You are a college student with the opportunity to propose and start a small business through a college and community grant/ business incubator program. if your business proposal is approved, you
would receive funds to start up and operate your business for a year either at a site in Greenville or other sites. • The first step in the proposal process is to blend research with your own ideas
to create a short informative background report for the professor who advises the students who wish to take part in the program.

The report should aim to answer these questions: what exactly is you business idea? What population will it serve? Where would you like it to be located? What types of business(es) is it similar
to? How do those businesses operate? Where and how are they most effective? •