Starting Our Business: DaYonne and Jamall Reed
3:42
Grades: 5 - 12
Video Description: When DaYonne and Jamall Reed both found themselves being laid off from their corporate jobs in late 2016, they took it as a sign they should go out on their own. So in January of the following year they founded Revive Janitorial after seeing a need for commercial cleaning in commercial buildings, offices, schools, restaurants, construction. Learn their story about bringing their entrepreneurial dream to life.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: CIP-1**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Have students discuss any unique challenges they believe might face a husband/wife entrepreneurial team like the one featured in the video. Would they see working with a spouse as a benefit or a hindrance to their business dream?
- Activity Idea: Use the video as part of a unit on developing business pitches. Based on the video, have students create a pitch seeking funding to support expansion of the business. In addition, students could develop a business idea pitch for a business they’d like to own.
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
