Friday, May 6, 2011
The Trinity Eco Tourist Lodge
We will share our business plan for this endeavor and for the concession stands for the Trinity Wave park with City Councilmann David Neumann when he visits us on the week of the 16th - at that time, we will refer to him as newly elected Councilman David Neumann, because he will have won the elections on May 14th.
Video from Video Conference with UT Law Student Rachel Stone Regarding Students wanting to open concession stands in the new Trinity Wave Park
Heather K. Way, Director, Community Development Clinic, University of Texas School of Law asked her student Rachel Stone to research and present her findings to my students on the possibility of my graduating seniors to open concession stands in the new Trinity River Wave Park. We were not able to meet with Ms. Stone until during her final exam week, so we are very thankful for her diligence and thoroughness in researching the many City of Dallas rules and regulations involved with such an operation. Ms. Stone clarified that the current laws do not allow the setting up of tents and tables in the Trinity Wave Park. She gives us, however, the name of an attorney that very much like to assist us in this endeavor. Professor Way has also promised that she wants very much for her students from the Community Development Clinic work with my classes on our various South Dallas initiatives once the new school year comes around.
Click here to see the Powerpoint that goes with the video.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Alibaba is a business in a box
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Increasing Velocity of the Business Cycle
- Mr. Dell attributes the increase in business velocity to what 4 reductions in the business cycle?
- What developments in technology allowed for this change? Explain.
After answering questions, we had a class discussion over this.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
My Alibaba Buyer Contact
Copy This Text To Send To Buyer:
To Translate The Text:
- go to this page http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
- paste the text in to the left side of the translation box.
- Do not type in A. Maceo Smith in to the blank before High School, or it may translate strangely (you will type this in later).
- Do replace the blank with the product description.
- Note how carefully I chose the words to avoid any translation mistakes; I was also very careful not to misspell words.
- The left box's translation is set to English by default - leave it this way. Above the right hand box, choose the language that your buyer speaks; you may need to research the language for the buyer's country. If the buyer is from China, choose Chinese Simplified. If the buyer is from Taiwan, use Chinese traditional.
To Get Class Credit For This Activity:
Still in Alibaba,
- Click My Alibaba
- Click on Message Center
- Click on the "Sent" folder
- Click on and open the email that you sent
- Make sure that the alibaba window is fairly small (not full screen)
- With your cursor on the alibaba page, on your keyboard hold down the key and click the button (on the top left side of your keyboard) - you will not see anything happen
- Open the Paint program (Start - All Programs - Accessories - MS Paint and paste
- Save the file to your desktop as your name and file type .jpg
- Log into blogspot
- Open a new post
- Click to insert a picture
- Browse to the .jpg file
- Title your post "First Inquiry To Buyer of _____ in _______ country."
Questions to ask buyer in a follow up email
- What will you use this product for?
- How many of these items do you want to buy each time?
- How often do you want to purchase these items?
- How much are you willing to pay for these items? If you have a range of how much you pay, is the difference of low and high prices based on condition or something else?
- How do you require the items to be packaged? (boxes, wood crates, pallets)
- Do you require the items to be shipped by air or ocean?
- Do you require the goods be shipped with a specific freight company?
- Do your suppliers usually issue you a letter of credit? What terms do you expect on the letter of credit?
- Are there any import restrictions in your country for that item?
- Are there any import taxes on this item? If so, will you pay for these?
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Why does my "new post" or "edit post" page forever loading? As a result I can not post anything new in my blog! - ANSWER
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Export of Used Goods Project
From the Alibaba home page click the link "Buying Links". Type the word "used" in the search box so that you can see what used items people around the world are willing to pay money for.
Choose one item that you think you might be able to find for free here in the US that you could sell to an overseas company that is looking for that good (buyers on this page are only there because they want to buy something). Students, pick one item, click on the link and write down all the information about what the buyer requires and their contact info. Only choose an ad for a good (an item) that the buyer wants to buy that is available in the US; you might choose to sell an item that you have laying around your house like an old cell phone, you may have seen the item laying around (like old tires ), or you may have seen the item listed on craigslist or freecycle.com. Choose an item that is neither ethically nor legally problematic (some chemical compounds that are asked for on Alibaba are illegal to mine in the US).
Turn in your product choice to me and we will discuss your choice.
Copy This Text To Send To Buyer:
To Translate The Text:
- go to this page http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
- paste the text in to the left side of the translation box.
- Do not type in A. Maceo Smith in to the blank before High School, or it may translate strangely (you will type this in later).
- Do replace the blank with the product description.
- Note how carefully I chose the words to avoid any translation mistakes; I was also very careful not to misspell words.
- The left box's translation is set to English by default - leave it this way. Above the right hand box, choose the language that your buyer speaks; you may need to research the language for the buyer's country. If the buyer is from China, choose Chinese Simplified. If the buyer is from Taiwan, use Chinese traditional.
To Get Class Credit For This Activity:
Still in Alibaba,
- Click My Alibaba
- Click on Message Center
- Click on the "Sent" folder
- Click on and open the email that you sent
- Make sure that the alibaba window is fairly small (not full screen)
- With your cursor on the alibaba page, on your keyboard hold down the key and click the button (on the top left side of your keyboard) - you will not see anything happen
- Open the Paint program (Start - All Programs - Accessories - MS Paint and paste
- Save the file to your desktop as your name and file type .jpg
- Log into blogspot
- Open a new post
- Click to insert a picture
- Browse to the .jpg file
- Title your post "First Inquiry To Buyer of _____ in _______ country."
Questions to ask buyer in a follow up email
- What will you use this product for?
- How many of these items do you want to buy each time?
- How often do you want to purchase these items?
- How much are you willing to pay for these items? If you have a range of how much you pay, is the difference of low and high prices based on condition or something else?
- How do you require the items to be packaged? (boxes, wood crates, pallets)
- Do you require the items to be shipped by air or ocean?
- Do you require the goods be shipped with a specific freight company?
- Do your suppliers usually issue you a letter of credit? What terms do you expect on the letter of credit?
- Are there any import restrictions in your country for that item?
- Are there any import taxes on this item? If so, will you pay for these?