Entrepreneurship and New Ventures

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By interviewing entrepreneurs who have, within the past 5 to 10 years, started firms whose sales now exceed $2 million to $3 million and are profitable, you can gain insight into an entrepreneur’s reasons, strategies, approaches, and motivations for starting and owning a business. Gathering information with interviews is a valuable skill to practice. You can learn a great deal in a short time through interviewing if you prepare thoughtfully and thoroughly.  This exercise (“Visit with an Entrepreneur”) has helped students interview successful entrepreneurs. While there is no right way to structure an interview, the format in this exercise has been tested successfully on many occasions. A breakfast, lunch, or dinner meeting is often an excellent vehicle.  Select two entrepreneurs and businesses related to restaurant and construction industry. This could be someone you see as an example or role model to which you aspire, or which you know the least about but are eager to learn. Interview the entrepreneurs with differing experiences, such as a high-potential (i.e., $5 million revenue) and a lifestyle business (usually much smaller, but not necessarily). 

STEP 1   

Contact the Person You Have Selected and Make an Appointment. Be sure to explain why you want the appointment and to give a realistic estimate of how much time you will need.  

STEP 2  

Identify Specific Questions You Would Like to Have Answered and the General Areas about Which You Would Like Information. (See the Interview In Step 3.)  Using a combination of open-ended questions, such as general questions about how the entrepreneur got started, what happened next, and so forth, and closed-end questions, such as specific questions about what his or her goals were, if he or she had to find partners, and so forth, will help keep the interview focused and yet allow for unexpected comments and insights.  

STEP 3  

Conduct the Interview.  Recording this interview can be helpful and is recommended unless you or the person being interviewed objects. Remember, too, that you most likely will learn more if you are an interested listener. You can find interview questions on page 23 and 24 of your textbooks. 

STEP 4  

Evaluate What You Have Learned. Summarize the most important observations and insights you have gathered from these interviews. Contrast especially what patterns, differences, and similarities exist between lifestyle and high-potential entrepreneurs. Who can be an entrepreneur? What surprised you the most? What was confirmed about entrepreneurship? What new insights emerged? What are the implications for you personally, your goals, and your career aspirations?  

STEP 5  

Write a Thank You Note. This is more than a courtesy; it will also help the entrepreneur remember you favorably should you want to follow up on the interview.

Write a 4-to-6-page summary of your two interviews, and what you have discovered about yourself and your goals as a result of the interviews.

BUS380 DBQ’s Homework Help!

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Answer each question in great detail!

1. Employment interviews are critically important. Tell me about the worst interview you have ever had.  Don’t give names or identify companies, but tell me what made that interview the worst.  What was it about the interview that made it so bad? What would you have preferred to be done differently?

2. This week I want you to spend some time thinking about training you have received at various points in your life.  Think about how you reacted to the training.  Was it successful or not?  Could you have benefited from a different approach? For this assignment, describe one of the training experiences from your life.  Tell me what training techniques were used and why they were or were not successful.  Tell me how you would conduct that same training for someone else.

3. You have applied for a position as a manager and the position advertisement stated that benefits were “negotiable”.  You have been offered the job and agreed to the salary offer.  The HR Director has asked you to come in to discuss your benefit package.  Tell me how you will prepare yourself for this meeting. What questions would you ask concerning benefits? Describe the benefits package you would try to negotiate for yourself. 

4. Your textbook defines ethics as:  “The principles of conduct governing an individual or a group; specifically, the standards you use to decide what your conduct should be.” 

      a. Many have said that the people entering the workforce in the last decade lack personal ethics and have little concern for the best interest of the company.  Others have said that those same people are simply reacting to the company culture and are justified in behaving unethically because they are pressured by company supervisors to do more and more just to keep their job.

     b. Which perspective do you hold?  Why? Do you think that ethical behavior is becoming a thing of the past?  If so, why?  If not, why?

5. How is HR in small businesses different than that in large firms? Explain why HRM is important to small businesses.

MLA format 2 (separate) reviews on Confucianism and Islam, no plagiarism

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Book Reviews (2) (try to google book information on these religions) 

You will be expected to complete book reviews during Modules 4 (Week 4) and 8 (Week 7). 

These assignments are based upon required course readings that proffer contemporary accounts

of the lived experience of Confucianism and Islam. The reviews call for you to consider the 

contemporary expressions of these faiths and to reflect upon their relevance to your own and our 

collective societal experience. As you do so, consider how central teachings, principles, and 

practices of these faith-based traditions could be introduced and implemented into your own life, 

experience and culture so as to lend to your personal and collective edification. Book reviews 

should be typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and approximately 3 pages in length. 

Typographical and grammatical errors will be penalized. 

Try to google any information on these books: 

(Option 1

Smith, et al., 

World’s Religions, Custom Package

. Boston: Pearson Custom, 2009. Print. ISBN-

13: 978-1269577751

Option 2  

Smith, Huston. 

The World’s Religions: Completely Revised and Updated Edition of The Religions 

of Man.

50th Anniversary ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2009. Print. ISBN-13: 

9780061660184. 

Reid, T. R. 

Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the 

West

. Reprint ed. New York: Vintage Books, 2000. Print. ISBN-13: 978-0679777601. 

Eteraz, Ali. 

Children of the Dust: The) 

week 3

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  • Ethical Dilemma
    After reviewing The Invisible Patients documentary, define/describe in detail an ethical dilemma that was experienced by the NP. Please note, there are several ethical issues, so there should be diversity in the responses.  Explain how you would have handled the situation.
  • How is the NP in the documentary a Disruptive Innovator?
  • Discuss if there is a relationship between your personal beliefs and values and this ethical dilemma/barrier.
  • Describe at least one mechanism to overcome the barrier discussed.
  • Examine the potential cost and benefits to this barrier.
  • Remember there is no right or wrong answer for this ethical question. Suggested reference Look at the Nuremburg Code (US Department of Health & Human Services, 2005; Washington, 2012) as it was the major start of ethics in research and that can carry over to nursing practice.
    US Department of Health & Human Services. (2005). The Nuremberg code.
      Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/archive/nurcode.html
    Participation Responses: No later than the due date assigned, review and comment on the discussion question responses posted by at least two of your peers and faculty. Continue to monitor your question and responses until the end of the week.
    Guidelines: Support your responses with scholarly academic references using APA style format. Assigned course readings and online library resources are preferred. Weekly lecture notes are designed as overviews to the topic for the respective week and should not serve as a citation or reference.
    In your discussion question response, provide a substantive response that illustrates a well-reasoned and thoughtful response; is factually correct with relevant scholarly citations, references, and examples that demonstrate a clear connection to the readings.
    In your participation responses to your peers, comments must demonstrate thorough analysis of postings and extend meaningful discussion by building on previous postings.
  • Week 3 ProjectAssignment Task: Submit to complete this assignment Due June 21 at 11:59 PMProfessional Practice Paper
    Based on the AP role of the person that you interviewed in W1 Project, in a 2-4 page paper (excluding the title page, references, and appendices) describe the role, the type of organization, and address all the interview questions, and include:
  • List the type of organization. For example: Primary care office, ED, Specialty, cardiology GI etc.
  • List the type of and how many clients it serves. FP would see all ages. Research in your area the number of visits in a local office per year or # of visits seen local ED, specialty office etc. 
  • The professional fit for advanced nursing role. “Fit” refers to the Qualifications in order to be an AP provider at that agency/organization. What license, credentialing (accrediting agency, and other expectations NPI, CMS)?
  • What are the core competencies required in this role?
  • Include a brief job description
  • Discuss board of nursing NPA or scope of practice of the state. Include what the NPA in the state allows and restrictions.
  • Submission Details:
  • Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Programming Assignment: Computerization of health records

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4.15  (computerization of health Records) a health-care issue that has been in the news lately is the computerization of health records. This possibility is being approached cautiously because of sensitive privacy and security concerns, among others. 

Computerizing health records could make it easier for patients to share their health profiles and histories among their various health-care professional. this could improve the quality of health care, help avoid drug conflicts and erroneous drug prescriptions, reduce costs and, in emergencies, could save lives. In this exercise, you’ll design a “starter” Healthprofile class for a person. The class attributes should include the person’s first name, last name, gender, date of birth (consisting of separate attributes for the month,day, and year of birth), height (in inches) and weight (in pounds). Your class should have a constructor that receives this data. For each attribute provide a property with set and get accessors. the class also should include methods that calculate and return the user’s age in years, maximum heart rate and target-heart-rate range (see Exercise 4.14), and body mass index (BMI: see Exercise 3.31). Write an app that prompts for the person’s information, instantiates an object of class Healthprofile for that person and displays the information from that object–including the person’s first name, last name, gender, date of birth, height and weight — then calculates and displays the person’s age in years, BMI, maximum heart rate and target-heart-rate range. It should also display the “BMI values” chart from Exercise 3.31)

Visualizing Business Problems.

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For this assignment, assume the role of a data analyst at Adventure Works Cycles company. Your manager recently approached you with a problem. The company is losing money on its popular model “LL Road Frame-Black 60,” but cannot determine why sales are down. You have been tasked to research potential reasons why this product, which your manager believes is solid, is not selling.

In order to address this business problem, you must deconstruct it. Study the data dictionary titled “AdventureWorks 2014 OLTP Schema,” located in the Course Materials,

and use it determine the specific questions that must be asked and answered to address the problem.

In a 250-word document, address the following. Include basic information related to the problem, along with specific information about the tables that should be researched.

  1. Explain what methods will be used to set the parameters for the query.
  2. Define the specific questions that need to be asked and answered in order to address the specified business problem.
  3. Explain how the entity relationship diagram (ERD) was used in addressing questions 1–2 above.
  4. Describe ethical dilemmas that could be encountered as a result of the research being done to address the business problem.
  5. Explain what resources you will use to assist with addressing ethical dilemmas.

 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/sql/sql-server-2008/ms124438(v=sql.100)

https://www.sqldatadictionary.com/AdventureWorks2014.pdf

soc

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Prepare for this assignment by reviewing the readings and your notes up to this point in the term. This may include looking at the culture, socialization, stratification and race/identity topics. Feel free to review any additional information regarding gender and race if necessary for your interview. NOTE: If you are unable to meet in person, you can conduct your interview over the phone, Skype, FaceTime, etc., Instructions:Arrange an interview with someone who is a professional acquaintance (no family members or your best friend, please). This should be a 1-hour interview where you will ask the 8-10 questions you submitted in week 12 in anticipation of this assignment.The topic for your paper is sociological identity (remember this is not a psychology paper). This could be centered around one’s identity concerning culture, socialization, social class, group identity, gender/sexuality, racial/ethnic identity, etc. It can certainly be a mix of all of those if you wish.Include all these components or points will be forfeited: 

  • Pseudonym for your interviewee 
  • Briefly describe the interview setting (A small cafe on N. Main Street, Providence, RI in the middle of the busy lunch rush)
  • Ascribed Statuses: (list at least 3 – this assumes you will ask this of your interview subject)
  • Achieved Statuses: (list at least 3)
  • Analysis/Application of your 8-10 questions: (DO NOT type word for word what is said, I’m not asking for a transcript, use sociology concepts throughout your writing)
  • Reflection of interview (a paragraph or two at the end of your paper on YOUR thoughts – what you learned, what intrigued you about the interview)

You may record the interview (with permission) but it may be best if you don’t. Use it as an opportunity to jot down key terms and phrases during the interview on a notepad instead. Immediately afterward, write up a fuller description. Write up the conversation descriptively. Conclude with your reflections on the interview: the interactions and dynamics between you and the person interviewed, your analysis of topics explored, any other observations you have. Approach your writing from a sociological point of view at all times. Include the questions you asked throughout your essay and include a list at the end (this list is NOT part of your minimum page count). For full credit, you must be able to take what your interview subject said and apply it to key sociological terms and concepts you have learned in this class. Failure to do so results in major points deduction. Format:The paper should be MINIMUM 4 full pages and not more than 6 pages); double-spaced; 11-12-pt font; Margins: 1” (top, bottom, left & right). You should use terminology learned in class and in the texts and be sure to properly cite when appropriate. Please use your own words! Grammar and spelling ARE important.If you have questions please post them in the Questions forum so that other students can see, in case they have a similar question. Please view rubric for assignment expectations.

Photo discussion post.

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Instructions:

1. After you’ve done some prewriting about your photo, read my sample response below.  

2.  The purpose of this activity is to share ideas, so you may use the ideas that I or your classmates post. Just make sure you come up with your own wording and support.

3.  Participate by clicking “Reply” after my post.  Please put your article title in your title, so your classmates can identify your subject quickly.

4.  You are welcome to comment on your 1-3 of your classmates’ ideas.  To do this, click on “Reply” after their post. 

5.  This is a friendly, brainstorming activity.  You will be graded based only on your participation effort and development.  If your ideas aren’t on the right track, that’s fine!  No one has all their ideas figured out at this point in the writing process. 

Here is my sample (you can use any of these ideas as long as you don’t copy my exact wording):

I’m writing about the Dia de los Muertos photo. 

1st body paragraph topic:  how the different appearances and emotions related to the people in the photo give the image depth 

2nd body paragraph topic:  the physical and emotional beauty of the grave decorations

Respond to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use research to reinforce your ideas.

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You’re meeting with Lester in his office to discuss the details of your presentation to the board next week.

“Given all of the research that you have completed over the past several weeks,” he says, “you should have most of the information you need to make a presentation to the board. The board doesn’t want you to do any more research on all of the topics; rather, we want you to summarize the research that you have already done. “

“Yes,” you say. “I think I have what I need.”

“Of course we want your final conclusion and recommendation on what the company should do regarding the location issue, as well,” he says.

“What type of presentation do you have in mind, Lester?”

“A PowerPoint presentation would be appropriate for this group,” he says. “I want you to include slide notes, too, in case we have to go back and look at something at a later date. Your PowerPoint presentation should contain between 7-10 slides, not including the title slide and reference slide(s). For each slide, you should have between 150–200 words in the Notes sections. Let’s take a few minutes now to go over how the slides should be organized. I’ve done similar presentations, so I can save you some time with a few pointers.”

When you get back to your office, you type out your notes about each element you discussed and the overall organization of the presentation. For this presentation, you are addressing the following elements:

  • Legal, social, and financial factor considerations
  • Economic factors: gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, interest rates, unemployment
  • Elasticity of demand
  • Economies of scale and efficiency
  • Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)
  • Market structure
  • Risk
  • Costs (marginal, fixed, variable, etc.)
  • International expansion (Five factors that should be considered before making the decision to expand internationally)

  7-10 slides + 150 words per slide in the notes 

Essay due may 4th 11:59

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Instructions and Study Question for Essay TestFor the essay test, you will need to develop and submit a detailed essay on either (1) four important similarities between the U.S. Constitution and the Articles of Confederation or (2) the first political party system, as given in the formal questions below.  Your answer will be worth up to 100 points for the one question you decide to choose. You will need to observe the normal essay format of introduction, body, and conclusion AND you will need to put the word count at the bottom of the essay.  (By typing your essay first in Word for cutting and pasting into the essay test, you can get the word count easily in Word, before putting in the citation references.) The essay must be about 1,000words (can vary only between 950 and 1,050 words, not counting the citation references).  You will also need to follow the documentation and other requirements below.You will actually have as much time as you need to develop your answer if you develop it in Word first and then cut and paste it into the essay question block.  Technically, you will have an hour to cut and paste it, but it should not take you that long.  However, BE SURE TO PROOFREAD your submitted essay to ensure the required underlining and other features were fully transferred.  If not, you will have to put the underlining and other features in manually as part of your proofread.Your efforts will be evaluated based on how well  and how comprehensively you answer the question, the quality of the quotes/passages from Cogbooks (bolded and underlined in quotes and followed by the citation in parentheses (Unit, Goal #, Subgoal # if any, Paragraph # and Sentence # or alternate format–see discussion on second page below), and whether you followed instructions.  NOTE:  Essays without quotes and citations from Cogbooks will lose 50 points, in addition to other deductions for essay weaknesses.SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:Book:  You must use Cogbooks in order to pass this test, due to the 50-point deduction described above for not providing quotes and location citation references from Cogbooks.  Other sources are not acceptable. You may cite the Articles of Confederation and U.S. Constitution (article and section) for the constitution question, but this will not dismiss the requirement to use at least a total of ten (10) quotes from Cogbooks in your answer (see below).Number of Paragraphs and Words:  You must follow the instructions on the number of paragraphs and words for your answer.  Some paragraphs should be long paragraphs (10-12 sentences), while others can be short paragraphs (6-7 sentences).  The total number of words as counted by the Word Program (before putting in the citation references) must be about 1,000 words (between 950 and 1,050 words), again, not counting the citation references. There must be an introduction, body, and conclusion.Bolding, Underlining, Quotation Marks, and Citation References Required:  You need to document your essay carefully with at least ten (10) bolded and underlined quotes in quotation marks of passages from Cogbooks, followed by the citation reference in parentheses or the alternate format discussed below.  USE BOLD TYPE, UNDERLINING AND QUOTATION MARKS FOR THE QUOTES (ALL THREE).  DO NOT USE WHOLE PARAGRAPHS OR LONG SENTENCES FROM COGBOOKS, JUST PORTIONS OF SENTENCES THAT CONTAIN THE MAIN IDEA THAT YOU ARE DOCUMENTING.  Spread your quotes evenly throughout your essay.

You and I are both aware that Cogbooks does not have page numbers due to the interactive nature of the book, but there are unit numbers, and goals and subgoals on the left hand side of the screen for each unit.  For each quote you use (in quotation marks AND bold type AND underlined), you will need to give the location of the citation using the Unit # (e.g., Unit #1), the Goal #, the Subgoal # if any, the paragraph number, and the sentence number.  Your location citation must look something like the ones used in the example below, unless you use the alternate format of putting the references after the essay (as discussed below):Lincoln is an interesting case in point.  He was an excellent politician, but also a great storyteller with unusual behavior.  Ginsberg notes, “He often told funny stories in his speeches.” (Unit #7, Subsection 7.1, Goal #3 of 15, Subgoal #2, paragraph 4, sentence 3) Beyond his politics and storytelling, Lincoln “also believed in the occult, actually holding séances in the White House” (Unit #7, Subsection 7.2, Goal #2 of 11, Subgoal #1, paragraph 1, sentence 5) in an attempt to reach his son who died during the Civil War.Note that the bolded and underlined quotes with quotation marks are the facts gleaned from the book, and they were found (not really—only an example) in Unit #7, Subsection 7.1 and 7.2, Goals # 3 of 15 and #1 of 11,  Subgoals #2 and #1, paragraphs 4 and 1, sentences 3 and 5, respectively.  REMINDER:  Whatever quotes you use from the book, again, you need to use bold type AND underline them AND enclose them in quotation marks and follow the quotation with the location citation in parentheses: the Unit number, subsection number, Goal number, Subgoal number, paragraph number, and sentence number.  You can vary the citation a little if your quote is from a bullet list, or a picture caption, or some other location where the normal citation does not work well.Where to Find the Goal # and Subgoal #:  When you click on a Unit, you are immediately taken to Goal #1 of the Total Number of Goals (e.g., Goal 1 of 15), which is the first “major page” that you need to read.  At the left of your screen, you will see the Goals and the titles of these major pages.  (You may need to expand the subsection number to show these, by clicking on the two arrows pointing at each other at a 45-degrees angle.) When you answer that you have not understood everything and drag the indicator only about 0% – 5%, you will be taken to each “subpage” or Subgoal of a Goal. As long as you answer you did not understand it all (0% – 5%) of a subpage, you will be taken to another subpage until you have seen them all or they start repeating.  Then you go on to another Goal, and do the same thing, to make sure you see all the major pages (Goals) and subpages (Subgoals) and are able to answer all of your Study Questions for the tests.Cogbooks does not number the Goals and Subgoals for you.  Cogbooks does tell you how many Goals there are in each Unit, such as 16 Goals in Unit #1.  You have to count down to the Goal you are quoting from, and then down to any Subgoal you are quoting from.  For example, if you count down on the left of your screen to the fifth Goal and then to the fourth Subgoal under the fifth Goal, then your citation would include the Unit #, the Subsection # (e.g. Subsection 4.1 for Unit #4), then Goal #5, Subgoal #4, paragraph # (in the Subgoal), and sentence # (in the paragraph of the Subgoal).ALTERNATE FORMAT:  If you fear you might miscount the goals or subgoals (and be marked down for it), you have the option of putting a number in parentheses in your essay where each citation would go, such as (1), (2), etc. and then writing all of your citations at the end of your essay, from (1) to at least (10), because there has to be at least 10 quotes.  In this format, you can use the titles of the Goals as well as the titles of your Subgoals in addition to the Goal and Subgoal numbering.  Such citation would read as follows (using

Unit #1, Subsection 1.1, Goal #1, Subgoal #3, paragraph 2, sentence 1 as an actual example):(1)Unit #1, Subsection 1.1, Goal #1 of 16 “The First Americans:  Meso- and South America,” Subgoal #3 “Bishop Diego de Landa:  Destroyer of Codices,” paragraph 2, sentence 1.(2)ETC. FOR EACH QUOTATION.ESSAY QUESTION:  PICK ONE OF THESE TWO QUESTIONSYou have the choice of answering either (not both—only one) of the questions below:1.Discuss in detail four (4) important similarities of the Articles of Confederation and the new U.S. Constitution.Essay Structure:  Devote one or more paragraphs to each of the following subjects IN THE ORDER SHOWN, with transitions from paragraph to paragraph. Be as comprehensive as possible:1.   Introduction2.   Important Similarity #13.   Important Similarity #24.   Important Similarity #35.   Important Similarity #46.   Conclusion- OR -2.   Discuss in detail the first U.S. party system 1789-1824, including its leaders, their constituencies, their constitutional touchstones and viewpoints, and at least four (4) issues over which they fought.  Where did President Washington fit into this system? Essay Structure:  Devote one or more paragraphs to each of the following subjects IN THE ORDER SHOWN, with transitions from paragraph to paragraph. Be as comprehensive as possible:1.Introduction2.Party Leaders3.Constituencies of the parties4.Constitutional touchstones (e.g. elastic clause) and constitutional viewpoints5.At least four (4) issues they fought over (explained, not just listed)6.Conclusion (Where did Washington fit?)BE SURE NOT TO PLAGIARIZE, I. E., LIFT OTHERS’ WORK AND PASS IT OFF AS YOUR OWN.  PUT YOUR DISCUSSION IN YOUR OWN WORDS.