The Apprentice Season 2 episode 9

THE TASK

Fix up two houses with a $20,000 budget to raise the asking price of the house by as high a percent as possible.

THE LEADERS

 Raj, for Apex and Sandy, for Mosaic.

THE WINNERS

 Mosaic won this week and they won a trip to a nice country house with a private beach. 

THE BOARDROOM 

  Raj, Ivana, and Kevin were sent to the boardroom. 

FIRED 

Raj, because of his inability to lead properly and leaving the house a mess and hiring a bad contractor. 

WHY IT WAS GOOD 

The show brought back some old characters so it was interesting to see them interact with each other after being stabbed in the back several weeks ago, also the challenge was very interesting to see and how the contestants interacted with this new challenge.

LESSON LEARNED 

Always make sure to hire a good contractor, they can really make or break your projects because they can be lazy or just not very good at their job. 

Chapter 28 Assessment

1)  Something that can be done to help give costumers ease of mind is to ensure privacy with all of their info. Even if this is already happening ,the customer would be more willing to help if they were reminded that security is guaranteed.

2) No not necessarily, the people who run certain sections of the surveying team don't need to be overseeing all of the other surveys.

3) Focus groups would be helpful when testing different variables in the car wash, whether it be different shampoos or the water pressure. Another helpful way would be testing. This would be important because the company can see which products are working and which aren't.

4) They are interested in these things because they like to know where certain groups of people live so they can drive up prices in that area or build more locations in a certain place depending on what the demo is.

5) The families with more kids will be more interested in toys and products directed towards kids, and they have to buy cheap. The families with no kids will be able to spend more money and don't buy toys and that kind of stuff. 

Current event, December 2016

This Sunday marked a very important day for the employees of the Burlington Mall. A day off, in the middle of holiday shopping season, on a weekend. The reason for this is that the water main broke, sending water all throughout the mall. From a marketing and business standpoint, this is a huge blow. On one of the busiest days of the whole year, something unavoidable hits and the company are forced to shut down. Regardless, the holiday shopping is bound to  ramp up as the year comes to a close but such a critical closure certainly needs to be addressed. 

1960's commercials compared to now

1959

2016

Study guide Chapter 29

29.1 Terms

• Problem Definition 
• Primary data
• secondary data
• survey method 
• sample
• observation method
• point-of-sale research
• experimental method 
• data analysis 

29.2 Terms

• Validity
• reliability
• open-ended questions 
• forced-choice questions 

*Research Process Steps*

1. Defining the problem 
2. Obtaining Data 
3. Analyzing Data 
4. Recommending Solutions 
5. Applying the results 

Video Game History pt3

The first Racing video game was put out all the way back in 1974, called "Speed Race", a Japanese cabinet racing game that because so popular that it came to the U.S. with a new name, "Wheels".  Nowadays the racing games are so much more real, and intense. One very popular online game for racing is called The Crew, all about racing across the country with your friends at your side. Arguably the biggest racing game is the Forza series, which is made exclusively for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. A sillier game that has always succeeded in the handheld industry was the Mario Kart series, available for pretty much every Nintendo device since that company started. 

Peep This Survey

Improvements to the Rally

Some things that I could do to make the pep rally more fun would be as follows:
1) Make it longer. The pep rally as it stands is a good time but if it were longer it would be even better it would allow for more performances and activities.
2) Get rid of the earlier classes during the day. The pep rally has always been seen as a fun substitution of classes as opposed to its own holiday at the school. If we made the pep rally happen on it's own day then it would be much more fun and allow it to be longer.
3) More Games. The pep rally is more of a show off of all the activities that people take part in, more of a show than a school event. With more games it becomes more fun to root for your team and to get a higher chance to take part.
With these changes the pep rally could really become one of the best in the county, even in the state. 

Speedpro 2016

Speedpro 2016 is the only game where you can buy sell and manage your very own car company! It features racing legends and racing all across the world in your very own creations. Learn how cars work and improve your own design and race with real life hyper cars! With the introduction of online gameplay, players can now compete with each other with their own designs and win extraordinary prizes.

Target Market: 

Racing fans, Gamers, car guys, people with a love for driving and a passion to learn a craft.

Marketing Mix:

Product:

The game will be released on Xbox One and Playstation 4 but may be available for the PC in the future. With millions of options and dividends of game types, customers will be glued to their screen for hours on end. 

Price:

The game will be released for $60 on both platforms. 

Place:

Speedpro 2016 will be sold at stores such as Target, Walmart and gamestop. It will also be available online at Amazon.com and Ebay.com it will also be sold in the comfort of home for download on the Xbox and Playstation games stores. 

Promotion:

Ads will appear at popular racing circuits and on commercials during popular racing events. It will also be advertised at Gamestop and online with ads supporting the incredible gameplay. Many of the adverts will include racing legends such as Stirling Moss and Fernando Alonso. 

Licensing a Video Game Pt. 1

1:
I researched many popular Formula Racing teams including Porsche, Audi and Mclaren. I also looked up some information on Fernando Alonso, a very popular racing driver. Finally, I did some research on old rallying teams like Lancia and Ford.

2:
Some games I researched were:

• Forza Motorsports 6
• WRC 6
• Assetto Corsa

These Games are all priced at $60 and are available at retailers like Gamestop, Target, Wallmart, Amazon and the Xbox games store. 

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Licensing A Video Game

My video game is going to be about owning your own car business. The player will be able to create their own cars and enter racing series' and race along side other players creations.

Sports Organizations:
Mclaren F1
Mercedes F1
Lancia Rally Team

The Baby Boom

Baby boomers is the name for the generation born from 1945-1962. This is because the soldiers from world war 2 were coming home and needed to make a family so. It is estimated that 76 million babies were born during this time. Nowadays they are parents and becoming senior citizens at this point.

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2002/JustHowManyBabyBoomersAreThere.aspx

STATS!

• Famous TV shows 

1. I Love Lucy
2. Seinfeld 

• Popular Magazines 
1. Time 
2. Finally!

• Popular Movies

1. Citizen Kane 
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey

• Popular Activities 

1. Playing Baseball
2. Frank Sinatra reached peak popularity

• Vacation Destinations

1. Fiji
2. Japan

Planking

Planking is the art of laying face down and flat, like a plank, usually in very unusual locations or dangerous places. The fad is directed towards to young kids, teens, and young adults, as they are generally;y the people who will be doing it. It became popular after a small group of people started posting this type of picture on Facebook, soon many others started to follow suit and thus, the fad started, making it one of the earliest recorded memes. Nowadays, the fad has more or less fizzled out of relevance, but thats simply because of the changing times. In our society, planking was a meme pioneer, paving the way for newer and better memes, but it will forever be remembered for its cultural significance and originality. 

Blog Research #1

Getting to know Collin Doherty

1) 12th Grade

2) One mom, one dad, one older sister

3) Sciences, Recent history 

4) Music, Cars

5) Mr. Robot, The Get Down

6) Books; The Shawshank Redemption, Movies; The Shining, Reservoir Dogs 

7) Play Drums, Guitar, Video Games, hang out with friends  

8) Dennys