Blog 24 Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

I am honestly most proud of the fact that I made thirty minutes of time, but content wise I really enjoyed my last activity, having everyone create they're own mini website based on they're own restaurant ideas, and how I was able to incorporate that in to my presentation. I think everyone had fun with the activity.


(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

I would give myself a P I gave a nice amount of references to my mentor and I allowed space for my different sources along with that I had three solid answers and for my second answer I was able to incorporate it to a "real life example" by using a case study. 

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? 

I would give myself a P. I did all that was asked of me I completed tbe components with an AE and completed my Mentorship hours over all. 

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

I think the research went amazing, I did a thorough search of all of my answers and provided statistics and details for my presentation. Other than that mentorship helped me out a lot with my first answer and my second answer. 

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

I would have most likely gotten a second mentorship so I could have a start up reference and another reference to my a full blown restaurant. It most likely would have gaven me more of a foundation, more room to compare and I would have had a better insight, but my interviews helped me make a comparison with that.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

Senior project has definitely made me feel a lot more confident speaking in front of people. Before I was just extremely nervous speaking in front of people even after four years at Ipoly but now, it's like, I talked for thirty minutes by myself in front of 33 people on a single topic based on one question. It is very fulfilling and makes me feel proud. It's a real confidence booster for when it comes to speaking and communicating this will definitely help me in things like interviews ir if in my future career requires me to create some sort of seminar or even for a college class. 

Blog 23- Exit Interview Prep

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

EQ: How can a manager ensure a successful start up restaurant? 

My three answers are business planning, location and advertisement. Through my extensive research I found that advertisement is the most essential thing to do when attempting to help your start up grow. Mainly because a starter up is something that isn't exactly well known and it needs attention, the people need to know that you exist and most people aren't really in to trying new things. So if you put your restaurant out there and show those new customers an amazing time, your bound to generate an amazing audience. 

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

My process included asking my mentor a lot of questions of how she got her catering company to kick off in the first place along with that I read a lot of articles and books that supported advertisement as a main source of generating consumers. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

Problems I faced would include finding really good sources, I would find some simple sources that supported my answers but they were usually never "blew my mind sources". I asked my mentor for some help since she did more researching on this than me. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why? 

These were the most significant ones because "Creating the successful business plan" included different sections of te business plan and advertisement is a section so it helped me come to the conclusion for my final answer. Same for the other source.

The two most significant sources:

The Future of Children by Princeton Bookings

"Creating the Successful Business Plan for New Ventures” create  a very strict explanation of a business plan (Hosmer, LaRue T, and Roger Guiles)