Next, we started to underpin our idea by deciding on the processes involved necessary to get the business flowing. We have decided to have group meetings every Friday in the early afternoon, as it was most convenient for each member, taking into consideration all of our individual timetables. The first few weeks gave me the impression that everyone in the group is committed fully but then I felt like it slightly dropped and there was reoccurring issues taking place of some of us not attending the meetings, or not showing enthusiasm or high level of engagement towards the development of the business. At the given time, I thought the team members may have been struggling to adapt to the intensity of the unit as it advances with large amount of regular work at rapid pace, and thinking my colleagues were simply struggling to maintain this quantity of work on top of other units as it is final year of our respectable degrees. 
There were many occasions that stood out to me as defined successes, consequently making me feel proud. The storyline itself that we came up was a first major step towards the success of the company. The service not only becoming educational, but also a driver for economical change. With the limited choice of solutions and options for students regarding purchasing or even selling their academic textbooks, it identified several unique selling points (USP) which enabled us to shape our strategies upon to challenge the market. 
We experienced that the market is ready for our services as it was proven that students needed different and more affordable solutions towards academic textbooks, which pushed us hard towards keep developing the business. However, as stated earlier, the reoccurring issues regrading lack of engagement from my team members, except Neil, who was the managing director, led to our team having a damaged morale and limiting the success of the business compared to what it could have been. As weeks went by, it was me and Neil who consistently were on top of the demanding roles and tasks needing completion, and falling out with our team members, as they were simply lazy and not paying much attention to either the business project or the unit itself. 
For instance, the trade stands were a crucial element of developing the business as well as playing an integral part of the unit. Majority of our team did not contribute towards anything that was prepared for the launch day stand, me and Neil have organised absolutely everything, and the situation taking place where the rest of the members just turned up on the day of the launch day stand and me and Neil having to instruct them what to do, how to act, etc. This was very unprofessional from their perspectives, as the launch day of the business being so important, and me and Neil not hearing anything from our members for couple of weeks and only a day before or on the day of the launch is simply unacceptable. However, despite such circumstances, this didn't demotivate me or Neil, in fact, it built a strong bond between me and him, and we combined our entrepreneurial skills in order to make this work regardless of the lack of support from our team. Thus, we ended the launch day stand with high praises from the tutors, as well as from customers, and received a good mark which me and Neil were happy about.

7. Out-Of Class

Open House Ideas

So Many Jamboard Ideas!

T: It's holiday time!