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Open for Business
Business 60–75 min With Mum
Warm-up: Free Shots

Week 1 warm-up = Free Shots. These are easy wins to get your brain moving. No trick questions. Just tap to check your answer when you're ready.

1
5 + 8 = ?
Answer
13
2
$10 take away $3 = ?
Answer
$7
3
Something costs $5 to make. You sell it for $9. How much extra do you get?
Answer
$4
9 − 5 = 4. That extra $4 is called profit. You'll learn that today.
The Briefing
Mum reads: "This mission is about YOUR business. Not pretend planning — actual real planning. Today we work out what you're making, what it costs, and what you'll sell it for. Three things. That's it."
Mission Steps
1
What makes something a business?
Definition
A business is when you make or find something, and someone else pays you for it.

That's the whole thing. If you make flip books and people buy them — that's a business. If you teach someone how to shoot hoops and they pay you — that's a business too.

Mum asks: "Can you think of three businesses you've used this week? Doesn't matter how small."
2
Your idea

Every business starts with one idea. Your idea doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be yours.

Mum says: "We know you've been thinking about the flip book. Tell me about it — what is it, who do you think would want one?"

Write your idea here so we can build the numbers around it.

✓ Saved
3
The 3 numbers every business needs

Every single business in the world runs on three numbers. Just three. Learn these and you can run anything.

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Cost
What it costs YOU to make or get it. This is money you spend.
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Price
What you charge the customer. This is money they pay you.
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Profit
What's left for you after costs. Price minus Cost = Profit.
Mum says: "Point to which one is the most exciting. Now point to which one is the sneaky one you have to watch."
4
Work it out with your idea

Let's put real numbers on YOUR business. We'll use the flip book to start — you can update it any time.

📚 Example — Flip Book
Cost to make$3(paper, printing, time)
Sell price$8(what you charge)
Profit$5 per book8 − 3 = 5

If you sell 10 books in a month: 10 × $5 = $50 profit. That's yours to keep.

Mum asks: "What would change if you sold them for $10 instead? What would change if materials cost $5?"
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Check Yourself

Three questions. Have a go at each one before you reveal the answer. No pressure — these tell us what clicked.

1
What does PROFIT mean?
Answer
What's left for you after you pay for materials.
Price minus Cost = Profit. It's the money you actually get to keep.
2
It costs $2 to make something. You sell it for $7. What's the profit?
Answer
$5 profit
7 − 2 = 5. Simple as that.
3
In your own words — what will YOUR business sell?

Close the Case

Tap the button when you've finished all three check questions.

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Points for this mission
✓ Logged. Great work.
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🧭 For Mum · not part of Talan's mission

What to watch for today

Week 1 is all about observe. You're not testing — you're watching where he needs prompts and where he doesn't. Note it mentally, you don't have to write anything.

  • Does he track the profit calculation without prompting, or does he need you to re-read it?
  • Can he put his business idea into words, or does it get stuck?
  • Does he read ahead, or wait for each step?

Independence Ladder — Week 1

This week: Baseline observe. You're beside him for everything. No pressure to go solo yet.
Next week (W2): He drives 5 minutes. Pick a step and hand it to him — "you read that bit to me."

If he's flying

Ask him to explain the profit calculation as if he's teaching you. "Pretend I've never heard of profit." That's the flying extension — teaching it locks it in.

If he gets stuck

Drop back to a concrete example — "What if it was just 1 book? Just 2?" Never ask "do you understand?" Ask "what does that number mean?"