Assume you are going to become an entrepreneur and start your own business. Think about your talents and interests and come up with an idea for a small business venture that provides a unique product or service to local customers. You can select any business venture you want, but if you need help coming up with an idea, here are some examples:

• catering
• Wedding-planning consulting
• Video Production Company
• Pool building company
• Personal shopping service
• Interior design business
• Flower shop
• Rock-climbing guide service
• River-rafting company
• Web design company

Required---- For whatever business venture you select, answer the following questions:

1. What would the major costs of your business be? Try to classify the costs into the areas of direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, general and administrative costs, and selling costs. (Note: Not all businesses will have all of these cost classifications.)
2. Why would you need to determine the cost of providing your product or service to individual customers? In other words, what type of decisions would you expect to make based on job order cost information?
3. In general, would you expect your company's indirect (overhead) costs to be less or more than the direct costs (direct labor and direct materials)? What allocation base do you think you would use to charge overhead costs to individual customers? Explain why you selected that base.
4. Create a job cost sheet for a hypothetical "average" customer that includes estimates of the major costs of serving that customer. How much do you think you will need to charge to cover all of the costs plus provide a reasonable profit for yourself?