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Spotting Opportunity
Hello! Welcome to your journey of Spotting New Opportunities! We're thrilled to have you embark on this exciting adventure. Here’s a secret: Opportunities are everywhere. They’re hidden in everyday challenges, waiting for a keen eye and an innovative mind like yours to discover them. Whether it’s a minor inconvenience or a significant problem, each holds the potential to spark an idea that could change the world. Embrace the Abundance of Opportunities In this course, you’ll learn that opportunities aren’t handed to us on a silver platter. Instead, they often come disguised as problems or frustrations. The key is to shift your perspective and see these challenges as the sparks of innovation. Remember, no idea comes fully formed. It starts as a tiny spark and requires your attention and nurturing to grow into something incredible. What You Will Learn Throughout this course, you will: • Understand how to identify opportunities within your environment. • Learn techniques for spotting weaknesses in industries, products, and services. • Explore the importance of transforming these weaknesses into innovative solutions. • Conduct basic market research to ensure your idea’s viability. • Apply brainstorming techniques to develop your ideas further. • Validate your ideas through practical exercises and real-world examples. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills to see challenges not as obstacles but as opportunities waiting to be seized. Simple Navigation Navigating this course is simple. Just follow these steps: 1. Tasks in Sequence: Complete each task in the order provided. 2. Watch the Video: Gain insights and inspiration from our selected video content. 3. Review the Presentation File: Dive into detailed content and examples. 4. Complete the Assignments: Apply what you’ve learned through practical exercises. We hope that by the end of this course, you’ll be able to see daily challenges as opportunities for innovation and growth. So, let’s dive in and start spotting the opportunities all around us. Stay curious, stay bold, and most importantly, keep creating.
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2. Assignment: Reflection on the relationship between planetary boundaries and Business

Question 1: Given what we know about planetary boundaries and consumption from the Global Resource Report, what ethical issues can arise for an aspiring entrepreneur? Is every product justified just because there is a demand for it?
! Proceed with Question 2. After watching Video 3 & 4!
Question 2. Question 2. Look at your first assignment where you answered about the values and goals of the business. What has changed? Would you answer the question the same way?
These are open answer questions, think about freely, there is no wrong answer in this particular assignment as long there is a reasoning behind it and you use the knowledge you gained from the session. (Use Font size 12, Line spacing 1.15, your answer should be minimum half a page long maximum one page long for each question)
Hint: Imagine you must explain this to some friend of family member that is not so familiar with planetary boundaries and business. What kind of story would you tell them, what kind of argument would you use?
After writing down the answer upload your document preferably as pdf. If it is not possible you can upload also the word document