Drag and drop the elements to fill in the gaps in the text. HOW TO FAIL IN BUSINESS
It’s so cool to have your own     1.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand!     You have always dreamt of it and now it’s the perfect time to make your dreams come true. People may warn you about different challenges, but don’t believe them. You are a business genius and you don’t have to listen to any advice. They say you should prepare a     2.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand     first — what for?! You always act spontaneously and, so far, it has worked for you. Well, OK, most of the time. And why should you identify your     3.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand?     You are sure that everybody will love your product, you don’t need to do any     4.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand     because you know what the market needs. The     5.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand     for your product will be so huge that people will beg you for more! And as for the money, why should you look for     6.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand?     Your parents will give you the money, even if they still haven’t heard about your plan. Now, all this talking about the legal steps: that should be a piece of cake! You are sure some of these steps can be omitted, there will be less paperwork. Another totally unnecessary thing is preparing an     7.1. investors, 2. entrepreneurial venture, 3. business plan, 4. target customer, 5. exit strategy, 6. market research, 7. demand.     Seriously?! It’s like planning a failure before you even start! Let’s just skip it.
OK, so it looks like you are ready. Market, here I come, prepare for an epic success!

Drag and drop the elements to put them in the correct order and recreate the process of starting a company. Elementy do uszeregowania: 1. Collecting funds and finding investors., 2. Finding a niche on the market., 3. Registering your business., 4. Preparing a business plan., 5. Doing market research., 6. Preparing a marketing strategy., 7. Deciding what your product or service will be., 8. Entering the market., 9. Choosing a business structure.

Choose the correct answer. So, you want to start your own business? Easier said than done! First of all, you need to locate a problem that some customers have. Identifying it may help you come up with ideas about how to solve it, and this is your potential for a business idea. It may mean that you have just found a market sale market niche market campaign for your future product or service. This is the first step. The next one should involve finding a team of people ready to work with you in order to bring your vision to life. Once you have your dream team, you can prepare a business plan and start thinking about possible ways of getting money for your startup idea. If self-funding is not a possibility, there are several other solutions: you can take out a loan using your personal network (family or friends), banks or public loans; you can try and find investors or turn to crowdfunding crowdsourcing seed funding on social media to get the money you need without taking on new debt. Also, remember about all the legal steps you need to take, of which expanding promoting registering your business is one of the most important ones. Now, you are ready to show your product or services to the world. Use social media to promote your business, set up a website with information about it and network continually. If what you offer meets the needs of your marketing strategy target customer business venture, you are on the right path to success. Do not get discouraged if you encounter some problems — keep up a positive attitude instead and continue to work hard, innovating and improving your product or service and, sooner or later, it will eventually take up take off take on. Good luck!

Type in the English equivalents of the Polish words or phrases given in brackets so that you complete the gaps in the sentences.

1. (Wykazywanie się cierpliwością i wytrwałością) Tu uzupełnij     helps you in achieving your business goals.
2. It is not so easy     (zebrać kapitał początkowy) Tu uzupełnij     for your business venture.
3. We are pleased to announce     (wprowadzenie naszego nowego produktu) Tu uzupełnij.
4. If we raise the prices of our products now,     (będą głośne protesty) Tu uzupełnij     from our customers.
5. They are certain they will prepare all the necessary documents in     (nie więcej niż dwa dni) Tu uzupełnij.
6. The fact that your products can be reused without much alteration definitely     (daje wam przewagę konkurencyjną) Tu uzupełnij     over your competitors.
7. To raise money for their project, they used a     (kampanii finansowania społecznościowego) Tu uzupełnij     on the Kickstarter website.