THE END

Well, the end of my Graduation Project first trimester class ends today. It was a hard time trying to gather all of the information and make use of it. I finished all of the work that needed to be done this trimester and hope to start on everything pretty soon.

Long Time

Its been a long time since I have last talked. I have been really busy its just that blogging slips my mind sometimes. I did finish my proposal which took a long time and now I am actually mapping out what I want to do for my grad project. It is going well but it will take time. That is all and I will talk to you later.

Today was pretty easy. All that I did was to look over somebody elses webliography so that I can compair mine to it to see if my webliography was correct. It went good and I gave a little bit of advice to the persons that I graded. His/Her project seemed to be on the use of drugs and alcohol with teens and how they go about getting rehab. I'm not perfecly sure but I think that is right. He/She did a good job, it was good work but they need a little bit more sourses to have the amount required. It will also help them in the long run.

DID YOU KNOW

Sorry I haven't talked in a while. I have been working like crazy. I am all caught up and I am doing well now. Now I am poasting my "Did You Knows" or interesting facts about small business.


Notes

· Did you know that it takes an average of two years for starting small businesses to come out of debt?
· Did you know that small businesses make up 99.7 percent of businesses in the U.S.?
· Did you know that Small businesses employ 57.4 million Americans?
· Did you know over 50 percent of people who start small businesses collapse within the first year?
· Did you know that there are millions of people that try to start a small business each year?
· Did you know that all business owners, usually, have to know at least basic accounting?
· Did you know
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Sources

Vicky Thompson

Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneur.com

James Burton

James Burton

Business TM

Going Strong

I am finally making good progress. Sorry I haven't been able to talk in a while I have been really busy. I finished publishing my blog articles and I have finished my webliography. I am now going to start on my proposal and see where I will be when I finish my project. I'll talk to you later.

Nothing New

Today I didn't do much. I mostly just did research on the questions that I posted yesterday. I didnt get much done but I did get a lot of information. The sight that I got the most info off of today is http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/guide3/. Thank You for listening.

Questions

Essential Question

1. How do you start and manage a small business?


Supporting Questions

1. How do you make a business plan?
2. What area do you want to put your business in?
3. How will you analyze the market area for stability and growth?
4. What kind of business are you going to simulate starting?
5. What are the financial aspects involved with starting a small business?
6. Will you have employees? If so how many?
7. How long will it take to make a profit?
8. What kind of profit are you looking to make?
9. How much money will you need to put into the business? (Take all things into consideration)
10. What kind of consumer are you looking for?
11. Are you going to have an advertizing campaign?
12. Who are you going to interview to get a view from other small business owners?
13. What are the problems involved with small business management?
14. What are the advantages involved with small business management?

Collage

Today I fininshed my collage. That is all I had time to do before I went to my internship.

Picture Perfect

Today I finished my list of websites and E-mailed it to Mrs. Savido. Now I am starting on my picture of multiple images that best represent my topic. I think that this task will be semi-enjoyable.

Catching Up

Today I made good progress. I am a little behind on my work because it took me a little longer to find a topic. Today I did the list of websites and I got to number eight so I should be able to finish tomarrow.

Process

Today I finally got some of the process done by getting into a small business elective with Ms. Delarosa next trimester. This is realy good for me becasue it will teach me many things. It will show me what is necessary to go into a small business, how to start, how to pay employees, ect. I started working on my vocab on a word document but didn't get to far because I was mostly researching. I also realized that I was doing my website page wrong because I was just making the link insted of the title of the webpage and the making that a hyperlink. That is not too good because now I am behind on the work heading into the weekend with a lot of homework.

Putting It All Together

Today I was reading into the book called 10,000 ideas and they had a section on small business management. I glanced at it and saw some very good ideas, and I soon realized that I could incorperate this into my project. The only thing is that I cant just do one subject, I will have to put multiple ideas together and break down the steps involved in starting a small business and small business management. That is all I did today and I will start on my Key terms now.

Brain Storming

Now that I have the subject that I am going to do my project on it is time for a brain storm to see which kind of approche I want to take for it. I know that I want to see how to build a small business from the ground up but that is still to broad. I am going to research a couple sites to see what kind of information that they have and I will make a list of the sources that I like. That is all for today and I hope that I can work faster in the future.

Topic

I finally found a topic that both interests me, and at the same time will be very useful to me in the long run. That topic is small business. I will be explaing the process of creating a small business, possibly interview some people, and maybe even have a simulation in which I would show how I would create a successful small buisness. I am currently in the process at looking for some sources on the internet of how small buisnesses work. Thank you and I will keep in touch.

Still Thinking

Today I didn't get to far. I am still brainstorming through some subjects. This is a project that I will be working on until I graduate so it's not that easy of a decision. I'm sort of realizing in the general field that I want my subject to be on but it is still difficut to think what I want to do. I will let you know when I get any more ideas and hopefully I have a topic next time we talk.

Subjects

It was hard to finally decide on a subject for my graduation project. Some people know what they want right on the spot, others have so many subjects but can't decide, and I fall in the subject that couldn't think of one subject to do my graduation. But I finally narowed it down to three topics.

Topic 1: Football. I could explain how football has made progress and the people involved with this happening were involved. The Super Bowl is the most watched program in the world so I could interview some people in how they feel about football.

I am still working on other topics of iterest but I did a lot of exploring today.

How I set up my blog

Today was a fun day, I guess. But today I set up my first blog that I have ever had. It was pretty interesting imagining how I am going to react to it, but I think that I will like it. I started by first going to my home website in which my blog resides. Then I went to my name and information and it sent me to a page in which I had to give my E-mail address and make a password. It also made me pick a name and I just picked Cody N. I think it fits me perfect lol. But after that I just had to pick a background in which my words will be on which is what you are looking at now. Then I did my first entry.

Thank You