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Money, commerce and running an enterprise.

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• Truck Transportation Merit Badge

  Ten requirements, mostly lists and explanations: truck lines in your town, trucks in commerce and the supply chain, gasoline and diesel engines, how a trucking company is organized, government agencies, kinds of trucks and trucking terms. Requirement 4 is a visit to a truck terminal, including a talk with a professional truck driver about safety. Requirement 8 is a written plan for shipping 500 pounds of freight 500 miles within three days.

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• Salesmanship Merit Badge

  Seven requirements. Two start with your counselor, who assigns the product and territory for your sales plan (3) and the product for your sales presentation (4). Requirement 5 is ONE real sale (unit fundraising, selling your services to neighbors, or retail), with a cost sheet kept. Requirement 6 is ONE interview, with a salesperson or a retail store owner. The rest are explanations and your qualifications for a sales career.

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• Entrepreneurship Merit Badge

  Six requirements that build on each other. Interview someone who started a business (3). List business ideas, pick three, choose one (4). Write a business plan for that idea in five sections, including a promotional flyer or poster (5). Then imagine it running: successes, problems, failures and ethical questions (6).

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• American Business Merit Badge

  Six requirements. The first three are explanations: free enterprise, history, labor and the economy (1), financial statements, capital and insurance (2), profit, green marketing, ethics and online business (3). Requirement 4 is the Department of Labor and two labor laws. Requirement 5 researches a real business across the five primary areas, and 6 is a career or an interview with a business leader.

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