that can’t afford good-quality skincare products like bath bombs and lip scrubs. Then we researched and prototyped different recipes. Once we decide on a recipe we create them in bulk. It was pretty easy to make the lip scrubs but the bath bombs were harder to make because we needed to figure out how we would make them stay there shape since they kept falling apart first few tries. Then we sold as much as we could at the market.

CAPABILITIES

Collaboration – Being a part of a group and sharing the workload evenly. Working in a group improved my collaboration.

Creativity- Creating and designing a new and innovative product and business. Creating lip scrubs and bath bombs.

Organisation- Organising my group and keeping track of how much we need to achieve each innovateED lesson.

MY ROLES

• designing packaging
• bringing in equipment to use
• printing + cutting the stickers
• creating the stickers
• helping the ceo’s
• improving and helping with ideas

MARKET EXPERIENCE

We weren’t able to sell as much products as we would want to. I think we didn’t do great in the market due to the fact that there were not many customers and a lot of different stalls. Our set-up was very good, except we were put into a area that doesn’t attract many customers. We also only made about $20 in profit which was not ideal, but we still made some profit and were able to give some to the salvation army. We were able to give some of the left over products to ourselves and to other students.