My sales experience in high school

As a part of one of my classes in high school, two of my classmates and I were tasked to create a small-scale business plan and carry it out over the course of a couple of months. The business plan could consist of any product or service that we believed we could specialize in and turn into a profitable business. After some deliberating, we came up with a plan to make and sell cupcakes. We came to this decision because my mom had always been known for her cupcakes and was open to letting us use her recipe for our business venture. The main plan was to go to our parents’ offices or places of work and pitch the idea of cupcakes as a small gesture to increase workplace morale. On top of this we also planned to take any opportunity sell cupcakes to our teachers or anyone else we realized might have a desire for them. Really we tried to take any opportunity where we saw a demand to try and sell cupcakes. The first step of carrying out the business plan was to start advertising it. We pulled up Canva and created a logo and a catchy slogan, then posted a graphic including the logo, slogan, and a short summary of how to order cupcakes on our social medias. As it was just a quick school project, we didn’t bring in staggering profits, but we did succeed in selling to our parents’ offices as well as a couple of friends and teacher. Regardless of how much we made in profits, I will always remember this project for what I learned about sales from it. We have spent lots of time in class talking about the importance of being knowledgeable about your product, and I feel like we did a good job of this. We analyzed things that we already specialize din or could learn to be proficient in, then landed on selling cupcakes as our service. Back then I didn’t know it, but looking back now I was learning a small part of the basics of entrepreneurship.