When you earn your Financial Literacy badge called On My Own, you make a plan for your future. One way that businesses plan for the future is through R&D — Research and Development. They spend time and money researching new ideas. They also budget for development — taking those new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to the market. (R&D could also mean changing a product to meet new customer needs.) When you earn this badge, you’ll know how to use R&D for your cookie business plan.
1. Analyze sales trends
2. Research how other companies innovate
3. Find out how companies use R&D to improve their products
4. Explore possible projects during your cookie sale
5. Develop a fun, new way to use Girl Scout Cookies
When I’ve earned this badge, I’ll know how to research and develop new ways to build my cookie business.
Part of the Cookie Business sequence. Earned by Ambassador Scouts.