10 minutes to prepare, 10 to present, judged on 5 performance indicators in small-business ownership & management.
Career cluster
Entrepreneurship
Format
Roleplay
Participants
1 person
Preparation
10 minutes
Presentation
10 minutes
Performance indicators
5, worth 10 points each
Judge questions
2
4 practice roleplays for Entrepreneurship Series
Written by DUZZ in the format of a real district case: an event situation, the instructional area, the 5 performance indicators the judge scores, and the two questions asked at the end. Practise any of them out loud in the app and get scored against the 2026 evaluation form.
Human Resources ManagementDistrict level
The First Employee
The setting
SALTFLAT PRINT is one person working every hour there is and turning away work. Hiring someone would relieve that and would also make the founder an employer for the first time, with everything that carries.
Your role
You are to assume the role of the founder of SALTFLAT PRINT.
Your task
The adviser (judge) wants you to explain how you would go about it. Explain how you would determine the hiring needs, describe how you would interview applicants for a role you have only ever done yourself, explain how you would select and hire, explain how you would foster the right environment for someone joining a business of one, and explain how you would assess what the venture needs in place before they start.
Performance indicators
Determine hiring needs.
Interview job applicants.
Select and hire new employees.
Foster “right” environment for employees.
Assess start-up requirements.
The judge will ask
1.What would have to be true for you to make this hire?
2.What happens to the business if it does not work out?
Strategic ManagementICDC level
The Investor Who Wants Control
The setting
An investor has offered ORCHARD LABS the money it needs, in exchange for a large share of the company and the right to veto decisions about hiring and pricing. The company does not have long before it needs the money.
Your role
You are to assume the role of the founder of ORCHARD LABS.
Your task
The adviser (judge) wants you to explain what you are going to do. Explain how the business plan should be developed around either answer, explain the external planning considerations that bear on the decision, explain how you would assess what the venture actually requires, explain the nature of business plans as an investor will read yours, and identify the risks associated with taking money on these terms.
Performance indicators
Develop business plan.
Explain external planning considerations.
Assess start-up requirements.
Explain the nature of business plans.
Identify risks associated with obtaining business credit.
The judge will ask
1.Which single term would you most want changed?
2.What is your plan if you turn this down?
Strategic ManagementAssociation level
Growing Into the Wrong Business
The setting
BRIGHTWATER set out to make reusable bottles. Most of what it now earns comes from printing other companies' logos onto blank bottles bought from a wholesaler, which is a different business with a different dependency.
Your role
You are to assume the role of the founder of BRIGHTWATER.
Your task
The mentor (judge) wants you to commit to a direction. Explain how the performance of the business plan should be tracked, explain how the plan should be developed to match what the company actually does, conduct an organisational assessment of strengths and weaknesses as they now stand, explain the marketing strategy each version of the company implies, and explain how the product mix should be planned around your answer.
Performance indicators
Track performance of business plan.
Develop business plan.
Conduct an organizational SWOT.
Explain the concept of marketing strategies.
Plan product mix.
The judge will ask
1.Which business are you in? Commit to an answer.
2.What is the risk in depending on the wholesaler?
Strategic ManagementAssociation level
One Customer, Most of the Revenue
The setting
HOLLOWAY MEDIA earns most of what it earns from a single client on a contract that renews annually at short notice. That client has just been acquired, and an acquisition usually means every supplier is reviewed.
Your role
You are to assume the role of the founder of HOLLOWAY MEDIA.
Your task
The adviser (judge) wants you to explain what you are going to do. Explain the nature of risk management as it applies to a business this concentrated, conduct an organisational assessment of where the company stands, identify the market segments you would go after to rebalance, explain how you would select a target market among them, and develop the action plan you would follow over the next quarter.
Performance indicators
Explain the nature of risk management.
Conduct an organizational SWOT.
Identify market segments.
Select target market.
Develop action plans.
The judge will ask
1.What would you do in the next month?
2.What share of revenue should any one client be?
Practise Entrepreneurship Series with an AI judge
Free accounts get three graded roleplays a week: you present out loud, DUZZ records you and scores you against the same 2026 form a real judge uses — performance indicators, the solution criteria, the career competencies and overall impression.