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My Name is Brent Youngmark,

I am currently pursuing a major in International Business at Chatham University. Some of my interests include politics and traveling.

This is a blog for BUS105 Individual Assignments

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Individual Assignment #03

Company Me Personal Business Plan              The mission statement for Company Me is to provide our customers with the best possible service, while maintaining a safe and fun work environment for our employees.  Business Environment                          Company Me is competing in the food service industry. We are a restaurant that specializes in New Mexican cuisine. The food service industry in the global environment is not very stable. It is affected by many variables such as the cost of food, the cost of labor, the type of cuisine being cooked and the location of the restaurant. The economic forces that influence supply and demand of the food service industry is again the cost of food, the cost of labor, etc.  The average server in Pennsylvania makes around $26,000 a year or $2.83 an hour plus tips.  Entrepreneurship and Strategy             As the CEO of a New Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I expect one of the biggest challenges I’ll
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Individual Assignment 4

For the individual assignment 4, I went to one of the events which was a part of Pittsburgh’s Inclusive Innovation week 2018. ON Wednesday April 4, 2018 I along with my fellow classmate Abdullah, attended the Saving with Zero Waste event. This event was from 6:00pm – 7:30pm, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh East Liberty. Since it has almost been a month I don’t exactly remember the names of each speaker but I do know that it was 4 women and 1 man. It was definitely a different type of event and wasn’t what I expected it to be.              The event really focused on how to reduce ones carbon footprint and the amount of waste we produce. This included at the individual level as well as the company level. I would argue that this event somewhat tied into the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility. This is because one of the speakers talked about how companies and individuals need to be responsible for the amount of waste they produce, and how they can take steps to fix this p
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Individual Assignment 5

My favorite guest lecture was Cassandra Pan who was our last guest speaker of the semester. Cassandra Pan is currently a Business Consultant in the Pittsburgh area. She attended Mount Holyoke College in 1977-1981 where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Affairs. In 2003, she received an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis – Olin Business School. Starting in 2009, Ms. Pan was the President of Fenner Dunlop Americas, where she was responsible for leading the operation and expansion of the Fenner Dunlop’s Engineered Conveyors Solutions business in North and South America. Since her early retirement in 2015, Cassandra has volunteered as a Board Member for WQED Multimedia and is a Mentor at AlphaLab Gear. She was born in Taiwan, speaks 3 different languages including Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Cantonese, and English and had worked in Shanghai and Hong Kong before relocating to Pittsburgh.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandra-pan-075613107/           
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