January 30, 2013

I did another 3 hours with my mentor. The lesson that was most important was about the way to treat your customers. I've observed her closely and watched how she made a nice casual conversation with her customers. Everything stays professional and upbeat. She even helped out the customers with their schedules. I thought it all went well. The next time we will probably meet would be next week. Her hours might be earlier so that might be more convenient for me.

January 28, 2013

The time I spent being mentored was 3 hours. The most important lesson that keeps popping up whether I'm in school, outside, or at my mentors work, it would be time management. She explained to me how she needed to go all the way from San Francisco to San Bruno. Its crucial not knowing about all the bart times for her to get to work for her appointments.I feel as if time management while doing this project makes using my time properly more difficult to handle. The next I will meet with my mentor is probably be on Wednesday January 30.

January 24, 2013

Yesterday I visited my mentor for 3 hours. She started off telling me about her experiences in marketing. Before her business, she used to go to San Francisco with a team of people to pass out cards. Another thing I think she mentioned was her friend putting her on something called SCO. It helped her gain customers. She also uses Yelp to attract more customers. So far I think there are nine reviews. Another thing she mentioned about starting up her business was all the paperwork. She had to fill out a bunch of documents and receive a permit. I plan to meet up with her next week or possibly today.

January 16, 2013

I went to visit my mentor again and got two more hours finished. This time, she explained how she had to report her taxes. What she had me do was help her organize by writing down appointments with her clients. The month I started from was early May. It took a long time to get up to the month of August. The next time I will meet with her will probably be next week if not today. My mentor puts on a very proffesional voice when she works with her customers. Her customers are always happy with the service.

On Tuesday I finally met my mentor and we discussed our schedules so we could fit time in hers so she could teach me. That took about an hour to go over. The following day I decided to visit. We got two hours finished. She started by introducing her business and how it works. With the competition around she sets a more fair price than other local businesses similar to hers. She also explained how taking advantage of the Internet helped her gain customers. Her business started with as little as 15 clients. She let me do some computer and paper filing. Her clients increased at least three times more than she used to have. Another thing she did was explained types of businesses. She compared businesses from retail, to customer service, and restaurants. I picked up little by little and everything is going smooth so far. The times we're allowed to meet for her to mentor me are Mondays through Thursdays around seven o clock. I'm not completely sure about meeting on weekends.

Fiscal Cliff Response

A) Republicans proposed a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff but the democrats are denying it. The president wants to work with the Republicans when they can agree on something. Republicans seem as if they're more willing to compromise with the Democrats than the Democrats would with them. The two parties can't seem to agree because there are some things Democrats want to keep that Republicans want to change.

B)I searched for my answers by typing in the key words of what I'm looking for. I typed in Republican's position on fiscal cliff 2012. Next, I typed Democrats position on fiscal cliff 2012. I looked for well known news companies and newspapers. None of the information I came accross seemed biased.

C)http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/28/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/11/democrats-republicans-seem-more-ready-to-compromise-on-deficit-deal/
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pn-fiscal-cliff-20121230,0,5362515.story