After reading the excerpt from Luntz I was surprised at how easily I was able to pick out the rules, or lack thereof, that were talked about in the various reports that I analyzed. Below are three rules that I consistently saw being used or misused.

The article on visual ethics brought up quite a few good points about ethical considerations when dealing with graphics and visuals as a whole. The most noteable, in my opinion, included what the image included, excluded, or emphasized, the size of the images, and the grouping of images.

I reviewed several books and many of them seemed to fit the requirements for this assignment, but one stood out in particular: The Successful Business Plan, 4th Edition: Secrets and Strategies by Rhonda Abrams. In the brief review I was able to give it, her style of writing and organization seemed most appealing to me as it was easily understood and actually kept my attention. The examples she gave were easily transferable to Allow Me’s business situation and she even included some worksheets to help organize our ideas while guiding our thoughts.

The five people I chose was Dorothy Flyfaster, Ginger Soda, Student Example Nobody, Rolling Stone, and Kappa Gamma.

The biggest thing that stood out to me while scanning the documents was the use of organizational spacing throughout the document and how easily I could pick out WHAT they had done at their jobs, not WHERE or WHEN they had done them. The use of excessive bold type or many underlines distracted from many of the resumes' content.

After watching my pitch I was, as I expected, disappointed with how I came across.  Right off the bat I didn’t like the way I appeared to be dressed or how I seemed uncomfortable and unprofessional by having my hands in my pockets.  My projection seemed pretty good but my tone seemed to match the enthusiasm I had for the day, which wasn’t very good.  I think I did a good job trying to involve the audience by making strong eye contact with more than one area, though.

Before reading this article I was generally aware of the scrutiny, or lack thereof, that resumes go through, but this enlightened me to a few more areas that are offten scrutinized more thoroughly than I originally thought.  Had Douglas Richardson reviewed my resume it would have fallen into his "taxing my credulity" pile.

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www.careermag.com/Jobs/Systems-Auditor-MB-jp19814570.htm

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jobview.monster.com/getjob.aspx

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There were quite a few good business pitches, but in all honesty only two or three really impressed me enough to want to vote for them. A lot of it had to do with the enthusiasm of the speaker, but also how well the business idea flowed with my morals and personal opinions. For example, I'm not really big into alcohol or partying, so those pitches, regardless of how well they were presented, had a negative tone to me.

The pitch that I intended to give was actually a thought-out, generally intriguing 60 second  speech that touched upon what MuZation.com is and what it has potential to achieve.  Unfortunately a massive headache and poor rehearsal made for a sloppy and, to be honest, embarrassing pitch. What I will do, however, is explain what I was going for in the pitch I intended to give.

To be an Entrepreneur means to be a jack of all trades -- you must have skills from many aspects of life. Some skills come very naturally; some must be learned. Either way, an entrepreneur must/should be well versed in some, if not all, of the skills listed below.