EQ 7--Review this semester. What activities have you enjoyed and why? Why activities have you not enjoyed and why? Upload your favorite piece of work so far and explain why it is your favorite.

The activities I have enjoyed are creating the company logos and using the trade face powers of Photoshop. I enjoyed these the most because they showed me some of the powers of adobe. The activities I did not enjoy were writing the business plan. It was tedious and annoying and in my opinion was a waste of time that we could have spent learning more tools and techniques to illustrator and photoshop.

This is my favorite piece of work just because it is simple yet interesting. It also shows how much you can do with very little in illustrator.

Upload your favorite logo. Explain how you made it. Explain why it is your favorite.

This logo is my favorite because I put the most time and effort into it. I made it using shapes and effects to create the background and pictures off creative commons. The text was created then doubled up to give it a 3D look.

What are the eight parts of the business plan your were assigned? Is that different then you thought? What are the issues you have had so far writing your plan? What has been easy?

1. Executive Summary
2. Company Description
3. Market Analysis
4. Organization and Management
5. Service or product line
6. Marketing and sales
7. Funding Requests
8. Financial Projections

The only issues I have had so far is the overall length of it and the Market Analysis have been especially time consuming. Describing the service or product line has so far been the easiest.

EQ 4--What do you think goes in a business plan? What are the parts? Is research involved? What facts do you need to know, if any? Where could you find this information?

I think a competent and successful business plan has many parts. I believe it has to have long and short term goals, a well thought out idea and plenty of research to back it up, you must be patient and plan for obstacles and setbacks, and a thought out process and back up plans to help you achieve your goals. You need to know the facts and statistics of where you are at and how well according to geography and ethnicity your goods or services will preform according to those. You should also try to fulfill some kind of want or need with your business plan to try and get people interested. You can more than likely find most or all of this information on the internet using, business blogs and forums or other reputable sites.