Sophomo Year Case Study

Moving to America, was a difficult transition for me. I had come to the realization that I wasn’t going to see my friends any time soon back in Iran and that was hard to overcome at a young age. I was alone as a child because my siblings are a lot older than me, and my parents’ had the challenge of starting over because they had left everything behind in Iran. However, that wasn’t going to get in the way of me succeeding in school. I have always been a fast learner, by the age of eight I had already learned four languages. Also, I was voted most improved by my classmate every year I was in Elementary School. This might not seem like a big achievement, but as a young student in a new country it was a huge motivation boost for me to improve every

When marketing any kind of product, the producer should take in to consideration the elements that will impact their business. If they can come up with solutions to these problems then they products are more than likely to succeed.

I have always been interested in “doing my own thing” or, better known as, entrepreneurship. In high school, I would buy T-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats in bulk. I’d embroider little emblems on them and mark up the price by 100%. People at school would buy $1 shirts and pay $9 for my craftsmanship. However, I wanted bigger and better things. I channeled Andrew Carnegie in my approach to business: why just stop at my little venture when I could vertically integrate and market for myself? I decided to invest all my money in a new cause and thus, my own social media marketing company was born. The skills I’ve learned in starting my company is something that cannot be taught. I would relish the opportunity to grow and learn at an institution like The Stephen M. Ross School of Business that understands the importance of innovation and exploration.

During my almost two years of high school, I have earned outstanding grades throughout the turbulence of attending different schools in two different countries. Freshman year was a transition across the United States from the West to East Coast. However, even in the midst of struggling in a drastically new environment, I maintained a 4.0 GPA and received High Honors all four quarters. This year was an even bigger leap from the United States to Japan, but I have continued to maintain my high standard of work. This year, I have kept up a 4.0 GPA and was recognized on Principal’s Honor Roll. Overall, my outstanding academic work is remarkable because I have achieved high grades in all honors classes, all while facing new school environments each year and balancing sports and extracurriculars as well.

I was determined to find meaning and success within the hyphen of Afghan-American. I played for the golf team, despite being the only minority on the team. I ran and was elected to student government. I participated in the community through volunteering at a community center, and working at a pharmacy and a golf club. From all of this, I slowly saw positivity in my situation. My parents came to this country as refugees, hopeful that the land of hope would open its arms to them, and while I’ve faced challenges, the obstacles placed in front of me only added to my appreciation. It has led me to consider that while I face adversity because of my unchangeable identity, I must take advantage of the mobility college can give

On July 1, 1999, I was born in Santa Clara, California and continued my life in San Jose for about a year, and then I moved south and was introduced to Visalia. This is my family’s first time moving out of the Bay Area, but ever since we came to Visalia we settled here ever since. Both of my parents, Elia and Ramon, are Spanish speakers and so my first language was Spanish. As soon as I went to school I began learning English quickly and my parents were dedicated to helping me advance in my education. Fast forward to my high school years, they found a high school, University Preparatory High School, that would benefit me and enrolled me. Although it was against my wishes, I followed their plan, had my interview and I have learned to love academic

A meaningful experience for my college career will be my participation in the St. Joe CEO program. Over the course of my high school, I have determined that I am interested in pursuing a business degree. As I was scheduling my senior year classes, I learned about the Saint Joe CEO program which provides an excellent opportunity. The Saint Joe CEO program is not your typical style class. During the first semester, the classes are held at a variety of local businesses, and corporate officials or business owners discuss the process of beginning and managing a business. During the second semester, the students collaborate in creating a business plan, acquiring the funding, starting the business, and finally marketing and selling your product or service.

Everyone knows there's a lot of responsibility that comes with being a first generation student that plans to go and get a college education/degree whose family comes from a foreign country. People do not understand why I feel I have so much of a responsibility on my shoulders. However I now understand why there is so much responsibility that comes with being a first generation student that plans to go and get a college education/degree with family from a foreign country, thanks to my grandmother’s wise words. She said “ being a first generation student that plans to go and get a college education/degree with family from a foreign country isn’t about your success, it's about the success you bring to the family name, the pride you bring to the family/country and moreover the success you bring will represent your parents hard work has truly paid off”, at the time she said this I was only 12 years old so I didn't quite understand what she meant but it has stuck in my mind ever since. Now that I’m more mature I understand what she meant. I believe that my success or failure is no longer just benefiting or hurting me, if I fail that means I fail my family and my people and that is why going to college is so important to me. In this paper I’m going to write about what high standards mean to me, my goals, activities I’m involved in

The main objective of this semester was to learn various organizational behaviors that are conducted in a business environment outside the classroom; these would help us as students and as future business entrepreneurs. Throughout the semester, every week different professors came and gave us lectures. Each lecture was about different topic with professors of different departments. Along with the weekly lectures we also had an interactive session that gave us the opportunity to apply the lessons and techniques learnt in our professional and personal lives.

I am planning on pursuing a minor in Business from the Leeds school of business. This minor is attractive to me because companies want engineers with an understanding of how they fit into the company as a whole, and a minor in business can help with this. In addition to this, the business minor takes the rigorous engineering courses that engineers must take into account, and, as a result, they have distilled the entire minor down to just 4 courses and 12 credit hours. The accessibility of the business minor makes it a popular choice for people from all different majors. The first courses are titled Marketing and Management and Finance and Accounting. Next, the student must choose a track from the following options: Innovation, Analytics, Entrepreneurship, and Global. Of these courses, I would be most likely to choose Entrepreneurship, as I like the idea of developing business ventures and taking risks. Finally, the student takes the Capstone course called Business Plan Development. This course is distinctive in that entire curriculum entails splitting up into smaller groups and developing a personalized, complete business plan for your own unique business. Each team is able to use the professor as a resource, and the business school also hires local entrepreneurs as coaches to help the teams along their journey. Each of the teams that wins their section moves on to a next level of competition where they present in front of

Do you have what it takes to enter the annual Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest? Vison, ideas and concepts are great in theory but are ineffective unless you execute them. This case study shows the struggles of the reality three young entrepreneurs faced when they were trying to build a product. It shows the difficulties in forming a team and most importantly turning an idea into reality. The lack of leadership, communication, clash of cultures and individuals

The product itself is arguably the most important part of the marketing mix because this is what the customer is actually going to buy, so it is very important that it meets the demands of customers. By taking a customer centric approach, a business can ensure that the product meets the customers demands rather than a product centric approach as this wont meet all of the target markets needs. “Customers want a product which is both environmentally friendly and safe” (Gbadamosi, n.d.) By providing these two things when a product is being launched, would help ensure that a product launch has been successful. However in some cases, some businesses will struggle to meet this for example a motor vehicle. Due to the fact that cars release emissions, cars are not going to be environmentally friendly, however if the company is able to show that the business is improving on what they previously offered in terms of reducing emissions from their cars, customers are more likely to be pleased and therefore makes it likely that the product is going to have a successful product launch.

In this case, I can see that whatever the advantages are, companies should continue improving their skills and strategies to adapt the requirements from customers and market. Like new world wine player, the companies need to focus on research on marketing firstly, and then make distinct policy to various levels of consumers. At the same time, the new entrant has to own their unique way to

Business Studies is an important course that prepares students to face the real practice of commerce. Engaging theory and practice is instrumental in ensuring that students learn the underlying factors that determine the practice of every business practice. Carroll and Buchholtz (2011) suggest that business forms the backbone of the current economic activities as every activity of human life must involve some loss and gain together. Additionally, he notes that entrepreneurship is taking deep roots in the society, a condition which mandates everybody to possess some knowledge in business. Drawing reference from the aforementioned statements, it is important for the society to have individuals who possess not only

Starting a new product is never easy for a company. The difficulties they face are diverse in nature, and often they lack initiatives so that customers are not interested in the product.