My experience:

For innovate ed this term we had a task to create a functional business. This task was named 20-dollar boss. The 20-dollar boss program was a mini representation of the market economy. We started with 20 dollars per person which we needed to use to buy resource in order to make a profit. After many lessons of debating, we decided to do customise pillows. At first, we wanted to laser cut wood and then paint over the pillow but after some calculations we decided it will be too expensive to buy paint. We then pivoted out ideas to iron on transfer paper which was a money efficient solution. Our next problem was that transfer paper required an ink jet printer which the school did not have. We then resorted to using Lewis’s house printer which meant we could not use innovate ed time to make pillows. So, we used to innovate ed time to create prototypes, sample pillows and advertising. We made pillows at home and we started to take pre-orders. The rest was basic preparation for the market. In the end we sold pillows for 11 dollars and pre orders for 15 dollars.

My role in the group was the designs advertisements to help spread the word about our group. I also helped Jaxon in the task of making a website

Solutions to our problems:

-I think we needed to pivot our idea or even change it completely

-We maybe could have hand made the pillow which might have been cheaper

Values I have learnt:

Organization:

-Effective communication. Making sure there are no misunderstandings. Website

-Collaboration  

-creativity. I have learnt how to come up with ideas that are interesting