Aden is a inventor and entrepreneur He is a young entrepreneur and inventor What began as an assignment in his network for teaching entrepreneurship class at school has turned out to be potentially life changing ID: 201850
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Aden is a inventor and entrepreneur
He is a young entrepreneur and inventor.
What began as an assignment in his network for teaching entrepreneurship class at school has turned out to be potentially life changing.Aden took a step further be creating a business plan for his original invention. Aden initially invented what he calls his “Cheer launcher”. When he heard that his former teacher, the cheerleading sponsor, desperately needed something that could launch the squad’s spirits shells, which are candy-filled toilet paper tubes.Slide3
How Aden got started:
What began as an assignment in his Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) class at school has turned out to be potentially life-changing. Aidan’s inspirational teacher, Tom
Crabb, charged each student with creating a business plan.
When was it established?Shank spent part of the year developing a device that launches candy-filled rolls into the stands at local sporting events. His “ah-ha” moment came when attending a pep rally at school, sitting in the top row of the bleachers, having skipped lunch that day.Slide4
Aden’s Invention Was:
Cheer Launcher
First, Aden concocted a device made from PVC pipes, rubber bands and hot glue. Over time, he’s transformed it into a glossy crossbow called the Cheer Launcher. Candy is stuffed into a paper tube and placed onto the contraption. Pull back a large latex band, let it go and watch the candy soar.
What type of business was established?Aden had his own business, he came with an idea of a cheer launcher in the middle of fall he had to come up with an invention on it and give some examples on how he made it and what inspired him to make it .Slide5
What type of market structure is
involved?
N/a didn’t find out what
market structure .Slide6
What were the risk taken?
The risks that was taken was trying to get everything right, but it didn’t have to be perfect.
He did have a little down fall on thinking of a good invention and as he research on invention that were already invented, he look up some things that haven’t been invented.Slide7
What has your entrepreneur contributed to society? Philanthropically
He compared the cheer launcher to the cheer leaders throwing T-shirt in to the crowd, but the differences was that the cheer leaders could not throw the T-shirts as far the cheer launcher could.
How has your entrepreneur influenced to society?
He influenced his invention to society by making it easier to catch the people and other
entrepreneurs
attetion
.Slide8
What was the person’s incentive?
“I want to
make
more stuff and be an
inventor.
-Aden Shank
What
reward did this person hope to get
?
He hope to get that reward that he could remember for the rest of his life.
Why was this entrepreneur successful
?
He was successful because he came up with the invention that no one has ever thought of and everyone was amused about the new cheer launcher.Slide9
Does this product still exist today? Why or why not?
Yes it exist but I haven’t seen anyone with it at a game.
No it doesn’t exist because no one uses it.