Adam Szabo
Year Round Sports
Summarize the purpose of your Genius Hour project in 140 characters.
The purpose of our Genius Hour project was to continue the study of operating our own business with business partners and to start a small company that will succeed in this area, and that will help benefit our community.
Explain the process of your Genius Hour project. Be reflective. Be contemplative. Explain and describe your journey. (No Less Than Three FULL Paragraphs.)
The process of our project all started with recognizing a problem that we have here in our community. Then after finding a problem was finding a solution. We saw that there was a large decline in kids in our area that were participating in hockey, tennis, and golf. We wanted to create a program designed for kids that we want to get them interested in sports so they can have the skills to continue playing for many years to come. Also create this so the kids want to be there and enjoy sports just like we did growing up.
The next step was to start planning what we were going to do, and how we were going to do it when it came to the business aspect of this project. We had to start planning on which person in our group was going to help with each sport and how we were going to design programs that will get kids better at each sport. We also had to recognize what kids were struggling with in each sport and develop certain drills on how we were going to help them. As well as plan the steps necessary to achieving our goals that we set from the start.
The journey of this project for me all started when I was doing research with my last Genius Hour project on learning how to operate my own business. After learning about the different ways to run your own business, I realized that a company with business partners would be very efficient. I talked to Marcus and Alex about the idea and they were all for it and really excited about doing it with me. Since we all play mainly the same sports, and have experience teaching others about them, we knew this project would be very fun for all of us.
The intention For Genius Hour is NOT only to learn, but ALSO to share your knowledge with others who can and will benefit from your learning. How did you share your learning? What do you hope the result might be? (No Less Than Two Full Paragraphs.)
With us starting this company and working hard on this, we knew that others would benefit from Year Round Sports. So we had to find the most effective way to share it with others, we came to the conclusion that the best way to share this with others was to create a Facebook page for Year Round Sports. Many young kids and their parents are starting to use this so we figured it would be the easiest way for them to see it,
As a group, we hoped that more and more people would start to recognize us and we could get a positive name in the area. We also wanted to kids and their parents to tell others about our company and hopefully bring more and more people in to join our programs. We are hoping that our result of sharing what we’ve done will help us expand and create a wider range of customers. Also that other businesses would support us and encourage other people to join us. We were hoping that it would help us become very successful in something that we are very passionate about.
If you could do anything different with your Genius Hour project what would you do differently and why? (No less than two full paragraphs.)
After conducting further research and working on this project, I learned that there were many things we could’ve done better with this project. I believe that we should’ve presented this company to more people in the community. I think that I would’ve planned more efficiently with a better business plan. I think that we needed to evaluate the resources needed to put this company to a well start. We should have looked at the plan and found out what the best way to start a business was.
I also would have shortened the lessons up more. Instead of trying to give hockey lessons to young kids, I wouldn’t have done that part at all. The ice rink in our area is only open for so long, and to try to schedule lessons here in town was quite difficult. The time usage for the ice was also really expensive and the money we would’ve spent renting the ice was out weighing the profit we were trying to make. The time spent trying to do that was getting in the way of other plans we could’ve made with other lessons.
Reflect on what you did well during this Genius Hour process? Note your successes and accomplishments. (No less than two full paragraphs.)
Throughout this project I have learned many things along the way. Many valuable things that will benefit me in my future to come. I have learned about the basics of operating a business, and the basics of working with customers and teaching others to sports. I’ve always wanted to start my own business and this project really helped me get a feel for what I want to do in the future. Also working with business partners with my friends was a true success for me since we work so well together.
We also created a logo and created a target market that was right for us. We all had mistakes along the way with this project, mistakes that would have had others give up very easily. But not us, we learned from our mistakes and put our heads together to become successful as a team to all accomplish the goals that we set from the start. Although we did not hit all of our goals on time, with us together working made me realize the foundations of partnerships and how much working with others is helpful. This project has helped me so much and I am truly thankful for this opportunity that we were given to do.
Year Round Sports
Summarize the purpose of your Genius Hour project in 140 characters.
The purpose of our Genius Hour project was to continue the study of operating our own business with business partners and to start a small company that will succeed in this area, and that will help benefit our community.
Explain the process of your Genius Hour project. Be reflective. Be contemplative. Explain and describe your journey. (No Less Than Three FULL Paragraphs.)
The process of our project all started with recognizing a problem that we have here in our community. Then after finding a problem was finding a solution. We saw that there was a large decline in kids in our area that were participating in hockey, tennis, and golf. We wanted to create a program designed for kids that we want to get them interested in sports so they can have the skills to continue playing for many years to come. Also create this so the kids want to be there and enjoy sports just like we did growing up.
The next step was to start planning what we were going to do, and how we were going to do it when it came to the business aspect of this project. We had to start planning on which person in our group was going to help with each sport and how we were going to design programs that will get kids better at each sport. We also had to recognize what kids were struggling with in each sport and develop certain drills on how we were going to help them. As well as plan the steps necessary to achieving our goals that we set from the start.
The journey of this project for me all started when I was doing research with my last Genius Hour project on learning how to operate my own business. After learning about the different ways to run your own business, I realized that a company with business partners would be very efficient. I talked to Marcus and Alex about the idea and they were all for it and really excited about doing it with me. Since we all play mainly the same sports, and have experience teaching others about them, we knew this project would be very fun for all of us.
The intention For Genius Hour is NOT only to learn, but ALSO to share your knowledge with others who can and will benefit from your learning. How did you share your learning? What do you hope the result might be? (No Less Than Two Full Paragraphs.)
With us starting this company and working hard on this, we knew that others would benefit from Year Round Sports. So we had to find the most effective way to share it with others, we came to the conclusion that the best way to share this with others was to create a Facebook page for Year Round Sports. Many young kids and their parents are starting to use this so we figured it would be the easiest way for them to see it,
As a group, we hoped that more and more people would start to recognize us and we could get a positive name in the area. We also wanted to kids and their parents to tell others about our company and hopefully bring more and more people in to join our programs. We are hoping that our result of sharing what we’ve done will help us expand and create a wider range of customers. Also that other businesses would support us and encourage other people to join us. We were hoping that it would help us become very successful in something that we are very passionate about.
If you could do anything different with your Genius Hour project what would you do differently and why? (No less than two full paragraphs.)
After conducting further research and working on this project, I learned that there were many things we could’ve done better with this project. I believe that we should’ve presented this company to more people in the community. I think that I would’ve planned more efficiently with a better business plan. I think that we needed to evaluate the resources needed to put this company to a well start. We should have looked at the plan and found out what the best way to start a business was.
I also would have shortened the lessons up more. Instead of trying to give hockey lessons to young kids, I wouldn’t have done that part at all. The ice rink in our area is only open for so long, and to try to schedule lessons here in town was quite difficult. The time usage for the ice was also really expensive and the money we would’ve spent renting the ice was out weighing the profit we were trying to make. The time spent trying to do that was getting in the way of other plans we could’ve made with other lessons.
Reflect on what you did well during this Genius Hour process? Note your successes and accomplishments. (No less than two full paragraphs.)
Throughout this project I have learned many things along the way. Many valuable things that will benefit me in my future to come. I have learned about the basics of operating a business, and the basics of working with customers and teaching others to sports. I’ve always wanted to start my own business and this project really helped me get a feel for what I want to do in the future. Also working with business partners with my friends was a true success for me since we work so well together.
We also created a logo and created a target market that was right for us. We all had mistakes along the way with this project, mistakes that would have had others give up very easily. But not us, we learned from our mistakes and put our heads together to become successful as a team to all accomplish the goals that we set from the start. Although we did not hit all of our goals on time, with us together working made me realize the foundations of partnerships and how much working with others is helpful. This project has helped me so much and I am truly thankful for this opportunity that we were given to do.