Week 7 EOC: The Pitch

The product that I have chosen to do is called Kroket balls. "Kroket is typically cylindrical in shape, filled with a meat ragout (most commonly using beef, beef broth, flour, butter or margarine, onions, herbs.)" (http://eatyourworld.com/destinations/europe/the_netherlands/amsterdam/what_to_eat/kroket). These Kroket Balls will be breaded and deep fried so that they are nice and crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. It will come with a side of marinara sauce and Dijon Mustard. Kroket is a very popular snack in The Netherlands, which tourist have been known to have a secret love for this weird looking treat. This snack would go great with a 22 ounce Budweiser and good company. Which is why I am promoting it to the bar scene. One portion of this food would be ten Kroket balls in a basket. The basket would go for $5.99.

Week 8 EOC: Adventure

After a long night of drinking, Phineas Fogg found himself sitting in a dimly lit bar in the sleazy Red light district of the infamous Amsterdam, Holland. The bartender comes up and sets a drink in front of him, he looks up confused and says, “I didn’t order this?” The bartender grunts and points to the most gorgeous woman Fogg had ever laid eyes on, who was sitting at the other end of the bar. He picked up the drink and started to approach her. As Fogg walked towards her, he stared, trying to soak in all of her beauty. Finally reaching her, he says hello and asked why she bought the drink for him. She did not reply. After a few more minutes of staring she finally spoke up, “I have been watching you Mr. Fogg.” He gave her a strange look but continued with the conversation, “And why would you be doing that?” “I have heard of your amazing voyage to travel around the world,” she said, “and I wanted to join you.” Fogg now seemed shocked. Why would this beautiful lady that he has only just met want to come with him on his voyage? The woman saw the shocked expression on his face and sought out to reassure him, “I do not need your answer now Mr. Fogg, come and sit for a while, we will talk all night and you can decide in the morning.” So there they sat all night, and Fogg loved every minute of it. They talked about their hopes and dreams, of losses and sorrows. They tried many delicious Dutch foods, but one caught Fogg’s attention the most, and that was the Kroket balls. The woman had told Fogg that it was the Dutch’s favorite snack food. As the night dwindled to the wee hours of the morning Fogg had told the beautiful lady that he needed to head off soon and had decided to let her come along. The woman’s face glowed with excitement. But before they left Fogg had to run to the restroom, and when he came back the woman was gone without a trace. He wanted to search for here but his time for departure had come. So he left Amsterdam with only the Kroket balls left to remember her by.   

Week 6 EOC: Me x 3

There are many things that I own that could define my personality. But there are a few things that I treasure over everything. For the first thing that I would say defines me is my pair of wrestling shoes from my senior year in high school. Seeing these shoes always floods my brain with wonderful memories. Wrestling has been one of the greatest experiences to happen in my life, it, along with the people involved, helped me get through a hard time in my life. I am an only child and have always wanted brothers to hang with and wrestling gave me just that. I even appreciate the days of wrestling that pushed me to my limits and I wanted to quit, those days taught me how to have a strong character and have good work ethic. The second object I would choose is my IPOD. I am deeply in love with music of all styles. I believe that music is a universal language and it can give you a connection to people that you never thought you would have anything in common with. I love the goosebumps that run over my entire body when I hear a song that just seems to resonate with my whole being and make me feel that I have no care in the world. Everybody needs a happy place and I found mine in Music. Which leads me to my last object which is my Blue Spark Microphone. Since I have realized my passion for music I have gone in to the field of sound and have been studying for it. So I think this microphone is a good choice. With this I want be able to create the music that has inspired me and I hope that one day the music I have created Inspires people all over the world. That would be a dream come true.

Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

In today’s world we are more tech savvy as ever. As humans evolve with technology, people will start to break some of the traditional things we have done for a long time. People now a days have been trying to find employees over social media. “More companies are trying to tap Facebook Inc.'s 750-million-plus user base to find new employees, threatening traditional job boards and competing with LinkedIn Corp., which has dominated the online professional networking arena.” (Wall Street Journal). This could be a great idea. Seeing that most of the world is on Facebook shows that there is the potential to come in contact with anybody. “The majority of social-media traffic to Waste Management Inc.'s careers website comes from Facebook, beating out LinkedIn, said Jenny DeVaughn, manager of social media and employment branding. The Houston-based environmental services company is currently trying to fill 1,500 positions—from software developers to garbage truck drivers. In addition to posting jobs and videos of current employees on its Facebook page, the company has recruiters and other employees find user groups and join discussions.” (Wall Street Journal). But even tough this may seem like a good idea, people may still have a problem. Most people like to keep their personal live completely separate from the professional lives. They may not be comfortable having someone that they are working for to be all over their personal affairs, whatever they may be.

Week 4 EOC; My App

The app that I would create would be called Hold It. In this app there is only one button that you press and hold. A timer then starts and you see how long you can keep your finger in the button. You will even be able to connect online with your friends and do multiplayer contests to see who can hold out the longest. This game is essentially pointless, but the game does have a moral lesson. The game develops the virtue patience and also hones in someone’s concentration. Since this is a pointless game, the app will be free for everyone to download, with no in-app purchases. I think that this app will thrive, even though it has no real plot. People look to apps not to get in an involved story-line, but to occupy their time long enough for something interesting to transpire. And more and more of people are getting smart phones that can have apps programmed on to them.

Week 3 EOC: Making Money For Good

The Company that I chose is called Project 7. Project 7 is a company that sells gum and mints that gives back to 7 areas of need. “Little purchases when added up, can pull many people together and make life changing impacts every day of the week,” (http://project7.com/pages/mission). To this day Project 7 has planted 3.7 Million trees back into the Earth, “More than an acre of rainforest is lost every second. From global warming to the extinction of plant and animal species, the consequences of deforestation are far reaching,” (http://project7.com/pages/save-the-earth). They have given out 3.1 Million meals in the U.S., 1.1 Million hours of education, 1.2 Million hours of shelter for people in need, 1.2 Million months of clean water, “More then one billion people worldwide lack a basic supply of clean drinking water,” (http://project7.com/pages/quench-the-thirsty). Project 7 has also helped 33,000 students go through anti-bullying Programs and 100 thousand through Malaria treatments. The company was started by Tyler Merrick. Tyler found himself at professional crossroads wanting to help more people through his business endeavors and be a catalyst for change in a continually inward consumer centric culture. He thought if people are going to but things, lots of things, then let’s use those things they purchase to help change the world around us. Let’s make everyday products for everyday people to solve everyday problems around the globe. And in 2008 , Tyler Merrick became a Social Entreprenuer and Project 7 was born; a company dedicated to making ‘ Products for Good.’

Week 2 EOC: Boston Consulting Group

Star- Mobile Apps, “A hybrid app is first coded like a website, using industry-standard Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This platform-independent code is then "wrapped" inside a native container that allows the app to access platform-specific features and to be distributed and installed like a native app.”(http://www.ibm.com) This shows that there is still more development that can be done on apps and that people are demanding that they be made.

 Cash Cow- Playstation 4, “And the industry hasn’t topped its spending pinnacle of 2009 when console gamers bought $14.1 billion on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. DFC Intelligence video game analyst David Cole believes the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Wii U spending will peak at about $12 billion by 2016.”(http://www.forbes.com) The PS4 is in high demand not only for its gaming capabilities, but also for its video capabilities. Although it is in high demand it is unclear if there will be a PS5, meaning that this type of gaming might be coming to an end. 

 Question Mark- Computer games, “Like consoles, the PC gaming market is as strong as it’s ever been, and while there is certainly crossover between PC gamers and console players, one market is not poised to kill the other.”(http://www.forbes.com)

 Dog- Xbox one, I put the Xbox One into this category because it made significantly less money than its rival, PS4. It was even compared to the profitability of the Xbox 360, in which the 360 made more money. Unlike Playstation the Xbox has never made a profit only breaking even on their budget.