Team Challenge: Food Business BattleChallenge brief + team roles

Discussion Questions

  1. 1When you have been part of a team that worked really well, what made the difference - and could you recreate it deliberately?
  2. 2How do you decide who should lead when everyone has an opinion about the direction?
  3. 3If your team's product idea turns out to be a bad one, at what point should you change course versus push through?
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Challenge brief + team roles

Set roles, rules, and a shared goal for the competition.

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Before the lesson

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Video lesson· 14 min
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The challenge

Teams compete by running a mini food business end-to-end:

  • product creation
  • pricing
  • branding
  • distribution to peers
  • feedback + iteration

Team roles (pick 1 per person)

  • Product: recipe / quality / packaging
  • Brand: name, logo, visual style, messaging
  • Ops: inventory, schedule, distribution plan
  • Finance: pricing, costs, profit tracking
  • Sales/Feedback: peer outreach + surveys

Deliverable (end of week)

  • Team charter: roles + rules + deadlines
  • One measurable goal: "We will sell ___ units and hit ___% 'would buy again'"

Key takeaways

  • 1Roles reduce chaos and increase speed.
  • 2A competition needs measurable goals.
  • 3Feedback is part of the product, not optional.

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