Opening Activity Wednesday December, 21 2011

Top 10 Gifts for children

1	The Infinite Image Portrait Puzzle. This is the custom jigsaw puzzle kit that reuses the same 300 pieces to re-create any portrait. The puzzle pieces all bear shades...More $3 99 Learn More at Amazon

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	Matryoshka Madness Chalkboard Matryoshka Six piece Chalkboard Matryoshka Design-Your-Own Chalkboard Matryoshkas are inspired by 19th century Russian Nesting Dolls. The doll...More $14 99 Learn More at Amazon

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	Smartek Rex Mini Cordless Sewing Machine The Smartek Mini Rex Cordless Sewing Machine can take care of all your sewing needs at home and outdoors and that too with professional...More $19 88 Learn More at Walmart

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	Headphonies MP3 Speaker - White - One Size Headphonies MP3 Speaker. Overview:* Mustached mini-speaker that plays your music loud and clear* Features a hi-fi amplified speaker*...More $24 00 Learn More at Urban Outfitters

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	Remote Control Lightsaber Room Light - Star Wars in Your Room! With the Remote Controlled Lightsaber Room Light, young (or old) Padawans can construct their own Jedi lightsaber and mount their...More $24 99 Learn More at Walmart

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	ANGRY BIRDS YELLOW PLUSHIE WITH SOUND Everyones favorite game to test skills and kill some time! In the game, the yellow bird flies up high and shoots at green pigs and...More $26 00 Learn More at Urban Outfitters

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	Just Dance 3 Just Dance is back and the party is bigger than ever before. The new Just Dance 3 gives a new twist to the already spontaneous and...More $29 96 Learn More at Amazon

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	Awkward Family Photos Board Game Based on a popular website, Awkward Family Photos will be your new favorite party game! Combines classic and never- seen-before Awkward...More $29 99 Learn More at Amazon

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	Shooting Stars in My Room Turn your room into a celestial-filled night sky with an amazing "shooting stars" projector! With easy set-up, watch as random shooting...More $40 00 Learn More at Urban Outfitters

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	I Am T-Pain Microphone, Black and Gold Experience the pop culture phenomenon of the T-Pain Effect with the I Am T-Pain Mic. Transform your voice into T-Pain's style of...More $41 00 Learn More at Amazon

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	NERF Vortex Nitron The Vortex Nitron disc blaster is the ultimate in Vortex innovation and technology! The Nitron blaster's cutting-edge acceleration...More $52 49 Learn More at Amazon

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	Skatecycle - Brooklyn Workshop, Inc Ride the skateboard of the future - the head turning design of the Freerider Skatecycle. It glides just like a skateboard on any...More $162 20 Learn More at Amazon

Opening Activity Tuesday December, 20 2011

The places that I like to eat at is: Subway, Burger King, Manchu Wok, Edo, KFC,  Peters' Drive-in, Dairy Queen, Canadian Pizza Unlimited, Swiss Chalet, McDonalds. These are the top 10 restaurants that I like to eat at. And here are the following links to the stores: Burger King, Subway, Manchu Wok, Edo, KFC, Peters' Drive-in, Dairy Queen, Canadian Pizza Unlimited, Swiss Chalet, McDonalds.

Opening Activity Monday December, 19 2011 Repost

If I was a tourist agent I would be pitching a trip to Mexico, Hawaii or California, for the people the enjoy the warm weather and Toronto, Edmonton (if not working in Calgary) for people that like the cold weather during their holidays. There is a link for a trip to California. Flight cost and info here. You should take this trip because the weather is beautiful and it would be so relaxing to get away from the cold Calgary weather. Think of it, you don't have to shovel the snow or scrape the ice off your car window.

Opening Activity, Friday December, 16 2011

If I came into 10 million dollars, I would invest my money to gain more money. My first business that I would open is a Tim Hortons.  My second business would be a Dodge dealer store. My third business would be a Burger King. My fourth business would be an Apple Store. My fifth business would be a Sportscheck. My sixth business would be Bestbuy. My seventh business would be a Swiss Chalet. My eighth business would be a Prada store. My ninth store would be a Microsoft company. My tenth business would be Walmart.


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Opening Activity Thursday December, 15 2011

Hey guys I would like to sell my Apple iPod Touch for $150. I need to sell it to make some money and save up to buy a PS3. The iPod comes in mint condition with never before used headphones, the charger and wire. It comes in it original box with all of the owner's manual. If you are interested you can contact me at example_email@hotmail.com. You can place an ad online for 14 days for free. 

Opening Activity Wednesday December, 14 2011

1. "Winter" jackets are the number one thing worn during the winter due to the cold weather, DUH! Abercrombie and Fitch sell this jacket

2.Christmas Sweaters are ideal during the holiday season, why not celebrate the holidays with a christmas sweater?

3. Again these Christmas clothes in most worn during the holidays. Sold here

4. Scarves are usually worn during the winter to keep us warm.

5. Toques are worn to keep your head and ears warm.

6. NO these are made to be used for robberies! They are actually made to keep your face warm during the harsh winter.

7. Brand name hoodies are mostly worn by teenagers and they are pretty warm, Armani sells this jacket

8. A popular product when it comes to female footwear in the winter, these boots have fur inside that keep the feet warm.

9. Winter gloves are usually worn when skiing to keep the hands warm and so that they dont freeze when you touch the snow.

10. In the month of december the santa clause suit is a common one, especially in the malls where people do all their christmas shopping.

Opening Activity Tuesday December, 13 2011

If I was a manager of a store and had an employee that is constantly late for work and is unmotivated, I would first talk to him or her and tell them how I feel about them being late for work and not putting their best effort into it. If that doesn't help with the problem then I would most likely fire that worker and hire someone that is determined come and work. The leadership style that I would use is Democratic Leadership.

Opening Activity Monday December, 12 2011

Customer service is important because it helps the customer with their problems easily. It is also important because if there is no customer service, it would make the company look bad if they don't help the customers out. When the company looks bad, there wont be anymore business which doesn't help them make money at all. 

Opening Activity FRIDAY December, 9 2011

What he is doing is that he is comparing physics with business by using newton's law. Like he said, the more the company is massive, the more massive is a company and the more baggage so it takes more force to move. So basically what he is saying is that it is very difficult to reposition a brand if it is something really big like we could per example Nike, Apple or Microsoft. But a company that is small like per example SuperStruct, then of course it would be much easier to start new because not a lot of people know about it.

Opening Activity Thursday December, 8 2011

 The four P's is a term that you hear all the time when you do business. So basically the 4's stand for four words which you may or may not heard of it before. So pricing, product, place and promotion are the four words that are represented by by 4 P's. AIDA is an acronym that stand for Attention, Interest, Desire and Action. Those steps are very important especially when you have to run a business or you have to make sell. No my poster is not ready to be marked yet I still need to work on it.

Opening Activity, Wednesday December, 7 2011

The category that I think would make the most money is the food category, because most people would like a snack during the day, and the school store could sell items that are in the vending machines, but for a lower price that way more people could buy from them. Most items already are being sold for a pretty low price. This is a smart way to make money fast, because people would like to buy a snack that doesn't cost much at all.

Opening Activity Thursday December, 1 2011

- I would say that everyone is wearing this sweater this year.
- I could say that the proceeds will go to children that are not able to receive a present this year, due to money problems.
-Tell them that this sweater would bring a smile to anyones face.
-I could get a celebrity to be in a commercial wearing the sweater.
-I would use repetition like: the word holiday.

Opening Activity Wednesday Nov, 22

If goods were sold only for cash, prices would be lower and everyone would be better off. Agree because the more money people have the less of the value it is. When people have too much money it'll soon be worth nothing.


"If I can't pay for something, it means I can't afford it, so I won't buy it."   Agree because if you cant afford it then you shouldn't buy it and make your economical struggles worse.


"I buy on credit whenever I can because credit increases sales and is good for businesses." Disagree because you also have to pay for interest so buying without credit is better.


"You should use credit sometimes: it helps you establish a credit rating, which may be useful in case of an emergency." Agree, because it does help with credit rating but use it only during emergencies and when you don't have any cash

Opening Activity Friday, Nov 18

Planning: It is the basic function of management. Organizing It is the process of bringing together physical, financial and human resources and developing productive relationship amongst them for achievement of organizational goals. Staffing: is the function of manning the organization structure and keeping it manned. Directing: is the part of managerial function which actuates the organizational methods to work efficiently. Controlling: implies measurement of accomplishment against the standards and correction of deviation. The advantages are that they help to make a good business but the disadvantages is that is might take a lot of time to do it right.

Opening Activity Thursday Nov, 14

Our business launched yesterday, we have made more posters to put up on the school walls and have a Facebook page ready to go. We are also thinking of more ways to advertise our business to people. Everything is going well although we currently have only one customer that wants a website. To me I believe that we a doing fairly well because we have one customer after the day we launched. The only thing that I wished went better would be if more people bought from us on our launch day. 

Opening Activity Wednesday Nov, 16 2011

One product that is in the declining stage is a 35mm camera. Why I think this product is not very successful is because its abit too small, but what I would do to improve this product is maybe add cool features to it like a locator in case you lose the camera from how small it is, or where you can directly add photos or videos to YouTube and Facebook. Another recommendation to make people want this product is the camera should have huge disk space like 5-10GB of pictures or videos.

Opening Activity Tuesday Nov, 15 2011

What I liked about PYP is the templates and how the pictures can be arranged and rotated on the page. What I wished was different was that the pictures would fit on all sizes and not be blurry. They would appeal to people who like hockey, the NHL and the Calgary Flames. I could market them by asking people what players they like in the National Hockey League and put they top players on the yearbook. 

Opening Activity Thursday Nov, 10 2011

The worst ads are the ones that are irrelevant to what they are trying to sell. It makes no sense to make an ad that doesn't talk about their product. Example: http://superbowlcommercials.tv/2873.html  The ads that I like are the ones that actually talk about their product. Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOukB0_5sEs or this ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKIQ0YWL0xs&feature=relmfu These ads actually talks about the car and what it does. It makes perfect sense because it talks about the specs of the car.

Opening Activity Wednesday Nov, 9 2011

I liked the Volkswagen ad because they are proving that people want to have fun, "living in the fast lane", which is referring to their vehicles. They are trying to say that if people want to have fun then they should buy a Volkswagen. How they were trying to say this was by making a slide on the stairs in a mall and the people that like to have fun went down the slide. The other people took the escalator or stairs down. Another meaning that they meant by the slide is that their vehicles are fast yet efficient. Proof of that is the slide got the people down faster, but it took less work to do it, all the people had to do was sit on the slide.

Opening Activity Tuesday Nov, 8 2011

I think from the bottom of my heart that they are absolutely right about everything they said about the generation Y. But I have to admit, there were a few things that I did not understand about what he said in the video we watched. But overall it was very good. You can use customer behaviour in many different ways to get better result in terms of finance. And this means making more money which is the principal goal of a business.

Opening Activity Monday Nov, 7 2011

This teaches me that people tend to judge businesses by the looks of it. With businesses they might not look like a good business until people get great customer service. In my opinion that is how a business becomes successful, if the customer service impressed someone, then there is a high chance that the person would tell his friends and family about it. The more people know about it the more customers that company would get. Also it a customer received great customer experience that person if most likely to come back to that company.

Opening Activity Thursday Nov, 3 2011

Yes i think it is possible, as long as you don't lose money. I mean a business can run very well, maybe doesn't make a huge profit but still it's not like the business is going down. It is possible for a business to make just enough money so the business does not shut down. You know enough money like a breaking point.

Opening Activity Wednesday Nov, 2 2011

Cash: A current asset account which includes currency, coins, checking accounts, and undeposited checks received from customers. The amounts must be unrestricted. (Restricted cash should be recorded in a different account.) Petty cash:A current asset account that represents an amount of cash for making small disbursements for postage due, supplies, etc. Temporary investments:A current asset account which contains the amount of investments that can and will be sold in the near future. Inventory:A current asset whose ending balance should report the cost of a merchandiser's products awaiting to be sold. The inventory of a manufacturer should report the cost of its raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. The cost of inventory should include all costs necessary to acquire the items and to get them ready for sale. Supplies: A current asset representing the cost of supplies on hand at a point in time. The account is usually listed on the balance sheet after the Inventory account.

Opening Activity Monday Oct, 31 2011

An accountant is someone in finance which means someone who works with money. It can be like an investor, a manager or simply someone who works tax authority. An accountant can do many things such as analyzing revenues, costs, financial liabilities, and assets. Accounting professionals must often calculate, input, and verify data on a regular basis. An investor, a business man, someone who works  with taxes, a person who works at a bank, someone who owns a business  and a manager are consider as accountants. Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountant (CGA), 

Opening Activity Thursday Oct, 27 2011

My favourite advertisement is the one about the Dodge Challenger where the Americans fight off the British from the past, I like it because it talks about how technology changed. Advertisement video here. My favourite store is Apple because you can go on the products and test them out. I like that store because they give you the freedom to play on the iPods, iPhones, or Macs. My favourite soft drink is Coca-Cola because to me it tastes better then Pepsi or Sprite, even though it isn't healthy.

Opening Activity Wednesday Oct, 26 2011

In our group the webpage is going on great it is look really good but still needs work. I would like to work on our powerpoint and presentation that way we can grab the attention of the people and make them want a website from us. We can work better by using every single minute we can get to ensure that we have a well done presentation and organization. I can encourage others to work better by telling them that we have to give it all we've got to make money.

Opening Activity Monday Oct, 24 2011

Opening Activity Friday Oct, 21 2011

I think that the man had very good ideas and that I agree with them. He has great ideas of ways to save energy and it benefits in many ways. First of all it saves the environment and the animals. Secondly it save people and the government a lot of money, which is great because they can use the money to improve the economy. I think that the business plan can work and using his plan will definitely change the world. 

Opening Activity Thursday Oct, 20 2011

I think he meant that a person should do whatever they feel like doing and it doesn't matter what anyone says as long you believe you can do it. What he wants people to know is we all have freedom and we can do what we want when know we can accomplish it.  There is no such thing as right or wrong, it only matters on what you think you should do with your life. In other words just be yourself and do what your heart desires.

Opening Activity Wednesday Oct, 19 2011

To be honest, I wouldn't add the time to my friend's sheet until they actually finishes his work. I would buy the iPod at the discounted price and sell it for regular price to make extra money. To be honest I would keep the money and give it back only if they ask me or tell me that they made a mistake, I mean like who wouldn't want to have more money in their pockets, I know I would. 

Opening Activity Monday Oct, 17 2011

I believe that these people have an honest opinion about what is going on. These people have a good point to protest, which I totally agree with. I'm especially proud of the 18 year old for his bravery by standing up for the people when he is still studying in school. I would love to be with these people any day of the week. They are right about what they are portraying. This is an amazing thing I would love to join. I truly believe this is the right thing to do.

Career Fair

All colleges and Universities are not for profit organizations. The university of Calgary target mainly Calgary students however they also target students in all of Alberta and British Columbia. They also target students in Latin America, Europe, South-East Asia, and the US. All of the Universities target their market through mainly advertising and school visits through fairs however sometimes through some sort of media and some sort of pamphlet.

Opening Activity Thursday Oct, 13 2011

Lee Hsien Loong (born on 10 February 1952) is the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore. He is the eldest son of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Lee entered politics at the age of 32 in 1984. He was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence in December 1984 by his father, Lee Kuan Yew, and was subsequently promoted to Acting Minister for Trade and Industry in 1986, and the Second Minister for Defence. He focused on economic and civil service matters and served as Minister for Trade and Industry until 1992.

Opening Activity Wednesday Oct, 12 2011

I think it has become so popular because the woman is a millionaire and she stands with the "99%" she is trying to tell the government that they should tax the rich instead of the poor. What I think of the statement is that she has a point that the government doesn't realize that they are making things worse by taking more money away from the poor. What I believe is that the American government should wake up and put an end to the problem, they should tax the rich more and tax successful business more in order to make money.

Opening Activity Tuesday Oct, 11 2011

• Who is Occupy Wallstreet about? The  Occupy Wallstreet is about a huge group of people protesting because they want to be treated fairly and want more jobs made.

• What happened? People got together is are protesting in Wallstreet and all around America
• Where did it take place? It took place on Wallstreet in Washington, DC
• When did it take place? The protest took place about two weeks ago and is still going on
• Why did it happen? It happened because people are angry that the bad economy could have been prevented, but instead he people of Wallstreet gave their workers a bonus. 
• How did it happen? People created groups and are having their voice heard.

Secrets of success in eight words

The eight words that he had in his presentation is all about staying confident and following your dream no matter what. Even if you fail at what you are trying to achieve, you have to get back and continue working until you succeed. Another important concept thing he mentioned was that your shouldn't listen to what people have to say to you. As long as you know you can achieve your goal then it is possible. The main idea of this is you don't become successful on the first try, it takes some time and effort. What was helpful to inspire people to do this was the quotes that he had from successful people.

Opening Activity Wednesday Oct, 5 2011

Before we advertise our business, we need to know how to make a proper ad and what to put on it in order to get many customers. Advertising is not easy because you have to know where the best place is where people will see the ad. It also costs a lot of money if you are placing you ad in a newspaper or magazine. It also takes patience because people wont come right away, it may or will take some time. We also need to make an ad that makes people want it, we want it to catch peoples attention and make them want the product or service. Advertising will take a lot of work and time, but it will be all good in the end as long as the as is makes people excited.

Opening Activity Wednesday Sept, 21 2011

1. Is it required to have a permit outside of the classroom in order to do business and what abilities and rights do we have for our business with this permit?
2. What is some advice or tips that we can use when starting a new business?
3. What can we do when our business is not succeeding?