About the Project

Name: Kevin S
Topic: Skate Shop
E.Q.: What is most important to managing a successful skate shop?

Friday, January 20, 2012

Blog 13: senior project senior house meeting

(1) What is answer 1 to your EQ? Be specific in your answer and write it like a thesis statement.
One of my answers is, Understanding the importance of good product display.

(2) What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?
Having service learning with a manager at a skate, Kevin Nahani, he has changed the whole appearance of the shop to display the products better with lighting and unique was to display them.

  • Evidence = facts, examples
(3) What source(s) did you find this evidence and/or answer?
Service learning at kore skate shop.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Service Learning

Where are you working for your service learning?
Kore Skate Shop in Montclair.
Who is your contact?
Jerry Zamudio was my supervisor but now I have gotten confirmation with Kevin Nahani, the new manager, that I will be working with him
Summarize the services you have performed to complete the 10 hour requirement
I have learned to do inventory of the shop dealing with shoes, shirts, skate boards, etc... the first week i was there it was mostly cleaning around and making sure the shop was at its best for the customers but now it is mostly about dealing with inventory and making accounts with companies and getting exclusive apparel that make the shop unique from others 
How many hours have you worked?
So far off of the top of my head I have worked a total of 25 hours with the old manager and when he was dismissed I kept on  working with Jerry and I stopped going for a total of 3 weeks because they are remodeling the shop because of the new manager, Kevin Nahani, but now I will be starting to work with Kore on Saturday Jan. 21, 2012.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Blog 11: Third Interview Questions

1. What is most important to managing a successful skate shop?
2. What is the shops success based off of?
3. How long do you think it will take for a shop to be considered successful? Why?
4. How does being a manager change your perspective on the skate shop?
5. What is your biggest concern in the shop?
6. Why is networking important to the business' success?
7. When do you think someone is ready to become a manager of a skate shop?
8. Can the success be only based of the manager? Why?
9. What are somethings you have to worry about as a manager?
10. What can go wrong?