tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40019355989967318752024-02-06T19:19:24.932-08:00Zon's Education/Edutainment BlogBlogs and Vlogs on Stuff I am Learning and KnowZon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-70143657368601873322019-04-04T23:16:00.002-07:002019-04-04T23:16:33.588-07:00Phonics Page 31<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-85274062871545902352019-03-19T22:48:00.002-07:002019-03-19T22:48:38.021-07:00High Beg Update <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Reference: <a href="https://www.hansonrobotics.com/little-sophia-2/">https://www.hansonrobotics.com/little-sophia-2/</a>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-62093859653982058852019-03-11T22:52:00.002-07:002019-03-11T22:52:38.979-07:00Update: Phonics 1 Page 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-65777283547997480972019-02-27T22:41:00.002-08:002019-02-27T22:41:55.111-08:00Public Domain Curriculum Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-36505934376651189642019-02-07T22:30:00.002-08:002019-02-07T22:30:30.860-08:00Clean up. Working out the public domain curriculum. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-82509152808949272982019-01-24T22:35:00.000-08:002019-01-24T22:35:06.948-08:00Beginner Intermediate Unit 1.1 How do you feel?Unit 1: Feelings<br />
Sub Units Should be 2 to 3 classes long.<br />
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Unit 1.1: How are you?<br />
Unit 1.2: What are things that make you feel good?<br />
Unit 1.3: What are things you don't like?<br />
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How are you<br />
I am ____________ (emotion)<br />
(name) feels _____________ (emotion)<br />
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Unit 1.1 How are you?<br />
Listen to the other students and the teacher to get the answers.<br />
Name:__________________________<br />
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1.) How are you Agelena?<br />
I am_________________ (happy/ angry/ sad/ tired/ cold/ hot/ hungry).<br />
Angelena feels __________________.<br />
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2.) How do you feel Angel?<br />
I feel ____________________.<br />
Angel feels ________________.<br />
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3.) How are Cinderella Puppy?<br />
I am_________________________.<br />
Cinderella Puppy feels ___________________.<br /><br />4.) How do you feel Bag?<br />
I feel ________________________________.<br />Bag feels ______________________.<br />
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5.) How are you feel Jelly?<br />
I am ________________________.<br />
Jelly feels ____________________.<br />
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6.) How do you feel Simon?<br />
I feel _______________________.<br />
Simon feels __________________.<br />
<br />7.) How are you Ice Cream?<br />
I am _____________________.<br />
Ice Cream feels ____________.<br />
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8.) How do you feel Candy?<br />
I feel _______________________.<br />
Candy feels _________________.<br /><br />9.) How are you Apple?<br />
I am _______________.<br />
Apple feels __________________.<br />Sample Handout:<br />
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<a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Legal Note: The text/images that I create for this content is dedicated to the public based on US Law where applicable. I as the original creator of the text and/or other material as noted freely give this to the public domain for other to use, modify or change but do not agree that any of the original text should be owned by one person, company or organization. https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/</span></a>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-46881008007008152762019-01-24T00:43:00.000-08:002019-01-24T00:43:18.060-08:00Is Tic Toc Terrible? Advanced V1<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Level Low-Advanced.<br /><br />Title: Is Tik Tok Terrible?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Zon Petilla<br /><br />Pre-reading: As you read circle or write down words you don't know in your textbook. Then, translate each word before reading.<br /><br />Looking at websites like Youtube, you can find many people do not like the app for various reasons. First, let's define what Tik ToK is. Tik Tok, is a very popular app that kids and teens seem to enjoy. The app works by recording short videos under 8 seconds, being able to reply to others Tik Tok users and videos, and also allows access to some copy written content. <br /><br />As a person who has used both Youtube and Tik Tok, I can honestly say, I see the appeal. Tik Tok is very easy to use. Making videos with different effects like slow motion or 3x the speed, as well as quick editing tools makes it where content creation is so easy, a child can make content.<br /><br />Tressicle's video titled "The Real Truth of Tik Tok" (1) states that the quality of the content seems very forgettable. First, unlike, Youtube where content is longer, and gives creators a voice, Tik Tok's short videos don't allow content creators to establish who they are and how they are different from other Tik Tok users. This creates a superficial relationship among users. Second, the videos seem to be endless memes. Memes meaning, it's just people copying each other or copying something from pop culture instead of making original content. When combing these 2 points, short video times and copying, Tressicle concludes that most users are just making forgetabel content in the masses instead of making content people will remember or care about. Creating great and unique content is part of the strategy for Youtube users to gain a following of people.<br /><br />I interject a different point, not as content creator or as someone attempting to gain popularity, but that the app itself is fun. And the social sharing for the normal users is also fun. Most users I believe are not trying to make money and most users seem to be content with small followers. This leads me to consider that Tik Tok is really for amature video creators to get a chance to share small videos. Having kids and teens use the app, gives content creation to a bigger audience even if it's not professional or may not lead to a content creation career. Of course, I'm not addressing safety concerns as the app is usable by kids, teens and adults as many have pointed out, but feel pretty positive overall.<br /><br /><br />Post Reading Questions:<br />Who are content creators?<br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Write the negatives of Tik Tok:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Work Cited:<br />(1 )The Real Truth of Tik Tok Dec 29, 2018<br />https://youtu.be/Un-L7DknwxY<br /><br /><a href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/">Legal Note: The text that I create for this content is dedicated to the public based on US Law where applicable. I as the original creator of the text and/or other material as noted freely give this to the public domain for other to use, modify or change but do not agree that any of the original text should be owned by one person, company or organization. https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/</a></span>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-65267196401487024602013-09-16T09:21:00.002-07:002013-09-16T09:46:35.743-07:00Kindle and Comixology Kind of Suck<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">From: My A Group Post on Facebook...<br />Gary Cohen, thanks for the add, I'll save my formal introduction my next webcomic update...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">For now, my name is Zon Petilla and I believe in developing a better internet eco system for creators and readers. One of my friends, as a pure reader, wants to support independents but there are no real DRM alternatives that give readers or creators control over the future of digital reading, trades, etc. She actually has been debating on Comixology or Kindle. The debate steams from: she is a Nook user, and Nook is in the middle of a corperate sell out. So her comics on nook are not accessible and there's no one she knows of working to fix the problem. She bought these comics, but has no control over her digital library. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">In short, Comixology and Amazon's Kindle kind of suck.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">It's a strong opinion but please hear me out. For the reader, they don't let us keep backups of the comics we buy. Moreover, they have the ability to remove comics from their servers, and thus remove our access to them. Why do they call it a "Buy" button, it should be called a "rent" button. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">According to my friend Bob Noble: For the creator, you are subject to their software and their policies, which affect pricing and their cut, as larger companies get bigger brakes and deals that we are not privy to. Bob's example is having to sell his music at 9.99 from the UK versus being able to drop the price any lower. This affects him developing a social media campaign to advertise a sale, or give incentives to his fans as a reward for supporting his work. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">We all know, digital is so much more convenient, and simply going back to physical books is going back in tech. A webcomics project by Brian King's inkoutbreak may be the start of a much better comics service based on it's track record. It was started for readers to find creators, and it listen to feedback unlike Amazon.com were everything is super automated. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Still, inkoutbreak needs a little bit of funding to get a chance to come out of the basement and unto the main street. If you love comics please take a look at this project. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">If you agree like %70-80 with what I am saying, please share and share away. Also, I'm down for a disscuion here as well as about the things I just posted.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577463843720296841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-68273837615937581752013-08-18T20:56:00.001-07:002013-08-18T20:57:14.335-07:00BICOF 2013 Small I-Phone Videos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577463843720296841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-12937527763040430222013-08-05T05:38:00.000-07:002013-08-05T05:38:08.897-07:00My First Game Making Class Day 3<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a rough I made in class with the student's input. I used my Ipad 3 and an app called <a href="http://www.indeeo.com/idraw/">Idraw</a>.</span><br />
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The first day was pretty good eventhough everything I pretty much planned fell apart; this is kind of a theme in South Korea as far as teaching goes: from technical issues, to some damage on my desktop due to transportation, to schedluing issues... the list just keeps going on. However, we went over the basics of the internet and answered all of the questions I wanted them to answer, and used the movie the "Social Network" as an example of how HTML CSS and Javascript work.<br />
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After looking at three clone tutorials (astriods, pac-man, and breakout) students decided to make a pacman clone. So I created the character above based on their feed back. </div>
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I'm going to continue to develop the art from the list above since we have no real artists. Also, with the scheduling concerns, I hope my class is not cancled today; if it is, I'll have to email the the C2 file, and countinue working on the game with the students online. This of course will be a pain becuase they are teenage boys with other things to do this summer.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">From (</span><a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/tips"><span style="color: #0000f6; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/tips</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">) can many great ideas. One of those ideas is to stay informed. In this sense, there are two types of information. The first being the information you need in order to run a business (i.e. laws, tax breaks, new laws, etc.). The second type is development (i.e. market news, new markets, and tech, etc. In this sense, </span><a href="http://www.sba.gov/"><span style="color: #3c3b29; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">http://www.sba.gov/</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, leans more to information about how to fund a business and what legal laws effect taxes and registration. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Although it has many articles on starting business similar to SBA; Inc.com on the other hand, helps with more of the general information to news that effects business in relation to tech; moreover, it give articles that show what investors and markets are thinking as far as trends. Here, I can also find how to pitch to angle investors or venture capitalists. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><u style="text-underline: #DF4600;"><span style="color: #df4600; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">http://www.nvca.org/,</span></u></b><span style="color: #df4600; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">on the other hand, focuses more on venture capitalism and new and trends that effect larger scale businesses. Even a small business would benefit more from this site when it is consider seeking larger investors for a larger operation. Upon my searches, I did not find “Angel Investors”. This would be a third stop after viewing SBA and Inc.com and having gathered enough rescores for VCs to take a plan seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #3c3b29; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">How might the information on these sites help you in obtaining financing for your business?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3c3b29; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The idea is that these three sites should be treated in an order. SBA, Inc.com, then NVCA because it makes the most logical sense. The SBA would be what you would need to get the basis of what laws and grants could help you. One should also research the city, count, and state grants that link to the SBA as mention in previous classes. Inc.com is a great for “How to articles”, but I find other news sites like This Week in Start-Ups and other site can help spot trends. Still Inc.com can help shape how a person uses news to their advantage by showing how to structure it into a plan. Finally, after both the SBA, INC, and initial resources from additional sources like Angle Investors, NVCA is the last stop to convince adventure capitalists to move forwards with additional resources. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Okay, so here’s the break down of my coursework from Full Sail. Noted the program just changed, but as Alumni you can always audit a course to keep up. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Twitter: For business reasons, this really made sense, but I needed this class to learn how it was effective for business purposes. Twitter is a quick message system that send messages to your team and can be used as a public relations service. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Linkedin: I had tried it before, but again did not know how it could be used to find jobs or get people on board a team to develop a project.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Diigo: This helped to link to groups that were finding different types of links that were focused on specific research focuses from topics related to the energy crisis to Japanese Anime.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Blogs: These helped me to start to develop an understanding of web presence. Blogs would continue to be a topic of discussion through the rest of the academic year. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Continued development of media literacy means to look out for websites that can help get a person closer to their goals. In this regard, sites to look out for are “Google +” and “Klout” because these two new service could change social networking in the coming years. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This was a great class that talked about the use and abuse of power. Unlike other leadership courses I had before, we studied the book the “48 Laws of Power” to look at the historical mistakes and successes of people such as Tesla, and how in our cotemporary society people can rise to power by getting others to reach their potential. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This class helped me develop and realize my leadership abilities. By working with people who work with or under me, we can get a desired shared goal by amplifying our skills. Given my time working with Diane Hyppolite, my assistant, and others, I have full confidence that whatever the job is I can build a team with the right people to get it done.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The overall goal here was to create timelines to reach realistic goals when dealing with a team. If that meant to create a project or event, the process was very similar. The most important assignment in this class was the idea of putting together an event. This involved developing a budget, a team, an event then getting funding for that event. After those steps, the final step was working with others in that budget. Unfortunately, this class only gave the skills to run an event team under a budget, pitch an event, and develop a sleek event business plan. The rest of the classes I needed came further in the program in regards to starting a business.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This class real developed Guy Kawasaki’s ideal of make “meaning” or “mantra over mission statement”. In other words, how do you get people to understand what your brand does? Full Sail’s adopted the solution was to develop a brand’s story, a narrative that conveyed the history and reason why a brand should be supported.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Similar to inception, I learned in this class was not just how to sell an idea or concept but to get people to come to the decision why they should support an idea or concept. This skill I use almost every day with the business I am developing, and with others who need help developing their own ideas or concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">An extension of Project and Team Management, This class got into the more meat and potatoes of business planning when it came to money. The Pro-Forma assignment help define costs, profits, and responsible spending. Now I can use Excel to create spreadsheets that show a proposed budget and how that money will be spent.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With reading on psychology of deal making from Harvard, Role-play assignments had us take different roles with different interests. These interests represented clients based on case studies who had psychological and practical fears. For example, in one assignment, I played a new director trying to get a former movie star who feared her age was factor and so demanded more money than what she was currently worth; moreover, she had gotten negative media attention related to drug chargers that caused her career to stop. At the same time, I had to get her on board within a proposed production budget. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The compromise that was made was helping the former movie star with her social networking in correlation to the film’s release. This compromise would help her get positive press for TV show appearances and bolster support for the independent film documentary. In other assignments, the role was switched and I was the talent who feared something, but wanted something else. These role-plays help me understand peoples need and wants, and how to create a deal that best represented all parties. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In application, this really helped me consider how to empathize and negotiate with people who could have irrational and rational fears caked into wanting something I could offer. However, I find myself getting people to realize the benefits of working with us, and they usually agree. When we actually get results we confirm it was a smart decision and build trust with our strategic partners, sponsors, fans, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Unlike “Project and Team Management”, this dealt with a specific event for a single product or artist. The major difference is that unlike an event, something or someone would be the highlight of the entire show. This was about developing a philosophy for real world situations. For example, a new starting out artist’s manager could demand a bigger cut of the ticket and music sales, but later as the artist becomes more successful the manager could ask for less of a percentage based on a larger profit margin. In this example, charging a starving artist more seems cruel, but the manager needs the money to be able to operate. Still it would make sense to most people to charge the successful artist more, but if the manager is not greedy, he can operate on a smaller percentage because the artist’s profit is higher.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Explaining the above example to a client before representing them is exactly what the class was about and a skill I picked up. I find these situations come up every so often with the business I started when it comes to contracts, taxes, and explaining why we charge X for something and Y for another. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I was no novice to trademarks and patents, but this class gave me a great free resource to look up case studies and lead me to find the actually document that describes natural trademarks in today’s internet. Now, if someone asks me about natural trademark on the net, I can point them to a government site and document, explaining the documents, and cite a case as an example. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Key resources from project: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lanham (Trademark) Act (15 U.S.C.) Index (n.d.) BitLaw. Retrieved on April 19th, 2011 from <a href="http://www.bitlaw.com/source/15usc/">http://www.bitlaw.com/source/15usc/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marcus (2008) Natural Answers Inc v. Smithkline Beecham Corporation <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">April 9th, 2011 from: <a href="http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1206578.html">http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1206578.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This class gave me the ability to develop traditional and non-traditional plans to market and sell different types of works. This added to my knowledge from such podcasts as “Webcomics Weekly” that explored similar topics related to free to paid content marketing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Search engine optimality, social networking, email newsletters, and press releases were key concepts in relation to marketing budgets; however, “Conversions” was really the focus to this class because it helped create realistic goals to what wanted to be accomplish through the varying forms of internet media. For example, we learned to breakdown the cost of a digital marketing campaign and then measure how effective that campaign was in a certain time frame. The basic conversion was leads to sales, then other conversion could breakdown ways to measure these various successes such as emails to leads and so forth. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I now have the ability to develop an Internet marketing camping and correspond with a team to pull data to make decisions and implement a dynamic online marketing campaign based on trends. Also, I now can develop reports for clients, peers, or employers to make decisions on the success and fails of the campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>X<b>I.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Business Plan Development</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This class started a reflection process and review of the ten courses and how in combination they could help us create a business plan. It helped developed the first half of a business plan draft. It developed a three-year budget plan in accordance to all the needs a business would need to be successful such as marketing and so forth. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the class, I was able to consider weaknesses in my plan that needed to be addressed before showing it to investors. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>XII.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Final Project: Business Plan</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">A follow up to the Business Plan Development class, this class finalized a business plan draft, and covered applications of what we learned and how this applied to the jobs market. Other supplement topics of choice were personal finance and seeking investors. The course was a reflection and affirmation of the entire Full Sail Master of Science Program. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As a follow-up, I was realized the weaknesses in my plan needed more focus on the fine tuning the market research, developing more leads, and finalizing planned payouts to investors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-85034032534811172772011-08-28T14:19:00.000-07:002011-08-28T14:19:22.283-07:00Full Sail Blog What Going Green really Means<div class="MsoNormal"><b>What Going Green really Means</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A trend is as powerful as nature; left on check we get the build up to the 2008 crash. The worse thing is people often as a mass have hard time accepting a trend, or is to careful to see is and has become reality. The few that realize what is really going on take different actions: some try to control it, some profit from it, and some just accept it and go as if they don’t want to know (End of Suburbia, 2004 and Collapse, 2009). In any case, if you accept my analysis of our energy will effect the economy as it relates to entertainment, the I promise you will be in a better place to decide which of three categories you want to lean towards.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Many experts believe that peak oil has already happened, probably around 2006 (End of Suburbia). This means that our economy won’t be able to grow, it will shrink. We will go through more recessions, and the 2000-2006 Bush <i>endorsed deregulations, and war in the Iraq </i>were efforts to control the situation (Collapse).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">People may have forgotten the plot of "Mad Max the Road Warrior", where it states an energy crisis caused the eventual collapse of the civilized governments. That movie was a 1980’s flick, but what really is scary is the source material. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Reagan just wanted to burn more oil and secure more oil, which was a short term solve (End of Suburbia). His plan worked for the first year to bring the USA out off recession, but it was a short term plan (I Want Your Money, 2010).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">If we except this argument that the trend is we are past <b>peak oil</b>, then we will be entering <i><b>phase 2 of collapse.</b></i> The major cities will do better economically as the smaller cities and towns will start to hurt more. Supporting the thesis of <b>Collapse,</b> go to craigslist and check census data, and anyone can see that there are lot more jobs in major cities with lower rates of unemployment that there are in small towns in most states. If this is the case, then focuses on major cities will be a profitability venture for any business because people will have money and can spend on it in these zones. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The media does not focus much on the energy crisis we are in because it’s not a pretty picture; however, the positive aspects of knowing what phase we are in, is that can see what going green really means. For entertainment this can be increased movie ticket sales because instead of people being able to leave their city for a vacation they more than will opt to stay home and save money. Thus, recording artists can go on tour and probably make more money because people will be less likely to travel out of state to go to shows. I have been hearing remarks also from gamers in the 20 to 40 age range who spend their vacation time just playing video games like World of Warcraft. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>What Going Green really means today to me</b> is that major cities will need entertainment that is local whither it’s physical or digital. Plan then to localize businesses within these areas. Here’s a freebie, “LARP” in Denver is huge only in the Denver area. I would say the rest but I am in one those no-disclosure agreements.<br />
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Oh and here's a version of "End of Suburbia", enjoy:)<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">From: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/tips/archives/2006/03/what_leadership.html"><span style="color: #0000f6;">http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/tips/archives/2006/03/what_leadership.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">"What Leadership Style Fits Your Company?"</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Start by answering the following questions:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;"></span></div></blockquote><br />
<blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">1. Where’s the company going in the next five to 10 years?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">2. What kind of a leader can take us there?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">3. What are the important skill sets of that leader?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">4. Who in the next generation has those skills?</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;"></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">5. If we’re objective, is the best leader for the company in the family or do we need to look outside the family?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">6. What’s our road map for the succession process?</span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">I posted the top article's questions because I think most of us fail to ask how these three types of leadership inter-connect and are used over time. When considering the class that talked about leadership styles we agreed that not one type of leadership style answers all our needs or fits every given situation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">When considering starting a start-up we have to realize that the leadership structure differs in comparison to a major cooperation. Consider, today’s common success story starts first with leadership that needs to be “<b>Delegative</b>” because every ones input is needed to make the company a success; moreover, these first people on board have to process skills, talents, and a shared decision to help a start-up grow. These initial people become the heads of new departments often or leave for projects as the company grows. The next step is "<b>Participative</b>" because now a democratize model to represent each departments input has to be made, but a CEO has to have the final say to carry out the shared vision.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">The finally phase is "<b>Authoritarian</b>", because decisions have to be made quickly in order to carry them out in a big organization. In this sense, a start-up becomes so big that higher ups have to make these decisions fast in order to take effect over hundreds of employees and over thousands of consumers. I have heard many entrepreneurs sell out their shares and move to another start-up because they do not like this type of management structure. The major fall back, is when a company gets this big and uses this style of leadership, new ideas are a lot harder to develop and produce; not to mention, it is a lot harder to get a large percent of the profits when a company can automatically make claim to what you make (i.e. look up the founder of AMD chips and why he left Intel).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-28229042161072121822011-08-15T20:49:00.000-07:002011-08-16T01:20:58.239-07:00Full Sail Business Website ReviewsAlternative Funding sites from Full Sails MS in Business Entertainment Program… <br />
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“…these disadvantages don't mean that these teenagers can't be competent workers, superlative contributors, and successful learners. It doesn't mean that these teenagers are any less valuable to the St. Louis Science Center or society as a whole than others. But it does mean that they need different scaffolds and support mechanisms to succeed.”</blockquote><br />
From:<br />
<a href="http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-does-it-really-mean-to-serve.html">http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-does-it-really-mean-to-serve.html</a><br />
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I cited this quote because a common word kept popping up called “underserved people.” This idea seems to relate to people of low social economic abilities. Some of these institutions’ seems to be applying this term to those the find financing for. <br />
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<a href="http://www.opportunityfinance.net/">http://www.opportunityfinance.net/</a><br />
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Conference Opportunity Finance Network Conference November 14-17 2011 Minneapolis Hilton, MN.<br />
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<b>From their about page…</b><br />
<blockquote>“OFN’s Core Purpose & Vision OFN exists to align capital with social, economic, and political justice. This is OFN’s purpose. OFN will pursue this purpose for as long as it takes to achieve. When capital and justice are aligned, all people will have the resources and opportunities to act in the best interests of their communities, themselves, and future generations. This is OFN’s vision.”</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>“Knowledge Sharing Knowledge Sharing delivers knowledge sharing services, including our Annual Conference (the premier opportunity finance industry event attracting more than 700 attendees); regional meetings; consulting services; publications; informal technical assistance; and Member Staying Connected conference calls.”</blockquote><br />
I say this is a 4 out of 5. I am not much for the overall design interface because it does not seem to clearly show what this organization can do. It seems to have great sample documents for business planning. The Who Are you button seems confusing unless you fall under member, investor, or donor. Plus after clicking many links to look into joining the group, it is unclear how to join or actually get funds. I bumped up the rating because the conference seems to be a place where all these answers could be found. <br />
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<a href="http://www.microenterpriseworks.org/">http://www.microenterpriseworks.org</a><br />
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<b>From their about page…</b><br />
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<blockquote>“Mission: AEO supports the development of strong and effective U.S. microenterprise initiatives to assist underserved entrepreneurs in starting, stabilizing, and expanding businesses. ”<br />
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“Vision: Every individual in the U.S. has access to resources and services for creating wealth, assets and healthy communities.”</blockquote><br />
I love the “For Entrepreneur option” clearly labels in the top over bars. The “Find an AEO Member in Your Community” leads to a quick survey that can help you find members that rank from banking instruction to consultants. I am also very excited because that they clearly have a easy way to join the organization, but still unclear how they actually help businesses even tough They seem to have great initiatives relate to things like “Green Tech”.<br />
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Their events are webinars which I really like.<br />
<a href="http://www.aeoworks.org/index.php/site/page/category/events/">http://www.aeoworks.org/index.php/site/page/category/events/</a><br />
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However, There don’t seem to be many AEO members in states I want to try and develop a business. Plus, I was really interesting in the find a mentor page, but depressed with the coming soon part. Not to mention, I do not see their fees for membership. <br />
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I give this a 4 out of 5, <br />
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<a href="http://www.cdfi.org/">http://www.cdfi.org/</a><br />
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<b>From their about page…</b><br />
<blockquote>“The CDFI Coalition is the unified national voice of community development financial institutions. Our mission is to encourage fair access to financial resources for America's underserved people and communities.”</blockquote><br />
This CDFI seems to be a more political group of business and community leaders working towards maintaining rights and laws that protect people of low economic backgrounds from losing rights and access to resources that can make them financially independent. <br />
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Given their successful grant awards the program seems to do what is set out to do <a href="http://cdfi.org/index.php?page=advocacy-3a-3.">http://cdfi.org/index.php?page=advocacy-3a-3.</a><br />
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Memberships dues are also clearly shown with a free newsletter. So overall I give this site a 4 out of 5. <br />
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<a href="http://cfed.org/">http://cfed.org/</a><br />
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5 reason I feel this site is pretty awesome…<br />
# 1, use of social media such as twitter.<br />
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# 2, <a href="http://cfed.org/programs/admf/">http://cfed.org/programs/admf/</a> program like the American Dream Match Fund, and how to join them. <br />
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# 3 <a href="http://cfed.org/about/features/">http://cfed.org/about/features/</a> success stories in way they help.<br />
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#4 <a href="http://cfed.org/newsroom/video/">http://cfed.org/newsroom/video/</a> An amazing newsroom. <br />
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# 5 <a href="http://cfed.org/about/team/careers/">http://cfed.org/about/team/careers/</a> Jobs<br />
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5 out of 5<br />
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<a href="http://www.cdvca.org/">http://www.cdvca.org/</a><br />
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<b>From their about page…</b><br />
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<blockquote>"CDVCA promotes the field by combining advocacy, education, communications, and best-practice dissemination through conferences and workshops. CDVCA makes its expertise available to CDVC funds by providing consulting services and technical assistance."</blockquote><br />
The good…<br />
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1. Events and a Conference<br />
2. Workshops and Training<br />
3. Ways to get Funding <br />
4. Have clear membership page.<br />
5. “Fund and Consulting Services”<br />
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The Bad…<br />
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1. Interface makes it hard to navigate between text and information.<br />
2. Hard to find success stories related to funds. <br />
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4 out of 5 <br />
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<a href="http://www.ncif.org/">http://www.ncif.org/</a><br />
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NCIF Social Performance Metrics is an amazing tool to look at lending trends.<br />
They do have a conference http://www.ncif.org/index.php/comms/conference-main/. However, it seems this institution seems more about helping keep business open through their funds. <br />
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So 2 out of 5 if you are looking for start-up funds, but 4 out of 5 if you are a an established business looking for money.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_747761602"><br />
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<a href="http://www.natfed.org/">http://www.natfed.org/</a><br />
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2 out of 5, issues with loading screens. Unclear to how their information helps because the design interfered with my ability to access their network. It’s clear they use credit unions to help people, but I am having a hard time seeing the interest or how these credit unions could help in financing an business Their news about credit union seems valid, but I having hard time shifting through all the information. <br />
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<a href="http://www.eda.gov/">http://www.eda.gov/</a><br />
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Useses social media to develop it’s contenct over servie like twitter and Youtube. However, the video seemsed uncaler about what EDA really does. <br />
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<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">“WINNING THE FUTURE:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Promoting Rural Small Business Development”</div></blockquote><br />
<b>From About Page:</b><br />
<blockquote>“A bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA's mission is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy.”</blockquote><br />
They seem to offer some interesting tools and services; for example,<br />
Economic Development Project Evaluation Tool which helps run the likelihood of a plans success. However, you have to have a certain version of Microsoft Office to run the program that allows for macros to run to run it. Sigh my MAC version of Office 2008 wont’ run it. <br />
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Also their does not seem to be a clean cut path to grant money related to stating a business, but more in investing in programs that can certain jobs quickly such as building roads. Even though it has use of social networks, the un clarity of the site leads me to a 2 out of 5 rating.<br />
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<a href="http://www.firstnations.org/">http://www.firstnations.org/</a><br />
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This seems mainly to be about Native American funding. So I am not going to rate this because I don’t feel it something everyone has access too. There are tones of great workshops and information to be had, but again I am Native American enough. <br />
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<a href="http://www.oweesta.org/">http://www.oweesta.org/</a><br />
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Sigh, this site represents a subsidiary of the last institutions. I feel if I understood the needs of Native Americans more, and came up with a good idea to develop these site could be very helpful. The papers and research are really good for looking at small community living as far as developing a small economy that is self sustaining. I guess I could use the research to propose “green” programs for non-Native Americans. Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-18016266234369427042011-07-31T19:49:00.000-07:002011-07-31T19:49:28.057-07:00Posting ChangesMy apologies for the last couple of weeks, but I have felt there was not anything really worth blogging about. With one more classes until graduation, I decided it’s better to blog with friends than to blog alone. <a href="http://icandevents.blogspot.com">icandevents.blogspot.com</a> will be the new landing page for the types of blogs I want to do. Of course, the subjects will range from entertainment business and popular tech trends, but there will be more of fun stuff I want to blog about such as toys, comics, and games. <br />
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For now as I finish my program, their will only be blogs in relation to my school. After September 7th 2011, feel free to use this blog as a reference, as the updates will be sparse. And please check out the new blog with my friends @ <a href="http://icandevents.blogspot.com">icandevents.blogspot.com. </a><br />
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Thanks so Much_ ZonZon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-54642021767209288652011-07-31T19:37:00.000-07:002011-07-31T19:37:25.242-07:00Blog 2 Assignment for BPDBlog 2 Assignment for BPD<br />
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Here’s a link to blog 1…<br />
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Full Sail Instructor Steven Burhoe has comprised an great list of investors comparing their like and dislikes when it comes to business plans on his blog <a href="http://bpexpertviews.blogspot.com/.">http://bpexpertviews.blogspot.com/.</a><br />
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Questions for this assignment…<br />
1.)Describe how you intend to incorporate what you have learned from your own research on the experts profiled in the first posting into your own plan. What specific changes to your plan have you made based on the information provided by the experts.<br />
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2.)Which sections of your plan do you consider to be the most important to the investor reading your plan?<br />
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<b>Answer for 1</b><br />
I think the biggest thing we can learn from the Johnny Cupcakes' story is do not undersell a way to make money (<a href="http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/story/">http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/story/</a>). Of course, he had a band he was touring with, but in any case selling shirts out of a van doesn’t sound like the most common way to break in for aspiring fashion designers. <br />
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Moreover when considering Guy Kawasaki’s “focus on making meaning not money” and his related blogs, we can see that what sold Jonny Cupcakes was not simply t-shirts, but the idea that t-shirts meant something. (<a href="http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/story/">http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_art_of_the_.html#ixzz1R6nwHMBi</a>)<br />
For Johnny Cupcake’s that meaning may simply be categorized as form of expression.<br />
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<blockquote>“Our society relies on fashion as a form of expression; this is why designer clothing is so popular nowadays.”_Nigel M.</blockquote><br />
(<a href="http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/story/">http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/2/153/designer-clothing-makes-you-look-and-feel-confident1.asp</a>)<br />
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In this sense, Johnny Cupcake took advantage of a normal trend, people want to express them selves. This being a need of a large demographic lead to sales. If the focus had been on money instead, I don’t think the brand itself would be as popular as it is today. <br />
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Expression is the base for all things related to art. To understand this is to understand why people buy art. Because of the Internet, “Art” is the easiest to disturb and build leads on. The Johnny Cupcake story will always leave me with this moral, “start small go big.<br />
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<b>Answer for 2...</b><br />
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Well when I was fortunate to split a Cab with an entrepreneur from www.avantibp.com, I talked to about a month ago, stressed the importance of a SWOT analysis. Interested in what we were doing, he wanted to know more about the business. However, without a solid SWOT, we could not further the relationship. On the other hand, it showed having a SWOT ready at all times is more important than having a business card because it can send a clear message of what your trying to do and get you funding. <br />
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If not a SWOT, you should have at least a 3-4 page skeleton showing what your start-up can do and what you have to offer. In this sense, you can show off the idea, but not all the parts of the plan for someone else to just take.<br />
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The most important thing for our angel investor is the financials. In our initial talks it’s not how much, but more how will it be spent.Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-36952855965784089582011-07-15T23:22:00.000-07:002011-07-15T23:24:49.042-07:00Re: New Copyright lawsI'm so happy. I contacted Adam Warren creator and owner of "Empowered" if I could create fan art on my <a href="http://iz-e-funni.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt account</a>. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijso3m2mELcS73hycXlynqlMjLi3ujUgAiE86VNBvboXkLNR0Ai__7iiOVez1loseuCMUEtLXK8TQD56536_8mhZU23GanOFZTHOqoLcCQdjpoXjlXsYGZmIRrG66aMSPtjImecrZKEEha/s1600/MyEmpoweredLiscence.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="360" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijso3m2mELcS73hycXlynqlMjLi3ujUgAiE86VNBvboXkLNR0Ai__7iiOVez1loseuCMUEtLXK8TQD56536_8mhZU23GanOFZTHOqoLcCQdjpoXjlXsYGZmIRrG66aMSPtjImecrZKEEha/s400/MyEmpoweredLiscence.png" /></a></div>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-78941858548831764902011-07-12T17:56:00.000-07:002011-07-12T18:09:33.278-07:00I am re-blogging, but this is good show to note for myself.I am re-blogging <br />
<a href="http://jasonmccabecalacanis.blogspot.com/2011/06/kickstarter-amazing-story-love-this.html"> "jassomccabecalacanis"<br />
</a>, but this is good show to note.<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aztYd1c9LxU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-56667913043071048472011-07-11T17:47:00.000-07:002011-07-11T17:47:42.036-07:00New Proposed Ittelctual Property BillAfter hearing about this from friends and reading somethings on the net from <a href="http://notecarddrawer.deviantart.com/journal/42111403/">DeviantArt</a> and <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20043421-281.html">Cnet</a> I decided to post what I find from the official white house pdf to be of interest. <br />
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I contend, this isn't about just busting Americans at home, but this may have implications with trading partners like China who have a tone of IP and copyright violations. <br />
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<blockquote>Increase Intellectual Property Statutory Maxima<br />
Increase the Statutory Maximum for Economic Espionage: Economic espionage is one of the most serious intellectual property crimes. A defendant committing that offense, however, faces a statutory maximum sentence of only 15 years in prison. 18 U.S.C. § 1831(a). We recommend that Congress raise that statutory maximum given the severity of the conduct inherent in the offense. Other non-intellectual property offenses that have higher statutory maxima include mail fraud (20 years; 18 U.S.C. § 1341), bank fraud (30 years; 18 U.S.C. § 1344), smuggling goods into the U.S. (20 years; 18 U.S.C. § 545), and coun- terfeit U.S. currency offenses (20 years; 18 U.S.C. §§ 471, 472, 473). Moreover, under the U.S. Sentencing Guideline that applies to economic espionage, U.S. Sentencing Guideline (USSG) § 2B1.1, an offense with a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years or more in prison triggers a base offense level of seven, as opposed to the base offense level of six triggered by an offense with a statutory maximum sentence of less than 20 years in prison. USSG §§ 2B1.1(a)(1),(a)(2). Increasing the statutory maximum to at least 20 years in prison, thereby triggering the higher base offense level, is appropriate for this serious offense.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>Providing Enforcement Agencies the Tools They Need to Discover and Combat Infringement<br />
Ensure Felony Penalties for Infringement By Streaming and by Means of Other New Technology: It is imperative that our laws account for changes in technology used by infringers. One recent technological change is the illegal streaming of content. Existing law provides felony penalties for willful copyright infringement, but felony penalties are predicated on the defendant either illegally reproducing or distributing the copyrighted work.2 Questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works (and thereby is a felony) and/or performance of those works (and thereby is a not a felony). These questions have impaired the criminal enforcement of copyright laws. To ensure that Federal copyright law keeps pace with infringers, and to ensure that DOJ and U.S. law enforcement agencies are able to effectively combat infringement involving new technology, the Administration recommends that Congress clarify that infringement by streaming, or by means of other similar new technology, is a felony in appropriate circumstances.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>Give Wiretap Authority for Criminal Copyright and Trademark Offenses: The Joint Strategic Plan committed Federal agencies to identify gaps in current intellectual property laws and ways that the U.S. Government could enhance enforcement. One such gap involves wiretapping authority (that is, authority to intercept wire, electronic, and/or oral communications). Title 18, United States Code, Section 2516 contains an extensive list of offenses for which the U.S. Government is authorized to seek wiretap authority from a court to obtain evidence of those offenses, including for economic espionage (18 U.S.C. § 1831) and theft of trade secrets (18 U.S.C. § 1832). See 18 U.S.C. § 2516(1)(a) (listing offenses under chapter 90). Omitted from this list are criminal copyright (17 U.S.C. § 506(a)(1), 18 U.S.C. § 2319) and criminal trademark offenses (18 U.S.C. § 2320). Wiretap authority for these intellectual property crimes, subject to the existing legal protections that apply to wiretaps for other types of crimes, would assist U.S. law enforcement agencies to effectively investigate those offenses, including targeting organized crime and the leaders and organizers of criminal enterprises.</blockquote><br />
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Enhance Information Sharing About Enforcement Activity<br />
Ordinarily, DHS is able to inform rightholders after infringing goods have been seized, which can help rightholders to enforce their own rights, including bringing a civil suit, if appropriate. The Administration has identified two areas in which DHS is not expressly authorized to share information post-seizure.</blockquote>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-36007158581497268822011-07-05T17:13:00.000-07:002011-07-05T17:13:09.287-07:00Sigh the Unused Art Contest Form...Sadly my partner and I agree that it was too late implement this wonder form. So I wanted to still show the world my awesome from and kept it in our Google Doc. <br />
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<iframe src="https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDlCYVFlazJJSzFfb0dZY2Q2eGtjaUE6MQ" width="600" height="2000" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">Loading...</iframe>Zon Petillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088648213513570811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001935598996731875.post-89914108397028841562011-07-03T20:35:00.000-07:002011-07-03T22:30:51.428-07:00Week #1: First Blog Posting/ First LP Assignment@ All, well getting closer to graduation and this is my Week #1: First Blog Posting/ First LP assignment were I have to find two experts related to business planning and my plan.<br />
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Objectives... </b><br />
<blockquote><i>Brief biographical information / background on the ‘experts’ you have chosen.<br />
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What are the critical & key components that investors are looking for in a plan? <br />
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Why are these considered key</i>?<br />
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One day in 2001 John Earle aka (Johnny Cupcakes) went to work with one of his own home made T-Shirts. Little did he know that he would hit the designer T-shirt market at the right time.<br />
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<blockquote>“Supply and demand! I ordered a couple dozen Johnny Cupcakes shirts and sold out of them the day I took them off the press! One person would tell ten people and ten people would tell one hundred people.”</blockquote><br />
In 2002, he started touring in a van and selling his t-shirts from a van. In 2004, he decided to do his first tradeshow bringing friends on board to where chief outfits and help him sell more shirts. In 2005, he decided to expand the business from his garage to offices and a warehouse. By 2006 he open his first store "Boston's Rodeo drive"-- 279 Newbury Street. By 2009 he had expended to online orders more store locations and different type of clothes.<br />
<blockquote>“I turned down investors and took countless risks like keeping my shirts out of chain stores.”</blockquote><br />
from: <a href="http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/story/">http://shop.johnnycupcakes.com/story/</a><br />
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Okay, maybe Jonny Cupcakes isn't the best to look at dealing with investors; however, I picked him because his simple business plan of selling T-shirts in a van to millionaire clothes designer seems to be close to my plan (i.e. small to large). Also of course, we can see that his success and art work attracted investors and department store chains; however, he took risks and by not selling out has success and freedom.<br />
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However, let me find an expert that is closer to the assignment...<br />
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<b>Make a great pitch</b><br />
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Guy Kawasaki was born in Hawaii in 1954. In 1972 he graduated Iolani 1972. After college at Stanford and UC Davis he worked at apple helping develop the products and company unit 1987. Recently, Guy Kawasaki has the co-founded <a href="http://alltop.com/">Alltop.com</a>, an virtual “online magazine rack” of popular topics on the web, and is a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures. He is a successful author of many great books about start up companies but is better known for his book series the “Art of Start”.<br />
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<blockquote>"The executive summary is often your initial face to a potential investor, so it is critically important that you create the right first impression. Contrary to the advice in articles on the topic, you do not need to explain the entire business plan in 250 words. You need to convey its essence, and its energy. You have about 30 seconds to grab an investor’s interest. You want to be clear and compelling".</blockquote><br />
the top qoute comes from Guy's 2006 blog <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_art_of_the_.html#axzz1R6irShxo"><b>"The Art of the Executive Summary"</b></a>. He continues to list ten things investors want...<br />
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<a href=" http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_art_of_the_.html#axzz1R6irShx"><blockquote><b>1. The Grab: <br />
2. The Problem: <br />
3. The Solution: <br />
4. The Opportunity:.<br />
5. Your Competitive Advantage: <br />
6. The Model: <br />
7. The Team: <br />
8. The Promise ($$):<br />
9. The Ask: </b><br />
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In the end, what Kawasaki is saying about investors that is most important to note is that they want to know is... who runs the company, why they can answer a problem, and how they can make money from it. Second to that, Kawasaki seems to focus on investors and companies that seem to have the same morality as the companies founders similar to a <a href="http://www.marsdd.com/entrepreneurs-toolkit/articles/what-do-funders-or-investors-want-from-social-entrepreneurs">social entrepreneurship. </a> <br />
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<b>Comparing the Two </b><br />
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If we compare Johnny Cupcakes to Guy Kawasaki we see two business plans. Cupcake's plan seems organic, and planned not in years but moment to moment; moreover, by not bringing on on investors right away, he managed to have more control over the company in developing its brand and infrastructure. On the other hand, Kawaski's planning seems to attract initial investors who will believe in what a start-up company can do and be less likely to impose control over a start-up because the investors would not only understand what the company is doing, but believe in what the company stands for in that initial read of the plan.<br />
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Where the two seem very convergent is that they are both "Mensches"; meaning, there are people that seem kind and have the ability to make the right decision at the right time. So another huge part of the business plan after the initial flip thorough will be presentation, and in this, the presenter must be a Mench. <br />
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<b>Be a Mensch</b> <br />
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