Friday, April 27, 2012

independent component 2

LITERAL-
A) I confirm that I have spent 30 hours on my Independent.
B) Contact- Majid Barmaki- 714 448 9869
INTERPRETIVE-
A) The most important thing i learned in this process was to bring out a new product and how i can get into store and in the hands of everyone.
APPLIED-
A) This helped me answer my EQ because it required me to be in the field and truly realize what it take to have a business and succeed in the business world

For getting our product know we created a website that is fully functional and operational. You can tell by the website that 30 hours of work was put into it.
log of hours-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AprOWaNiM_XRdDZzSzUwamNHeUJrQWFtVlo5UUNtS1E&pli=1#gid=0

helping 2013

helping 2013-
interview- Arista Del La Riva
04/26/12
1) Fashion designer-
The feed back i gave her was to make sure she picks a topic that she can easily get service learning. Service learning for complicated topics is hard.
2) I plan to go to a few fashion shows to see what kind of fashion there is and how each person stands out.
feedback- you can also look it up online and start to get programs for designing of clothing.
3)I hope to see a lot of cool presentations on unique topics that might help me with my project.
feedback- make sure to look for detail because you see how how people work through there detail.
4) what's the hardest part of senior project? how did i find service learning?
feedback- I would have to say that the hardest part for me was just to stay up to date with everything. try your best not to fall behind it may put you in a hole.
For service learning I kinda got lucky, my service learning expert is also my step dad.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Research check 15

Article from SBV US small business administration-
1. In order to operate and run and operate a business you must first get a business licence or permit.
2. Beyond the business licence you may also need several other permit such as for selling alcohol or tobacco
3. Many permits can be received online
4. To sell alcohol you must first take a class and take a test
5. The selling of some foods such as fish and nuts also needs permits due to importing issues.
6. Make sure to maintain your licence and fallow the rules that are required for the permits, if you break the rules then your permit will be taken away and you will be fined
Article from INC building a business plan
1. Before starting a business first you must make a business plan, this plan will be your gide to your future success.
2. The business plan isn't made to follow step by step but it will help you stay in line and keep everything on track
3. Before any major company goes into a season they first make a plan that will define what they want to achieve this is there business plan
4. When you make your business plan keep in mind that the economy changes very swiftly and be sure to take that into account
5. Keep the most important thing in your business plan
6. Most businesses don't really stick to the business plan but they use it to outline there business and reac success.
7. Making a business for a smaller business is easier then a big company.... A company has many many workers and all of the workers need to know what we want to accomplish
Small business 101- New York Times
1. First start out by making a business plan to guild your business in the right direction
2. Most businesses that first start out normally end up failing
3. To start a business there must be a demand for what you are selling.... If there are other in your same field of business make sure your the best
4. What can you offer your clients that your competitors can't provide
5. The right kind of advertising can get all toward your business
6. Many business that sell food item do promotions such as buy one get one free, the company loose money on this promotion but the kind of advertising they gain from it can be very beneficial.
7. Location is very important for a business.... If you are In a area that not many people visit then your business may be a failing one.

Answer 3

EQ: what is most important in running a profitable Persian cookie company?



For my third answer I was thinking that I would use a good quality product. A quality product is essential to a good business. If you don't have a good product your business will fail.

Evidence: 1- article by inc.com
2- article by entrepenuer.com
3- article by info.com
My best source for my answer is majid barmaki which is my service learning expert

Monday, April 9, 2012

Room Creativity

1. I hope to address the creativity part of this by showing how to make our cookies, this will show the difference in cultures and will engage the students in the presentation.
2. I plan on doing an activity with my cookies and one activity on how to market these cookies to the right kind of audience.