Young business

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1. What qualities and skills do you think you need to be an entrepreneur?

How easy is it for young people to become businesspeople or entrepreneurs?

Can you think of any young entrepreneurs? Who was the youngest? What was his or her business?

1. How do people raise money for a business or a charity?

2. Who might businesspeople negotiate with? What about?

3. In what ways do businesses market products?

4. What might a business or a person recover from?

5. What are good and bad ways of handling pressure?

What skills do you need to start a new business? Choose the correct option (a—c) to complete each skill.

Multiple Choice

1 __________ something new

• negotiate

• invent

• redesign

Multiple Choice

2 __________ money from investors

• raise

• lend

• ask

Multiple Choice

3 __________ with suppliers to get the best deal

• handle

• manage

• negotiate

Multiple Choice

4 find partners to __________ the product in different countries

• send

• distribute

• deal

Multiple Choice

5 have the confidence to __________ from failure

• recover

• repair

• accept

Multiple Choice

6 be good at __________ your product to increase sales

• meeting

• networking

• marketing

Multiple Choice

7 be capable of __________ stress and pressure

• preparing

• holding

• handling

Multiple Choice

8 be able to __________ a diverse range of people

• deal with

• talk

• get on

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9 __________ a team of people

• apply for

• figure

• put together

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10 __________ in an impressive office

• live

• be based

• show

• invent something new

• raise money from investors

• negotiate with suppliers to get the best deal

• find partners to distribute the product in different countries

• have the confidence to recover from failure

Work in pairs. Decide on the three most important skills below that make a new business a success. Can you think of any other skills?

• be good at marketing your product to increase sales

• be capable of handling stress and pressure

• be able to deal with a diverse range of people

• put together a team of people

• be based in an impressive office