A few homework vibes would be greatly appreciated!

I screwed up-big time. My prof in my small business management class bumped up the due date on a unit exam & I missed it. I lost 50 points, and when there aren't that many assignments, that makes a big dent in your grade. So I have 69.74%...a D+. I need at least a C-(I think). So the big problem is I have a tough assignment, worth 125 points...& it is giving me a migraine! I have been working on it for weeks, & asking the prof questions, but I still don't get it!! It's an online class, I've re-read the book a thousand times, & looked at tons of examples....I'm still confsued! I'm just getting frusterated. I figured if I get 90 out of 125 points, I will have 70%...I'm good with that. I have a final exam & two 25 point exams after this, but I always ace the 25 point exams & I'm pretty sure I can do good on the final...it's just this assignment!

I have to write an executive summary, marketing plan, operational plan, and financial plan for a business I chose. I chose to own & start my own dog boarding kennel(it's been a dream of mine for a long time). I figured numbers with my parents help(they are self employed) & I'll be in the hole $1,500 the first year! Who would give me a loan then!?!? I'm calling a boarding kennel tomorrow, the only one I can think of that isn't run by a vet...to see if she will meet me while I am at the HS. I am going to see if she can offer any insight on how full her kennel usually is, how many spaces she has, & anything else she can help me on. I've got the format figured out, I just don't know for sure what a kennel license would cost, or where to call to find out, etc. I am hoping she can help me perfect my numbers. My big problem is I thought I would be 40% full year round(it owuld average out over they year), but my numbers are awfully low for that. I have re-checked them, & I *think* that a clean, well run kennel would have more occupants than 40%...or else I have too many kennels. I figured the costs for two larger kennels(double dog occupany for 2 dog families), but I don't know if they would make any money! There is someone in town who wants a kennel license, but she doesn't like me because I yelled at her for not checking her dogs for heriditary health issues, etc(she breeds).

Sorry! I ramble worse than normal when I a super nervous!

GOOD luck!!!! with the homework

i started a coffee shop & internett cafe several years ago overseas.
I lied to the bank about why needed some extra money. We lived off the money the wife made for over a year before we started making any. how ever after the big shops and the movie place opened almost 2 years later then planned did the business take off. We now have 3 coffee shops, and soon to be 4.

i am sure you know already, most small business fail in the first 3 years. very few make money there first year. If you plan right, you can do very well, i am sure.

heeh how about getting a vet right out of school to join up with you? Then you can have both the kennel and vet service in one spot?

Good luck ... My mind is not at all business minded .,.. sending vibes

Oh Natalie - I remember how fun that was

I took that class 2 years ago - with Joni, right?

If you have any questions, or need some help - let me know, I remember how it goes!

Good luck hun!

Good luck! Sounds like more than I would want to do! I am sure your will do fine with it!

Mackenzie, sometimes I wish I had taken it on campus, but I chose online so I could save gas & go to the Humane Society instead. lol

I have been up since 6 this morning working on this dumb project. I am no farther than I was last night, I just keep deleting things & re-figuring numbers....I called the kennel lady & she isn't in yet. They'll call me when she is.

Good luck with the assignment {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}

Assignments suck, but I think exams suck worse

call the local anmial control or the places where you have to get your dog liscensed to find out how much a kennel liscense costs or call the humane socity and see if they know who to ask?

Jenn.

Lots of good luck vibes for your assignment.

Originally Posted by Indykitty

call the local anmial control or the places where you have to get your dog liscensed to find out how much a kennel liscense costs or call the humane socity and see if they know who to ask?

Jenn.

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I volunteer at the HS & I know they don't know anything! I called the town's office & they told me I don't need to license through them, but need to hire an inspector, etc. Get a license basically for a livestock operation. I have to have a sanitary way of getting rid of the poo!

One thing I decided on is that all dogs need to have ID tags with the owner's name, phone #, & address. I know they need kennel cogh vaccs, rabies, & distemper, for sure.

I called the kennel lady back...apparently she never got the message. That's one big drawback! I realized I don't need as manye mployees as I though, & I don't need so many kennels! My homework is flying by now that I have some definate figures planned out! Besides that, now that I decided on 1 employee(instead of 3), I am in the positive for my first year! Now all I have to do is the boring part of re-doing all my numbers & editing/prrofreading my work & I'm done!

Now that I have some more of these numbers, things seem much more feasible.....maybe I could own a kennel someday...

There is an article about dog kennels in the Houston Chronicle newspaper yesterday in the Business section.

I had a similar experience, although that time was self-inflicted.

Once I plagarized the entire paper on an English project to try to get myself kicked out of school. It was a very difficult time of my life. My parents were furious that I had a white boyfriend (housband now ) and I could not graduate with a double major in 2 and half years.

My prof liked me so she still gave me a C in the final grade. So that goes to show it is possible to bunce back after missing a major assignment/exam.

I ended up not finishing my biochemistry degree but I still got my genetics degree in three years.

Now they are calling me every week to see when will I graduate from my Ph.D...........GRRR.............