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Summer Mentorship
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Date HoursWhat I Did Total Hours
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8/4/20141hourI sat down with the customer service manager named shelia and talked about the process of how the products are sold. I learned how they receive orders and how they place them. I also learned the type of customers they have and how the whole process is organized.1 Hour
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8/4/201445minI sat down with the Shipment manager named Will. I learned how the items are shipped to the customer. I learned the different types of carriers kittrich uses and how the carrier is chosen. I also learned how the shipment is able to get the inventory from the warehouse.1 Hour 45min
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8/4/201445minI sat down with the receiving manager named Moises who showed me the process of how they get inventory. How they get the inventory from the factories and make sure the inventory meets their expectations. He showed me around the warehouse and showed me the process of how the inventory is handled. He showed me what is done when a container full of products that do not work are returned to the factories in China2 Hours 30min
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8/4/201430minI sat down with Tina who is the billing manager. She showed me how she takes cares of all of the orders paperwork. She showed me how she does invoices and PO.3 Hour
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8/4/201430minI sat down with the AR who manages the accounting aspect of the company. She is in charge of most aspect that involve money and showed me how she does it.3 Hours 30min
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8/6/201445minI sat down with Mary who is in charge of purchasing who manages getting the vendors from China and sourcing different products. She should me all of the things that are necessary from getting the vendors to managing all of the important aspects.4 Hours 15min
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8/6/201430minI sat down with the manager of domestic named Linda who is in charge of getting all of the essential needs of the corporation. She gets all of the things necessary for the company to be able to run smoothly. She showed me how she does some of the sourcing for all of the needs.4 Hours 45min
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8/6/201445min I sat down with the manager of logistics named sully who is in charge of getting the carriers for the containers bought over seas. She showed me how she did some of the sourcing and the process of how the carriers are located.5 Hours 30min
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8/6/201430minI sat down with the production manager named ann who is in charge of getting the necessary raw materials to create some of the products sold by kittrich corporation. She showed me some of the different patterns they choose and some of the sourcing she does to get the suppliers.6 Hours
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8/14/20141hour 30minI sat down with the product development manager named Monica who manages some of the products that are sold. She showed me some of the different tradeshows she goes too in Las Vegas and China. Monica helped me understand how a product is developed and how she contacts the factories in China.7 Hours 30min
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8/14/201445minI sat down with the manager of Graphics named Dusty who manages all of the labels, packaging, signs for the warehouse and anything that requires any time of art. She showed me the process of getting a product and labeling it, and finalizing it. She Showed me the different the different softwares that kittrich uses to make it all happen.8 Hours 15min
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8/14/201430minI sat down with one of the sales manager of
kittrich named Rochelle who managers all of the writing and stationary products
sold at kittrich. She showed me the process of selling a product and how she
does presentations for customers. She showed me how she selects products and how she approached customers everything she wants to make a sell.		8 Hours 45min
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8/14/201430minI sat with Eric the manager of Inventory control who showed me how the inventory is controlled and placed in the warehouse. Erics showed me how inventory checks are done and how they locate and inventory. When the inventory is not placed where they need it to be, they showed me how they control the situation. 9 Hours 15min
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8/14/201445minI sat with John who is in charge of safety and an EcoMe products kittrich sells. He creates all of the safety procedures for the Corporation. He creates the different products for the line of EcoMe. He Showed me how he mixes and creates all of the chemical formulas.10 Hours
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8/16/20141hourI sat down with James of manufacture who showed me how the printing division runs and the different companies they are printing for. He also showed me the machinery for their main product, the contact shef liner. James ran me through the whole process from start to finish.11 Hours
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8/17/20141hour 30minI sat down with the trademark and patent manager who showed me the whole process of basically making a product or name yours. He showed me all of the documentation of all of the steps. He explained and showed me how he does all of the sourcing to check items and names that may be patented or trademarked12 Hours 30min
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8/17/201430minI sat down with Edgar who is in charge of products development or some of the different lines kittrich sells. He showed me how he selects products and the different tradeshows he goes to.13 Hours
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Mentor Hours
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DateHours/minWhat I DidTotal Hour/min
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8/22/201430minI sat down with the product development manager monica and sat down to talk about a new product that kittrich wants to launch. we talked about how we can make the product better and how we can develop a more complex product30min
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8/25/201445minI went will John and silivia to discuss a product that was defective. This product was returned by costco because it was found that the material was peeling off. This cause a few returns from customers. We were testing it out and figuring out how to prevent this from happening again.1hr 15min
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8/28/20141hourI was with John and we mixed a few different products together to test them out and make new combinations of shampoos for dog. 2hrs 15min
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8/29/20141hour 30minI sat down with Dusty who is in charge of graphics and deveopled a packaging for a product. She showed me some of the different labels that HAVE TO BE on the packaging.3hrs 45min
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9/2/201425minI sat down will Sully to learn more about the logostics and how they function.I learned more about the different carriers as well.4hrs 10min
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9/5/20141 hourI sat down with my mentor who is the CEO of the company to learn more on how he runs his company.5hrs 10min
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9/8/201430minI sat down with Edgar to dicuss how to make a product different from the rest that are out in the market. 5hrs 40min
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9/9/201420minI sat down with Mark who is in charge of doing all of the patents for all of the products and he should be different patents for different products hoe complex a patent can be. 6hrs
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9/12/201450minI walked around the warehouse with James who showed me the printing division and he showed me how the shirts and bags are printed upon on.6hrs 50min
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9/15/201430minI worked with moises who showed me how they control all of the products they get and how the products are arranged in the warehouse7hrs 20min
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9/18/201420minI sat down with karyna who is a customer service rep who showed me how the she processes orders and how she deals with customers.7hrs 40min
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9/19/201450minMy mentor assigned me to go to a other typed of business and learn about it. So, I got the privilege to meet a mcdonalds franchise owner named Rahim who explain to me how he runs his business, how he got to own two mcdonalds, and what are his biggest obstacles. 8hrs 30min
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9/20/201435minI worked with Sheila who sends products to all the top retailer stores(costco, sams, walgreens, rite aid, etc)9hrs 5min
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10/28/20142 hoursI worked with Edgar who works in the product development sector on looking at different packaging for different products and deciding who is the target audince for those products.11hrs 5min
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11/17/20144 hoursI worked with edgar looking through the different prices of a certain product on the internet to find out with one sells more or less and which one is more expensive.15hrs 5min
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11/24/20144 hoursI worked with Monica, the companies intrapreneur finding new vendors for the company, and finding new products to sell in a wholestore that kittrich ownes.19 hrs 5min
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12/2/20144 hoursI worked with monica on a new productline that a top retail store is requesting. We compared different products and looked for a way to make ours better. I worked on sourcing for the company23hrs 5min
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12/9/20144 hoursToday we continued to work on the product that the top retail store was requesting and worked on different products to take to the market. 27hrs 5min
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12/16/20144 hours Today I had the opportunity to individually inspect a new product line and decide if it is a profitable product. 31hrs 5min
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12/23/20144 hoursToday I worked on sourcing new products and continued to inspect more products for the same new product line I have been working for the past week.35hrs 5min
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1/7/20153 hoursToday we worked on choosing a vinyl for a new line of shelf liner. We examined the different samples vendors all over the world sent us and choose the one we thought is great to intergrate to the rest of the shelf liners out in the market38hrs 5min
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1/14/20153 hoursToday I worked with Monica on a new dry matt product we are planning to sell to top retail stores next month.41hrs 5min
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1/28/20153 hoursToday we worked fast because the home depot wants samples of a new product they are requesting we make and sell to them. 44hrs 5min
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2/4/20153 hoursI worked with monica revising new products that were sent to us from vendors overseas. We worked on inspecting them and deciding which ones we want. 47hrs 5min
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3/12/20154 hoursToday I worked on a new product that kittrich is planning to launch. We had to decide on what colors we were going to use and what material. I think the most important thing I did was decide on who was going to be the vendor.51hrs 5min
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3/23/20154 hoursToday I was in a conference meeting with a small company that was us to be there distributor. This was hypothetical meeting, as in we discussed how the business may go down and created different scenerios. I also continued to work will monica on developing small products that only serve as another revenue stream.55hrs 5min
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3/30/20144 hoursToday was a very busy day. We worked on mutiple projects with different product lines. One of them was a new shelf liner that we might launch out in the market. The uniqueness of this shelfliner is the color and the more robust grip. There are other factors that we have to work on like who is the best vendor to do the product and to how many top retail stores do we want to sell it too.59hrs 5min
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4/13/20144hoursToday we did sourcing for a wholesale retail store that kittrich ones. We had to select different dog collars, dog toys, dog beds, bird cages, dog cages, hamster cages, gardening tools, cat toys, cat beds, cat cages and bird toys. When we do this we look through the catalogs from potenial vendors looking for the best quality products and best prices.63 5min
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Independent Component #1
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DateHours/minWhat I Did Total Hours/min
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10/1/20141hour 50minMy professor Dr.Kushev, introduced basic terms on entrepreneurship and taught was a business model canvas is.1hr 50min
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10/6/20141hour 50minWe went over the business canvas and the nine building blocks that make up the business canvas. We were make our own business canvas and reviewed it at the end of class.3hr 40min
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10/8/20141hour 50minWe discussed two of the buliding blocks of the business model canvas. We learned more about value proposition and customer segments5hr 30min
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10/13/20141hour 50minWe talked about the different channels which are the differrent ways a customer is able to obtain a product and the different customer relationships that must be created with the customer to be able to sale the product7hour 20min
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10/15/20141hour 50minWe disscued the about the different revenue models and pricing. We talked about what is a asset sale, usage fee, subscription fee, renting, licensing, intermedation fee, advertising, and pricing9hour 10min
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10/20/20141hour 50minWe learned about the different key patnerships that an entrepreneur has to have to be able to run a successful business.We also learned about the different financial tools a start or an existing company can use to fund a business. 11hr
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10/22/20141hour 50minI learned about the different revenue streams a company can potentially have in order for the company to run smoothly 12hr 50min
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10/27/20141hour 50minI learned about the different cost structures a company has. I mainy learned about fixed and variable costs.14hr 30min
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10/29/20141hour 50minI learned about the four different stages in customer development. I learned in detail, exactly how long it takes for a startup to go from one stage to another.16hr 20min
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11/3/20141hour 50minWe reviewed the different ways a business can be financed. We talked about the different potential investors that can finance a business.18hr 10min
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11/5/20141hour 50minI learned how an entreprenur pitches his idea to potential investors. The purpose of a pitch is to be able to convince investors to invest in the business idea.20hr
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11/10/20141hour 50minToday was presentation day 1. I learned about new products and services that can go out in the market. I learned about each product and service business model canvas.21hr 50min
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11/12/20141hour 50minToday was presentation day 2.I learned about new products and services that can go out in the market. I learned about each product and service business model canvas. I was able to present a product I came up with. My presntation was 20min long.23hr 40min
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11/17/20141hour 50minToday I learned about the different parts of a business plan. I learned what it takes for an entrrepreneur to be able to exectute a good business plan for investors and lenders. 25hr 30min
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11/19/20141hour 50minToday I learned about the different business structures for all businesses. I learned that the main business structures are sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, S-corp, C-corp, and LLC27hour 20min
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11/24/20141hour 50 minWe went over all nine building blocks of the business model canvas29hr 10min
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11/26/20141hour 50minWe disscued all of the different things we have learned throughout the quarter31hr
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12/1/20141hour 50minWe had to present elevator pitches. Elevator pitches are 1-2min presentations describing key points of a startup, targeted to investors.32hr 50min
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12/3/20141hour 50minWe had to present elevator pitches. Elevator pitches are 1-2min presentations describing key points of a startup, targeted to investors.34hr 40min
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Independent Component 2
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2/20/20152hrsI worked planning out everything I am want to accomplish with my start up.I also developed a Business Model Canvas and started to talk to web developers.2 hrs
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3/6/20153hoursToday I did a bit of market research to find out who are the big dogs of the industry of my startup5hrs
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3/13/20153hrsToday I created blue prints for the website of my startup. I scanned and sent them to the web developers so they can have a look at what I envision.8hrs
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3/20/20154hrsToday I went out reached out to potential customers by making them fill a survey.11hrs
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3/27/20153hrsToday I began to take an online entrepreneurship course online. Today the topic that was covered was the key concepts to be a three day entreprenuer. 14hrs
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4/3/20152hrsToday I chose the name of my startup. I thought this was going to be a piece of cake but it was a lot harder that I thought. I did extensive research of how to choose a business name which helped me a bit. I started with about 23 names. Then I narrowed it down to 16, then I narrowed them down to 8, then I narrowed it down to 4, then I narrowed it down to 2 and finally chose the name for my business.16hrs
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4/6/20153hrsToday I read under the different business structures that, by law, every business has to have. The main ones are LLC, S Corp, C Corp, Partnership, and sole proprietorship since I am still quite small and do not have any partners. I also got my EIN which is the Employer Identification number needed to report to the IRS19hrs
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4/7/20154hrsToday I went to the county office to register my DBA name. DBA stands for "Doing Business as" and it is required for all business to do. I had to go all the way to 23hrs
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4/8/201530minToday I talked to one of the programmers for my startup who gave me a quote of $12500 for the platform of my startup. That amount is insane! I never thought it would cost that much. To be able to launch my startup it takes some serious funding and a bit of a risk. Maybe the best thing now is to go talk to John, the CIO of CPP, to get more advice.23hrs 30min
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4/10/20152hrs 30minToday I went to go talk to the CIO of Cal Poly Pomona John Mcguthry about my startup and to ask him about the "techy" side of my company. I talked to him about how to built the platform for my ecomerece website. I feel a bit overwhelmed because he said according to him the virtual function I want for my website is very hard to do. He suggested me to become a computer science major and learn to do it myself. Another great advice he gave me was to get a business partner because it is very hard to go in alone into business. He said that most startups that are successful have multiple founders. 25hrs 30min
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4/12/20153 hrs 30minToday I research for potential vendors for my company. Since my startup is an Ecommerece store I was looking for vendors who sold apparel. With so many options it was hard to pick the right ones. At the end of the day I find what I wanted but the total price for it was about $5000 dollars. Adding up the total for the platform and initial inventory is would cost $17500 to get started. But to invest all that money I believe I have to do much more research to decrease the chance of failure. 29hrs
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4/15/20151hr 15minToday I went to a conference at CPP pomona by Peter V. Ueberroth. Peter has a net worth of $100 million dollars and is a very successful entrepreneur. He gave get insight on how to run a business. I also got the opportunity to talk to one of his busienss partners Tim fogarty who gave me advice of how to present to investors. 30hrs 15min
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4/17/20155hrsToday I went to a private conference to in a penthouse on sunset boulevard. His name is Tai Lopez who is an author, entrepreneur who has lots of sucess and is a business consultant. Tai gave me lots of insight on how to successful launch and run a business. He opened my mind to more aspects to consider when launching or running a business. This is an event he calls the "mastermind event. Where entrepreneurs from all over the world come to get advice from Tai. Another get thing I got the chance to do is network with lots of Entrepreneurs. 35 hrs 45min
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4/25/201512hrsToday has been a tiring day. Tai Lopez did a mass conference is the fairmount hotel in Santa Monica, CA. Tai Lopez is one of the best speakers I have been able to listen to live. This 10 hour event was really mind blowing. Essentially today I learned that there is so much to learn and that there are many things in the mind that have to be trained before launching a startup. This conference was intense. 47hrs 45min
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