Blog 18: Third Answer

EQ: 

What is the most efficient way to transform your small business into a franchise?

Answer 3:

The most efficient way to transform your small business into a franchise, is being able to adapt and listen to recommendations and commendations.

Details

• Being able to adapt and hire experts for certain fields and asking mentors.
  
  • You're not going to know everything there is about your business having go to people who do helps tremendously.
• Listening to recommendation and commendations
  
  • Being able to listen to recommendations and commendations and being able to perform from your high and lows can never hurt.
• Do your homework
  
  • Franchising is a big step and you just shouldn't try it alone especially if you don't know you're business entirely your have options use them wisely. 
   
  Sources 
   
  1. "Turning Your Successful Business into a Franchise." About.com Franchises. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.
  2. "How to Build Better Business Relationships BY Darren Dahl." Inc.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.
  3. "Flexibility in Business…." Bosco Anthony Business Growth Strategist RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.

Blog 17: Interview 4

Interview 

20 Questions

1.) Have you ever thought of expanding your business?
2.) If, so are you on tract into expanding your business or are you doing so?
3.) If you are indeed going to expand your business or already in the process of doing so, will you be expanding your business shop size or product size?
4.) Where do you plan on opening your business?
5.) Why in that area?
6.) When you first started your business did you think it out or rushed into it?
7.) How did you think it out?
8.) How long have you had your business for?
9.) How long did it take for you to start making profits?
10.) Was it worth your wait?
11.) Thinking back on how you got to this point is there anything you would change?
12.) Looking at your business from now do you think it's headed in the right direction?
13.) Is there anything you would immediately change about your business?
14.) Do you like your own business?
15.) When asking customers how they heard of you, what are some typical answers?
16.) If most of those answers are of them hearing from a friend do you think you have great, good, or bad customer service?
17.) How did you start your business off?
18.) What gave you the inspiration to start your business?
19.) Have you had troubles within your business?
20.) If so, who helped you power through these problems?

Blog 16

EQ

What is the most efficient way to transform your small business into a franchise?

Answer

 The most efficient way to transform your small business into a franchise, is to communicate with your employees and customers.

1. Knowing what you're employees want when they come and work makes for a better environment which leads to better customer service.
2. Knowing what you're customers want lets you have better customer satisfaction. Which would lead to you're business growing in size.
3. Making for a better work environment is key to every business success.

 #29 in my working bibliography
 #30 in my working bibliography

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1. For the 30 hours to accumulate for the independent component 2 I plan on creating a Website for A & R Creations as well as business cards, flyers and discount coupons ads. I will be creating the website from scratch as well as the business cards.
2. If you know or may not know creating a website does indeed take some time. Especially if this is your first time and are new to it like I am. I will also be going back to A & R every other day to show my production and ask if there is anything there is to fix or add to the website/business cards.
3. Doing this independent component it's going to help me understand more to what you really need to get out there for other potential business owners to know about your business. Mainly whats important to know. It is also showing me all the same details a business has to go through as I will be spending much time at the shop as well as working on the my work.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

• Literal
  
  • A) I, Gabriel Mendoza, confirm that completed my independent component which represents 30 years of work.
  • B) Araceli Mendez, Hair Salon in Pomona
  • C) Hours on log
  • D) My senior topic is on transforming your small business into a franchise, so for my independent component I started of with my own "business" which was going around to different businesses and passing out flyers to local neighborhoods.
•  Interpretive
  
  
  
  
  • While on the job I found out that everyone must put in hard work to further themselves. Since I was doing a really good job at passing out the flyers on a timely matter, I started getting referred to other business which in the end gave me my a building block for my answer 1. Which was using your connections wisely.
• Applied
  
  • This component gave me the basics for my answer 1. Using the basics my component gave me I built around it for my answer 1, which stated above was, using your connections wisely. In this case I was a connection remax used. Also a good building block for my answer 2, which is advertising properly.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

I'm really proud of meeting the 10 minute requirement of talking about my answer. A lot of people were worried about it.

2. Questions to Consider
       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

I would give myself a P because i met all the requirements and flowed my presentation well.

        b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

Rule of  3, I did do everything

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

My activity really worked out for me. I'm really proud of it because it was fun entertaining had everyone involved and related to my answer perfectly.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I would practice more and try to memorize a lot more.

5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

At the moment i don't really have an idea of what it would be, but there are options for me.

Blog 11

1.) I did my mentor ship at my sister's house.

2.) My contact is Amanda Mendoza

3.) I did a total of 10 hours while I was there

4.) While I was there she made me do an outline on a project her job gave her. Which was basically like what type of posters/ads and such should be put up keep in my that she works at Victoria Secret so this was really difficult on me and i really didn't do a good on it. BUT after I was done she gave me an eye opener she brought me her outline that she was working on cause she knew that I wasn't going to do such a good job on it and told me that if i really want to go into business really put forth effort into finding out who your clients are going to be and what kind of deals are they looking for and that really made me get more focused on my senior project cause I really had to find out who customers where to do a good job on it.