Small Steps

Although most business is conducted in English, it is important that a translator is present in order to assist with any language barriers that may happen (Rushton, n.d.). Before any official business talk it is important to make small talk in order to ease tension (Yu, 2011). This can include family, culture, history, vacations, politics, etc. Family is very important in Uruguay and tends to be the conversation starter for many business meetings. Uruguayans are very personable people…

for small businesses and government agencies to use Information Technology to connect the growing need for IT services and products. Many businesses have found themselves unable to accommodate these requirements due to their organizational structure. Additionally, a growing number of government agencies are unable to keep a fully staffed IT department due to budget constraints. These hurdles can have a lasting effect on the growth of any organization. While IT is constantly expanding, small…

For small time business owners just getting started, social media can be a perfect means of getting started. As anyone who has built or attempted a small business could tell you, getting started can be incredibly difficult. First off, the owner or co-owners must develop a good or service that they believe is marketable. Then they must accumulate the resources necessary to begin doing business, whether that be an established workspace, supplies necessary for production, willing employees, or…

a person’s job easier and help them be organized. Especially when you have a growing business and cant always keep track of everything by memory. This is when QuickBooks comes in. In my opinion, QuickBooks is the number one accounting software for small businesses looking to get organized. There are many pros and cons to using QuickBooks but the same goes to every other software. QuickBooks can do things like bookkeeping, business management & personal finance tracking. It is also the number…

The Human Digestive System is the bodily system where the organs (mouth, throat, colon, small intestines, esophagus, stomach, rectum and anus) all get to interact with each other. The function of the Human Digestive System is to break down and process foods that’s consumed and also get rid of waste from the body. (BOOK) Homeostasis is shown by the human digestive system through the process of disintegrating foods into different ways that can be consumed and controlled by bodily cells. In this…

Part One: Introduction My main career interest is being an owner of a small business; therefore, I interviewed Brian, the owner of Danny’s Smokehouse BBQ. Brian is one of my classmates in my Behavioral Organization class, and I learned of his ownership through class discussion. After class, I asked Brian if I could interview him, as a small business owner, for a career interview project, in which, he accepted. We met after class on March 29th in a conference room at TVCC. The interview took 40…

landscape and culture as rich and dramatic as Peru would be an experience of a life time. I may not be fluent in Spanish or an expert on Marine Biology, but I know that with the right attitude, anyone can contribute to an abroad. As an entrepreneur with a small business that I am currently growing, I am always looking for new perspectives and experiences to help shape my career and ideas. Additionally, the business experience I have can be applied anywhere – business takes place around the world…

The interview includes: family history, medical history, any past or present alcohol abuse, current medications, how pain is developed, results from laboratory and other tests, and any past abdominal surgery. The next step is a physical exam. The exam checks vital signs, including respiratory rate, listening to the heart and lungs; checking blood pressure, and typically a series of laboratory tests will be ran- a complete blood count for example. If the doctor is still…

By now you’ve probably realized that if you want to be in the referral business, you must get into the event business. Why events? They are the quickest, most-powerful way to get people excited and talking about you. If you look at the recording and entertainment industries today, one of the largest profit centers is live events. World tours and back-to-back, sold-out events are the quickest way to generate buzz, word of mouth and sales. You must give your customers a reason to talk about you…

Lipid Digestion: Absorption and Transport of Lipids Lipid digestion occurs primarily in the small intestine though a small amount of lipids are broken down in the stomach. Special enzymes called lipases breakdown triglycerides the most abundant lipids in the diet and phospholipids. Lingual lipase secreted by glands in the tongue and gastric lipase secreted by gastric chief cells hydrolyze a small amount of triglycerides into fatty acids and monoglycerides. As chyme enters the duodenum from the…