Students will launch the project by examining a struggling student-run business, identifying affected community members, and using stakeholder and financial evidence to define an algebra-focused business challenge and inquiry path.

Students will investigate customer needs and business operations, evaluate evidence, and use algebra to explain how profit, price, and planning interact. They will identify root causes, compare pricing and operational possibilities, test concepts with potential users, and propose an evidence-based direction for the student-run business.

Students will engineer and refine a feasible student-run business solution by connecting price, profit, and operational planning through algebraic models. They will evaluate exemplars, formulate a measurable hypothesis, prototype financial and operational scenarios, plan production, and document revisions based on user evidence and peer feedback.

Students will finalize an evidence-based implementation plan, conduct a small-scale or simulated business pilot, compare results with their algebraic predictions, and revise their recommendation before the stakeholder pitch.

Students will present and defend how algebra improved their student-run business decisions, then reflect on their academic, professional, personal, and community growth.