Students will launch the entrepreneurship investigation by analyzing rapid case-study evidence, testing early judgments about risk and reward, listening to a local business owner’s feedback, and drafting an initial investigable question and claim for the podcast inquiry.

Students will refine a focused investigation about entrepreneurial risk and reward, evaluate the quality of possible evidence, and build a peer-reviewed plan for research and a local business owner interview that can support a strong podcast episode and visual summary.

Students will present their Local Venture Podcast and Economic Impact Visual Summary to an authentic audience, defend their judgment about entrepreneurial risk and reward with interview and case-study evidence, and complete a brief reflection on how their thinking changed.