Friday, December 12, 2014

What I Did This Week

This week, my group got a decent amount done, but we still have a lot more work to put into the storefront project. I worked on part four and found out how much the majority of the items cost that we must buy in order to make our hair salon business into a reality. Sophia had found this salon that had gone out of business and is going to sell all of their furniture, including the hair cutting chairs and wash stations. She said she would sell everything to us for a little over five thousand dollars, which is a really good deal. However, the woman thinks we are actually interested in her furniture, which isn't too great. Part four took a lot of time especially because of the insurance information. Madi obtained some of it, but we still need a little more insurances we have to account for. I tried contacting people as well to figure insurance information, but the reply was "I can't give you an estimate unless you fill out a questionnaire." Madi and I also worked together for part five and had to figure in all of the costs and how much on average we thought we could make in a day to find our gross revenue. On Wednesday, Rachel and I even went back to the store front and did more measurements during c block. We created a layout plan (not on paper) and tried to figure where everything could go. We are putting in a lot of work into figuring out all the costs and the layout, it actually makes me want to open this business, even though we can't. We still need to complete part six, but Madi and I were able to complete part five in class yesterday.
On another note, we have made the fliers for our bracelets we will be selling. We just need to find a colored printer, most likely from my mom's work, so we can post them around the school next week. Other good news is that the bracelets were shipped yesterday.

1 comment:

  1. Becky: Yes, you're right that you won't be able to open this business, but my hope is that we can use your plans for the future. Your idea is both practical and needed. It would provide BHS students with an actual resource, a place where they could learn about cosmetology and business--and about serving the community. I've been in contact with people in Town Hall and--long term--they would be very interested in trying to purchase space in that block for BHS use. Your plan will not die after this project ends! It will become an actual proposal that we will use (when the Town is ready) to try to extend the HS into the community. This is why the details are so important.

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