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Reflect on a Guest Lecture

The guest lecture I used is Dr. Yuan Li who was introduced on April 13, 2018. She is the Senior Manager of Armanda Supply Chain Solutions. She has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Texas at Austin. She also has a B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University. Armada creates innovative, fully integrated supply chain solutions that deliver competitive advantages and improve business performance for clients. They provide their clients with visibility, measurement and proactive control of supply chains. Some of their clients include McDonalds, Chick-fil-a, and Chipotle. Here is the link to Armada: http://www.armada.net/ Dr. Yuan Li spoke about many terms that are in chapter nine. She spoke about supply chains, which is flow that begins with the purchase of raw materials and ends in the sale of a finished product to an end user. She also spoke about making, manufacturing, and operations management. The article I found was from Harvard Business Review and

Practice Professional Networking

   I attended the Entrepreneurship Club’s event on April 10, 2018. Jordan Robarge, who is the founder of Revival Chili, spoke to us about having a business in the food industry and how to be successful. Here is the link to Revival Chili.   http://revivalchili.com/ Revival Chili opened in the spring of 2017. Their main goal is to positively impact every single person’s life that the business touches. Jordan says that it is more than just the chili or success. He explains that it is about creating job opportunities for people with criminal history. He wants to help ex-cons re-enter society with an employment opportunity. Jordan wants to help each employee launch their own food business or food truck. Jordan answered many questions. He was asked about some difficulties of starting his own business. His answer was that it was difficult to get the money to buy his food truck. To be able to get the money he decided to move his business to a partnership, which is a

"Company Me"

Personal Business Plan: Since the genesis of ‘Study Session’, we strive to empower online productivity coaches and other online programs that aim to help college students manage time and study efficiently. Our company is providing a hands-free method to acquiring more of clients you want and revenue you need. A business owner’s main concern is to focus ON the business, not IN the business. We allow for that as we take over sales, conversions, and quality of leads to ensure the business owners focal point is creating the best quality content for their customers, instead of finding them! I am a college student and I understand the daily struggle to balance 15+ credits, a job, and social life. This company is more human than business, because my inner passion and empathy toward other struggling college students is the driving force. Surely, we could’ve launched our own productivity, studying coaching program, but we decided we wanted to help college students nationally a