Who Am I
Mr. Vatougios
Mr. Vatougios
What I Expect
 Respect. For all
people, students &
teachers.
 Be on time, get a
late slip from the
office.
 Not to go to the
bathroom every 5
min. 20-20 Rule.
The first 20 & last
20 of class you
can’t go.
For Notes
You can find my notes at
UBC Blogs under my
name: Mr Vatougios
https://blogs.ubc.ca/mrv
atougios/
I don’t want you to copy
down my notes in class,
but I do want you to
learn how to add to your
thoughts to my notes.
Add your notes to the
bottom box on the ppt
screen
Keyboarding
Tip of the Day
Wrists
There are very few jobs anymore
that do not require computer
skills and typing.
Wrist Injuries are becoming
common
Keyboarding Activity
Continue on with All
the Right Type (ART)
for 5 minutes today
Introduction to Concepts
Business Areas
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Marketing
Business Communication
Keyboarding
and
Finance
Definition
Finance
 Deals with the
management,
creation and study of
money.
 In short, everything
(every aspect) to do
with money
Finance Includes many
Areas of Business. We will be
looking at:
Banks & Banking
Accounting
Money & Money
Management
Investing
The 9 Keys to Financial Success
 Budget
 Instincts
 Responsibility
 Planning
 Emergency Cash Fund
 Diversify
 Risk
 Debt
 Start small, but start now
Budget
• Plan your income & expenses
• Spend less than you earn
Trust Your Instincts
• Know a good deal from bad one
• Recognize fraud and con artists
Be Responsible
• Manage your money
• Keep track of everything (record)
Plan Ahead
• Start investing in your future
• Don’t just live for today! Think about
what will be good tomorrow
Emergency Cash Fund
• Start saving a little
• Everybody has a rainy day
Diversify
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
• Spread out your wealth ($)
Risk Tolerance
• A little risk can be good
• Risk pays well, but safe always pays
Debt
• Be careful borrowing money
• Interest adds up quickly  owe a lot
Start small, but start now
• Nobody has 1,000,000 to invest, but
• A penny today will be 100 tomorrow
Carousel Activity
5 stations with markers & poster
paper. Each station has 1 Theme
Write down your thoughts and share ideas on
the themes as they apply to business,
marketing and advertising (5 major themes):
1.Finance
2.Banks & Banking
3.Accounting
4.Money &Money Management
5.Investing
Scavenger Hunt
You guys are now the teachers.
You will go back to your
computers and research your topic.
You will try to find out something
new, different or interesting
about your topic and then share
your ideas with the class
Try to find at least 3 things to share
Class Discussion
Time to report
out and tell us
what you
learned
Exit Slip
1. Write about something
new that you did not
know about before
today.
2. Summarize something
that we talked about in
class that you feel quite
comfortable about.
3. What are your strengths
and weaknesses (school
and business).
Class Notes
You can find my notes at UBC Blogs under
my name: Mr Vatougios
https://blogs.ubc.ca/mrvatougios/