Blog 7- Second Interview Preparation

1)  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert? My mentor is Boo Johnson and he works for DGK. His workplace really does reflect his expertise because all he does for work is skate. Thats why it's being reflected all the time when he is at work. 

2)  What five questions will you ask them about their background? 
1. What influenced you to get where you are now?
2. Did you see anything in the past that got in your way to get where you are today?
3. How did you get to the position your in now? (Video footage?)
4. Was the skate scene big where you grew up at? 
5. How are you enjoying life now?

Blog 6- Advisoy Prep

1) What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year? What has made it a positive experience for you? Getting a bit of history on my topic has worked really well this year for me. Knowing a bit of history helps me in different aspects for my project by understanding what caught peoples eyes back than and also what catches them now. What has made it a positive experience for me is dong somerthing im actually interested in because it doesn't bother me to actually do the work.

2)What are you finding dificult concerning senior year? How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you? How might the senior team help? Im finding the gap of the senior project a little difficult to deal with this year. Knowing that it's so far away kinda makes me lose focus on it because of the gap. I can adapt to this by taking the senior project more serious so I won't be behind when the actual presentation comes.

Blog 5- Interview 1 Reflection

1) What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? Is there anything I would do differently for my next interview?
 The most important thing I gained from this interview was the advice on how to start off a good company. That advice was that image is the biggest contributing factor towards your company because your image is what represents you. Your image is what people think of when they think about your company. So stickers would need to be an essential because that's the easiest way to spread your picture. No there's nothing i would do differently for my next interview because i don't think i need anything extra.

 2)Did I get the additional resources and contacts? What is the most useful? Why?
Yes, Boo was nice enough to contact people that he knows to also help me with my project. He was going to contact me with a friend who does marketing for his skateboarding company DGK, which would be helpful because i need this person must be real experienced in this field. Interviewing this person can probably get me real good answers and get more into depth with this project.

 3)What makes my interviewee qualified to help me?
What makes my interviewee qualified to help me is the fact that he does a bit of marketing himself. In order to be a succesful skateboarder you must sell you image in order to make it big. Boo does so by marketing himself through his company and through his fashion sense. Anything to support the way people view him, is marketing himself to his audience. My interviewee is very sucessful at doing this job for his career. Being an experienced person is what makes Boo a qualified interviewee for my project.

Blog 5

Link to Audio: https://soundcloud.com/lillego16/edwards-interview

Interview

Blog 4- House Advisory Prep 1

I don't plan on accomplishing much through my senior topic because i don't see much i can accomplish through it. My topic for senior year is skateboarding and how to market it out there for people to see and catch an interest in it. So if there is anything really to accomplish throughout this project it would be my learning experience in the field of marketing for business. If I like my experience, i would expand my knowledge on this topic and probably consider doing it for a career. So in conclusion, I plan to accomplish some knowledge and interest in the field of marketing. I also have this picture of Ryan Sheckler to show the Red Bull sponsorship incorperated, not for Ryan. Sorry.  

Blog 3- First Interview Preparation.

1)  Who do you plan to interview and why?
I plan on interviewing any owner of a skate shop that I can find. Preferably a well known skateboarding shop for the better. Why I would want to interview a owner of a skateshop is because they can easily help me answer my questions and they would know a lot about my topic and how everything works from what benefits professional skateboarders get to how much the skateboarding industry incomes annually.

2) What additional questions do you plan on asking?  Two additional questions I plan on asking during this interview is 1) How did you come about having a skateboard shop? 2) Is having a skateboard shop worth it financially and in other aspects in well? I don't wanna overwhelm them with questions because i need to save some important questions for other interviewees.