I provide resources ranging from full lessons to full unit bundles for BTEC Business Studies alongside GCSE Computing. I currently work as a Further Education Business Lecturer, Standards Verifier and Examiner for a large awarding body.
I provide resources ranging from full lessons to full unit bundles for BTEC Business Studies alongside GCSE Computing. I currently work as a Further Education Business Lecturer, Standards Verifier and Examiner for a large awarding body.
This lesson covers C5 of BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports Industry, including;
Numbered sections.
• Consistent use of fonts, headings and page numbering.
• Layout and use of graphics, charts and diagrams.
This full lesson covers D3 Using Feedback and Reviews to Identify Changes to a Business Plan for Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports industry, including;
Receive feedback from pitch audience on the business plan content and perceived success.
• Use feedback from pitch audience to:
o reflect on own performance
o determine any required changes in the business plan
o reflect on own skills to include: identifying skills gaps, identifying strengths,
setting and achieving goals.
This full lesson covers C2 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSport Industry. The session covers;
Selection of appropriate SMART objectives, e.g. understanding customer wants and needs,
developing new products, profitability, brand awareness and market share, diversification,
brand awareness and loyalty, sales volume, spectator volume, increasing efficiency,
adapting elements of the physical experience, adapting processes to better meet needs
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This lesson covers C1 Design Creation of BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 7: Producing an eSports Brand, including;
Brand activation process, e.g. modelling of products/applications and prototyping,
testing and feedback, revision and refinement, production.
This full lesson covers C2 Media and Materials for BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 3: Producing an eSports Brand, including;
o digital: images, colours, typography, video, graphics, sound
o physical: card, plastic, fabric, paper, metal, ready-made objects
This full lesson covers the following areas of the specification for the BTEC Level 3 in eSports;
Motivation for starting a new esports enterprise:
o autonomy, mastery and purpose: freedom, flexibility, self-improvement, better
working conditions, potential for success
o challenge: personal challenge, fulfilling a vision, to use and enhance existing skills,
enhance personal reputation, fame
o financial motives: financial security, larger income, bonuses and wealth.
• The impact of motivation on enterprise performance, maintaining personal motivation
and motivating team.
• Teamwork: need to belong, creating relationships through membership, need for power,
member attributes, member motivation and participation, team process, coordination,
communication, cohesion, dynamics, collective and cognitive intelligence, sense of
belonging.
• Creativity: stimulating creativity, e.g. imagination, visualisation, crystallising the vision
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This full lesson covers A2 of Learning Aim A for Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. The lesson includes;
Entrepreneurship is the ability and motivation to:
o create, develop, organise, manage and grow a new enterprise, team or idea
o anticipate risks and uncertainty and show determination and bravery in the pursuit of
success and profit
o deal with all aspects of planning, running and growing an enterprise, e.g. finance,
marketing, legal aspects and production.
• Esports entrepreneurial skills, e.g. talented, experienced, aware of competition,
disciplined, persuasive, capacity to inspire others, good financial planning, team worker,
good communication, good work ethic, able to deal with pressure, self-confident,
aspirational, able to stand out, good work-life balance.
• Entrepreneurial behaviours, e.g. confident, positive, passionate, takes the initiative,
has self-belief, driven, adaptable, flexible, intuitive, imaginative, has a desire to succeed,
has a clear vision, focused, curious, has realistic expectations, resilient.
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This full lesson covers BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 4: Health, Wellbeing and Fitness for eSport Players A2 Benefits of Participating in Physical Activity for eSports Players, including;
Maintaining good fitness for esports players: increased ability to cope with stress,
improved cognitive function.
• Physical health, e.g.:
o healthy heart
o appropriate body fat ratio
o use of muscle to maintain strength and prevent degeneration
o metabolic rate.
• Psychological wellbeing, e.g.:
o self-esteem
o self-confidence
o decrease in loneliness
o increase in social wellbeing.
This full lesson covers BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 4: Health, Wellbeing and Fitness for eSport Players A1 Different Types of Physical Activity, including;
Sport, e.g. team games, individual sports.
• Physical recreation, e.g. walking, cycling.
• Outdoor activities, e.g. rock climbing, mountain biking.
• Physical education, e.g. national curriculum sports, dancing.
• Physical fitness, e.g. fitness classes, yoga.
This full lesson covers A5 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports Industry. Content includes;
Strategic, e.g. current competitors/potential for new competitors, vision and ethos,
corporate takeover.
• Compliance, e.g. regulatory bodies, tournament rules, player registration, health and
safety laws, international rules and laws, censorship, political correctness.
• Financial, e.g. registration and tournament fees, non-payment of prize money,
interest rates, tax, insurance, equipment, salaries.
• Operational, e.g. the breakdown or theft of key equipment, transport, housing or
accommodation, lack of authenticity.
• Using enterprise skills and capabilities, overcoming problems, strategic planning and
thinking, using new technologies and techniques, being responsive to changes within
the industry and futureproofing, e.g. franchising.
• Risks of a lack of enterprise: reduced turnover,
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This full lesson covers A4 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. Content covered;
Knowledge of the industry ecosystem:
o games publishers
o competition
o rights and content
o finance
o brand partnerships
o broadcasting
o streaming
o ranked modes
o tournaments
o coaching
o team resources
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This full lesson covers A6 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. The lesson content includes;
Measures of success, e.g.:
o audience figures
o profit
o sales and revenue
o impact of branding, advertising and sponsorship
o influence in the gaming space
o consumer appeal
o engagement of fans
o event attendance.
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This full lesson covers C4: The Financial Plan for Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports Industry, including;
• Financial planning.
• Classification of costs, e.g. fixed, variable, start-up, running.
• The break-even point: calculation and interpretation, including contribution.
• Sources of finance: loan, grants, owner’s capital, family and friends, shares,
investors, crowdfunding.
• Cash flow forecast.
• The predicted income statement
• Costs of promotion/marketing of the idea.
• Estimating: viability, contributing factors, requirement to update as situation changes.
• Timescales to launch and financial commitments: short, medium and long term.
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This full lesson covers BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 4: Health Wellbeing and Fitness for eSport Players A2 Benefits of Activity, including;
Social:
o health agendas
o community cohesion
o reduce crime and anti-social behaviour
o employment opportunities
o alleviate work pressures and reduce workplace stress
o escapism.
• Financial:
o profit
o reduced cost to NHS
o local economy.
• Environmental:
o keep green spaces
o use natural spaces for recreation
This full lesson covers B1 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. The lesson includes;
• Sources of enterprise ideas:
o hobbies and interests
o necessity
o competitors
o gaps in the market
o access to a niche market
o changing of industries
o solutions to a problem.
• Different techniques to stimulate creativity, e.g.:
o TGROW (topic, goal, reality, options, will)
o the journalistic six: asking who, why, what, where, when, how
o SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis
o mind mapping, visualisation, storytelling, lateral thinking,
encouraging others to offer suggestions and ideas.
• Refining by assessing whether an idea will contribute to, e.g.:
o meeting market needs
o meeting needs of the business environment
o increased turnover
o increased brand awareness
o increased social capital
o meeting business aims and objectives
o meeting customer needs
o filling a gap in the market.
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This full lesson covers C1 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports Industry. The content of the session includes;
Executive summary, e.g. vision, purpose, summary of proposition, outline of rewards
and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• SMART objectives and budget.
• The product/service.
• Resources, e.g. technological, human, intangible, physical, logistics.
• The analysis of the external enterprise environment, e.g. PESTLE (Political, Economic,
Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental).
• Summary of market research:
o customer base
o competitors
o potential market share.
• The marketing plan:
o routes to market
o promotion.
• The financial plan:
o finance
o funding.
• Risk analysis, including contingency planning.
• Appendices, e.g. personal profile of the owner, decision-making and reporting structures
within the enterprise, advisers, influencers, supporters, market research data.
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This full lesson covers B3 and B4 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. The unit covers the following topics;
B3 Types of research
• Qualitative and quantitative research.
• Primary research, e.g. surveys, questionnaires, observations, e-marketing, focus groups,
pilot research.
• Secondary research, e.g. sales records, website monitoring, accounting records, surveys,
users, followers, government statistics and agendas, competitor reports, specialist market
intelligence agencies such as Mintel.
B4 Appropriateness and review of market research findings
• Appropriateness, e.g. cost, accuracy, relevance, timelines, response rates.
• Review: analysis and interpretation of primary and secondary research using graphical
and text format.
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This full lesson covers D2 - Skills Used in a Business Pitch for BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports Industry, including;
Presentation, behaviour and conduct of presenter, e.g. positive attitude, well prepared,
professional approach.
• Communication skills, e.g. using language suitable for audience, voice, variation in tone,
appropriate pace, clear and appropriate use of terminology, handling questions and
feedback courteously and appropriately, courteous closure, use of visual aids, use of
appropriate software, use of graphics and appropriate images, legibility of text.
• Consideration of needs and interests of audience, e.g. peers, team members, investor
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This full lesson covers B2 of Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. The content covers includes;
• Understanding and identifying customer behaviour, trends and needs.
• Identifying competition and unique selling point (USP).
• Investigating brand/advertising awareness.
• Helping new product and/or service development.
• Investigating feasibility of entry into new markets.
• Meeting marketing objectives.
• Identifying target market/audience of the product, fan base and consumer.
• Identifying a gap in the market.
• Identifying current market trends.
• Investigating potential demand.
• Understanding economic climate and place within the esports ecosystem.
• Identifying business risks, including a competitor analysis.
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This full lesson covers D1 of BTEC Level 3 eSports Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the eSports Industry, including;
Pitching: presenting key elements of a business plan to prospective investors, with the
intention of securing funding – know your audience, know your figures, practice.
• Methods of presenting: pre-recording, oral, visual, onscreen videos and sharing,
audio and video group calls, business and team chat apps, vlogs.
• How to respond to potential investors’ questions: listening skills, asking for clarification,
formulating appropriate responses.
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