Spirit Box Tips & Tricks
We share ongoing updates, ideas and solutions from other Spirit Box school stores.
Outshine Your Competition with These 4 Tips
Studying the competition helps you choose the most viable and innovative tactics and best practices to create and maintain a competitive advantage with a strong potential for profit.
So you want to become an entrepreneur?
What is an entrepreneur?
Merriam-Webster: “one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.”
An entrepreneur is someone who identifies a problem and attempts to solve it through a product or service.
The History of Black History Month
Black History Month originated with an idea by Dr. Carter G. Woodson 1915, starting as “Negro History Week”. This week was established with the intention of highlighting the accomplishments and contributions of Black Americans and African descendants. American history often leaves out many of these individuals who have made tremendous contributions to our country.
Celebrating CTE Month ®
It is time to celebrate CTE Month! CTE does so much for Spirit Box Teams and DECA.
“Career and Technical Education Month®, or CTE Month®, is a public awareness campaign that takes place each February to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country.” (Association for Career & Technical Education)
11 Must Reads (Especially During Black History Month): For High School Students
February is Black History Month! While we celebrate this month, it is important to celebrate and support Black businesses, individuals, and celebrate Black culture all year long.
This Black History Month, we wanted to highlight 11 must reads to add to your bookshelf. Some of these books are coming of age memoirs, some are memoirs of prominent Black figures/leaders, and some are historical to help you learn more about our country’s history.
How to expand your Spirit Box Business: In your school and into your community
What would it look like if you grew your Spirit Box business from one machine to multiple machines to place around the school? On top of that, what would it look like if you became the only vending machine company in the school? Knock out your competition!
All of the vending revenue goes to your Spirit Box Teams and your school.
A hands on learning experience that provides real world skills to high school students.
No contracts from other vending companies restricting what you can put in your vending machine. This will lead your business to be more successful and bring more revenue in.
Budgeting & Taking Control of your Finances
When running a business or managing your personal finances, you need to have a big picture understanding of your money. It seems like money is the center of everyone’s stress, right? It may even feel easier to ignore it all together and just go with the flow when spending your money. The problem with this attitude is that every dollar you spend can begin to add up quickly.
Starting a Business or School Based Enterprise? Tips to Help You Secure Funding.
The last step of launching your business is to fund it. As we learned from calculating your startup costs, starting a business is expensive. There are costs to launching your business and annual expenses that you will need to pay.
Before Starting a Business...do this first...
How does a business start? If we break it down all the way back to where the idea formed, a business is formed based around a problem that we want to solve. Then you must ask yourself, how much will it cost to launch your business and how much will your monthly costs be?
Market Research: When Starting your School Based Enterprise
Before you start a business you need to ask yourself, is my business needed or wanted? It is incredibly important to not assume that it is and do research before dedicating yourself to a business that will not succeed. There are two steps to take before diving in; complete market research and a competitive analysis.