PART 1: Introduction to business basics
- Description
- Curriculum
- Reviews
Introduction to Basic Business gives you an overview of how business works,and the basic language of business. What decisions do business people have to make,and how do they decide on a course of action?
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Oru Kayak San Fransisco, California -
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Rootbeer Audio Fishtown Philadelphia USA
Matt Manhire designs and builds the vacuumtube amplifiers many musicians prefer to newer transistor-based equipment. He also repairs equipment, mostly the old Fender brand from the 1960s.
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OTC Ltd Manuals For Every Camera Tackley, U.K.
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FAB. LABS
While there are amazing creations like a folding kayak and rugged routers being made, there are equally amazing resources available online and off-line to help you make things.
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WWW.RENT-A-GUIDE.COM Bochum, Germany
Products—things that are made—are tangible. They can be tested and taken back to the store. Services, on the other hand, are hard to test and can’t be taken back to the store. Services are about experiences. Service businesses can be divided into two groups: • Services that serve individuals • Services that serve businesses Some services, like telephone service or electric utilities, mainly involve software and hardware without the customer having direct contact with the service provider. Other services like lawyers, doctors, tour guides, or chefs require the provider’s direct contact with customers, so not only time and experience are important, but also the provider’s personality and “people skills.” The Fab Labs discussed above are an example of a service business that requires people skills.
Some examples are some
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SUGRU www.sugru.com
This is the story of Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh who left the family farm in Ireland to go to Dublin to study Fine Art and then to London to study Product Design. While in college she got the idea for “Sugru.” Later TIME Magazine would list Sugru in its list of 50 best inventions of 2010, ahead of iPad.
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Artisan Exchange Indoor Market West Chester, PA
Matlack Industrial Park is an unlikely home for businesses with names like Taste Artisanal, Sweet Lana’s Russian Pepper and Skin Care and MacDougall’s Irish Victory Cakes. They are all small businesses, and they share production facilities and selling space at Artisan Exchange, www.artisanexchangewcpa.com, a business that serves 35 small enterprises
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IL TOPOLINO, Budapest Hungary
What do you do if you are 26, a trained auto mechanic and have been working for other people long enough? If you are Mátyás Horvath you find 200 square meters of space to rent in an industrial area of Budapest and open your own auto repair business. There are a lot of Italian cars in Budapest, so the name il Topolino, www.Iltopolino.hu, sounds right.
