Philosophy Bites The podcast of my choice expounds on the topic “Deception with Words” that essentially tends to specifically dwell on the two concepts of “lying” and “deception” as the grand indicators of deception. The two subjects intrinsically gravitate to the construct of deception as a significant aspect of on-on-one engagement that betrays the norms of conversation and ruins the credibility of the “informant” position that parties in the conversation assume. Deception is such a common…
In 1953, legislation created the Small Business Administration (SBA) to further business activities across the United States (U. S. Small Business Administration, n.d.). Specifically, the agency’s purpose was to aid those individuals in the start-up, management, and financing of their small business dreams, as well as provide opportunities to conduct business with the federal government (U. S. Small Business Administration, n.d.). Today, the 28 million modest companies provide more than 50…
me as I dreaded what could happen with the nearing customer. Her walk and talk communicates an air of arrogance, and her curt response to my question, “How are you today?” affirmed this. Thankfully, I completed the transaction, managing to make the small talk that is expected of me, but my uneasiness apparantly alarms the customer who looks doubtful at my actions.I hand her cash back, only to be notified that I had forgotten her change amid the jumble of bills, bags, and the receipt. My anxiety…
Energy Consultants, LLC is a small startup company specializing in residential energy audits and like any company have some strengths and weaknesses. The company has one employee and started with performing one audit per week which after two weeks increased to around five energy audits a week throughout southeastern Connecticut. Energy Consultants LLC works very hard in doing their job well. They do this by keeping up with the latest trends and technology by attending training seminars and…
October 1, 2007 was the second most important day of my young life. It was the day my business officially opened for operations. This day fell a very short second to the date of my daughter and only child’s birth. The business was to be called Love My Curves Ladies Apparel and would offer clothing, accessories and shoes for plus sized women. I designed and sewed by request as well as ordered items from wholesale companies to sell at my retail store location in Des Moines Iowa. I created a…
The Effects of Small and Large Businesses Small and large businesses both affect the average American every day, why is this and why is there so much competition between the two? The question is always asked, “Which are better, small businesses or large businesses”? People always like to assume the bigger the better, but is this true? Does bigger always mean better? So many comparisons are made, including, the effect the company has on the economy, the effect the business has on its employees,…
Innovation The newest technology innovation I have recently read about featured bendable 3D-printed structures. The creators call the process 4D printing because the structures change over the fourth dimension, which is time. This happens when subjected to stimuli, which in this case is heat. “Engineers from Massachusetts Technology, (MIT) and Singapore University of Technology have devised this new fabrication that uses ultraviolet light to print these structures that…
hiring another individual or company, either domestically or internationally, to handle the business activities for the firm. At this era, it is no longer an option as much as it is a necessity and has become a common business practice that allows small and medium size businesses to gain extra services and skills that are usually hard for them to develop due to shortage of manpower or financial restrictions, or maybe both. It allows the firms to be more focus on their core competencies, rather…
New Zealand is a country with a population of around 4.5 million (Data on New Zealand, 2014). Out of this population 584,000 people employed in 460,000 small businesses around New Zealand and most of the other portion of the population employed in large organisations which started by entrepreneurs (New Zealand Government, 2014, p. 7). Other than small businesses if we consider large organisations…
It is human nature for each of us to believe that we are the unluckiest person in the world. Some would argue, however, that Stanley Yelnats Ⅳ is even worse off. Although many readers and even Stanley himself seems to think that he is ill-fated and always in the wrong place at the wrong time, the entirety of Louis Sachar’s novel, Holes, says otherwise. In fact, everything that has happened to Stanley and his family in the past and throughout the present setting of the novel happened for a reason…