...NICE AUDIO HEADPHONES INC.-BUSINESS PLAN Name Instructor Institution Date Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………3 Business Description……………………………………………………………………………...3 Opportunity……………………………………………………………………………………….4 Industry and market analysis……………………………………………………………………...4 Market analysis………………...………………………………………………………………….5 Competitive analysis………………………………………………………………………………6 Marketing strategy………………………………………………………………………………...7 Human Resource Requirements…………………………………………………………………...9 Startup Costs…………………………………………………….……………………………….10 Sales and Financial Projections………………………………………………………………….12 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………………..18 Conclusions………………………………………………………………………………………19 References………………………………………………………………………………………..20 Executive Summary The business name is Nice Audio Headphones Inc. and it will be located in Louisiana, New Orleans in the East Coast of the United States. Its key activities will be marketing and provision of audio products, which entails the provision of audio devices for customers to use in mp3 players, smartphones, laptops and tablets among others. Being a technology industry, the business will be registered by the United States’ Registration Authority; RA, which regulates products from companies. Nice Audio Headphones Inc. will be facing stiff competition (hyper competition) from other established businesses which offer audio products since the technology industry is quickly progressing...
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...beings. The only reason why some of the members of the tribe are being a danger to the modern people is that they feel threaten. It’s saddening that slowly the tribes are disappearing and that some people just forget about them like they never existed. Well honestly, they are not the only ones that will be gone but the beautiful surroundings that they are also trying to preserve. Like the forest in Brazil, it is the Surui Indian tribe who are protecting this from the illegal loggers. Their lives are being threatened and they have no one protecting them from it except with their beliefs. It’s really a relief that they have Almir Suri who is part of their tribe and is really trying to fight for the tribe’s survival. Even though he had study in a nice university outside their place, he hasn’t forgotten where he came from and is still ready to help them grow more. Also, I think Almir is trying to show the world that he can also put up with the abilities of the modern people, that even though he started from being a member of a tribe whose life is just simple yet civilized, he knows what the overall people...
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...Book Review: Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office What is this book about? In the book Nice Guy Can Get the Corner Office, the author challenged the adage “Nice guys finish last.” He believed that a guy can be nice and successful at business at the same time. The subtitle would tell us better about what’s in this book: "Eight Strategies for Winning in Business without Being a Jerk." The author defines “nice” as a constructive and consciously chosen approach to relationships that is founded on: * Attempting to optimize outcomes for both others and ourselves * Striving to balance assertiveness with cooperation to achieve a spirit of collaboration * Honoring the value and strength of others and ourselves * Seeking optimal outcomes for everyone involved by emphasizing truthfulness and authenticity * Opening confronting challenges and disagreements and embracing the innovation-promoting benefits of constructive idea conflict The author also defines “success in business” as need are fulfilled—individual’s need as well as the needs of others. The authors surveyed more than 350 nice guys and found out that most of them are “too nice”. And these overly nice guys are always struggling between “eager to please others” (being too nice) and “fulfill their own needs (being successful in business).” This book gives eight strategies to help those overly nice guys balance being nice and being a jerk when achieving success. These eight strategies consists of eight rights...
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...What Every MBA Student in the World Needs to Know Sandeep Krishnamurthy http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep 1 Management ≠ analysis. What you are learning in school is analysis. You are being taught tools and techniques. Analysis is just one of the ingredients in the recipe. You may have the best analysis in the room. However, if your analysis is not heard and taken seriously, it is of no value. Too often, talented people with the best answers sit in the back of the room while hacks run the show. If you enjoy the view from the back, getting an MBA will not change anything. A MBA degree only works if you are willing to transform yourself. Are you? 2 Einstein would have been a terrible manager. There is a huge misconception among students that being smart is the way to be successful. Let me break this to you. It is not about being smart. There are many smart people who are absolutely incompetent managers. Not to mention the fact that many smart people are first-rate jerks. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying you have to be dumb to succeed. What I am saying is that you do not have to be a Mensan to make it to the top. All you need is average intelligence. But, you need other qualities. 3 Bill Clinton would have been an excellent manager. The man had his faults. But, he could communicate like few others. Bad managers are, frequently, terrible communicators. They have good ideas. They simply don’t know how to get them across. You cannot lead, motivate or sell if you cannot...
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...desirable neighbors. It is a fact that all of us have our own difficulties and nothing is more meaningful than a hand given to us in time of need. For instance, when you are busy organizing a get-together with all members in your family but the fact that you have forgotten to purchase one of the most important ingredients threatens to ruin your main dish. However, you can easily have the neighbors to travel to the market and buy it for you. That’s an accurate picture of a helpful neighbor who you should be grateful to. Furthermore, a kind neighbor from my point of view would have the quality of sympathy. Having someone to care about you and share their feelings with you is necessary when you are experiencing a tough time in life . For example, a nice neighbor to a widow who has just lost her husband in a terrible accident must help her to overcome with grief. There may be cases where there are children whose their parents got dirvoced. In such cases, a good neighbor is required to treat them equally to other kids instead of gossiping anything about them. In addition to helpfulness and sympathy, a neighbor who possess a sense of integrity would be perfect. I can endure the fact that there are some two-faced people who always steal my properties such as water, electricity supply and even illegaly use my wireless internet connection. To sum up, my portrait of an obliging neighbor must be a caring, sympathetic and trustworthy...
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...The Art of Digital Audio Recording The Art of Digital Audio Recording A Practical Guide for Home and Studio Steve Savage With photos by Robert Johnson and diagrams by Iain Fergusson 3 3 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2011 by Steve Savage Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Savage, Steve. The art of digital audio recording: a practical guide for home and studio / Steve Savage; with photos by Robert Johnson and diagrams by Iain Fergusson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-539409-2; 978-0-19-539410-8 (pbk.) 1. Sound studios. 2. Sound—Recording...
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...Tools By Joshua Perry Pro Tools Systems I chose to do a software review on the software package Pro Tools. The reason being is that I love to do music and video editings and recordings. This software application by far is the most dominating one of its kinds and is considered the standard in the entertainment industry today. Every single professional audio production facility from recording studios to audio post-production studio uses a Pro Tools system. The application was created by Digidesign who is also owned by Avid. This software rules the film, TV and music editing and recording world as we know it. Pro Tools has a steep learning curve and is not easy to use either. But what you pay for in time and hard earned cash is an amazingly stable application that produces the highest quality digital music recordings in the business. Professional musicians everyone from the best rock bands to orchestral film composers rely on the versatility and power of Pro Tools to deliver every type of sound imaginable, whether the sound is a human voice, an analog instrument or a nearly limitless number of virtual instruments and audio effects. Virtual instruments are similar to virtual machines which was a topic of debate that sage had against University of Albany previously. Pro Tools is not just software. The Application works together with a lot of internal and external hardware components which creates the most powerful and interchangeable recording, editing and mixing systems. ...
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...Locating Fallacies in Articles How can I attain balance in my life to become a successful JIU student? After reading the article: Academic Performance of College Students; I discovered a fallacy. The article is a research that was completed in 2006, but it is a little misleading for the reader, due to college students are less prepared for college-level work than their predecessors. It says they spend less hours studying and more hours working. Through out times, students have balanced work and study. Even though most students work, they find jobs to work around there classes. Most students work part-time up to 20 hours a week, to allow many hours for homework. Plus college students take their homework them, allowing them to study on breaks or lunch times. The article almost made me believe that the grades fail due to not enough studying and working to much. Maybe it should take in account that it is not all about work. It should take into account that this is the first time these students have lived on there own, without parental supervision. How freshman students have to learn how to balance school, work and outside social activities. Time management is something we learn, it is not imbedded in us or part of our nature, but by trial and error we learn to bring balance in. It is a time that we start learning how to manage our time, while accomplishing our grades, and enjoying our surroundings. The H.W. Wilson Company/Wilson Web Author: Sarath A...
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...entry level salaries vary. It ranges from $24,000 to $40,000 a year. Companies with positions: Stush Records | Cherry Beach Sound | Metal Works Production Group | ZoomerMedia Limited | True North Records | Mint Records | Tips: Bibliography Websites: "Sound Technician Duties and Responsibilities." Sound Technician Job Description: Responsibilities, Skills and Qualifications. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://www.thejobexplorer.com/Job_Description/Sound_Technician.html>. ""Sound Engineering Technician" Job Description - Part 1." Sound Engineering Technician Job Description, Duties and Jobs. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/Sound-Engineering-Technicians.cfm>. "Becoming an Audio Engineer: Job Description & Salary Info." N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://diplomaguide.com/articles/Becoming_an_Audio_Engineer_Job_Description_Salary_Info.html>. "Record Companies in Canada." Record Companies in Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://www.musicbymailcanada.com/CANLAB.html>....
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...Theater Sound MAE 5083 Charles O’Neill November 20, 2001 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Sound Recording 2.1 Mechanical Schemes 2.2 Optical Schemes . . 2.3 Magnetic Schemes . 2.3.1 Tape Noise . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 2 2 3 Theater Construction 3.1 Room Sizing and Materials . . 3.2 Seating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Large Theater . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Small Screening Room Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 5 5 6 . . . . . 7 7 7 7 9 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sound Equipment 4.1 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Dolby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.1 Noise Reduction Theory 4.2.2 Analog . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.3 Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “You ain’t heard nothing yet” Al Jolson 1 Introduction The movie theater is a creation of the 20th century. While both pictures and reproduced sound existed earlier, their joining didn’t occur until the 1920’s. The movie theater requires syncronization...
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...Ruining Read: Case Study Innovation DeVry College 3/19/16 Can you map the different kinds of innovation in the case study? Which were incremental and which radical/discontinuous? One of the innovation in this case study is E-tailing. Electronic or E-tailing retailing is one of the major channel where company conduct business to business or stay in touch with their consumer where the products of service of good is sell through in the internet. Now in days the music industry has a lot way to streams music without breaking the bank. with technology been invented and with the access of the internet “musicians no longer need to depend on being picked up by A&R staff from major companies who can bear the costs of recording and production of a physical CD. Instead they can use home recording software and either produce a CD themselves or else go straight to MP3 – and then distribute the product globally via newsgroups, chat-rooms, etc. " Musician can Sell their music through advertisement and digital record, website, and much. In this case study the E-tailing channel provide the ultimate and hard copy CD'S that anyone could've imagine. At one point in time CD's were the number one things in the music industry customer purchase a CD's and listen to their music without interruption. Now people purchase their music by download or stream them live. ‘Over 1 billion songs have now been legally purchased and downloaded around the globe, representing a major force against music...
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...TRAINING MODULE LAYOUT Training module number :1 Title: Importance of feedback in performance management WHAT | HOW | DAY 1INTRODUCTIONPEN IT DOWN : WHO ARE YOU?ACTIVITY 1:DARE TO SHARE 1ACTIVITY 2:CATCH THE BALL INTO THE BASKETACTIVITY 3: A PRESENTATION ON FEEDBACK MECHANISM AND IT’S IMPORTANCE.ACTIVITY 4:WRAP IT UP!.DAY 2:QUICK REVISIONACTIVITY 1:DARE TO SHARE 2. | Introduction of the trainer and the training need is very much essential for an effective training programme. * Welcome the audience. * Introduction session wherein the trainer will introduce himself formally. * Engage people a bit by asking them to guess what could be that day’s training need . * Then introduce the training need to the audience using a video (showing importance of effective feedback mechanism in managing performance in a an organisation)As the audience is large, we can ask all the managers to write their names and the department they belong to on a piece of paper, so that a fishbowl draw can be done to call people out for participation, when ever it’s required throughout the training programme . Call 10 people from the audience using fishbowl draw, and ask them to share their experience as a manager and how easy or difficult it has been for them to manage the performance of their employees. This will actually bring into picture the various problems that a manager faces in managing the...
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...In reviewing the financial performance of PetMed Express: The annual report of 2008 of the company describes that the company the company net income and profitability high. The revenue of the company was $10 million in 2001 and it has been reached at $108.4 million in 2005. That was a skyrocketed performance of the firm (PetMed Express (PETS), 2006). At the end of fiscal year 2008, net income of the company is $20,022,231 (PetMed Express: 2008 Annual Report, 2009). The accounting policies of the company are also critical and effective. This is the balancing loop of the organization, because it helps the management to make a balance among all the strategies and programs (PetMed Express: Our Company, 2009). Selecting this balancing feedback loop is to explain the effective strategies of the company to provide safe and quality services and products to the clients within reasonable cost. This feedback loop has been selected because it demonstrates the controlling or balancing action on the part of the organization. Reinforcing feedback loops can be describes as those loops, which amplify the feedback of the organizational output to make the inputs stronger (Galbraith, 1999). The present structure of the pharmaceutical company, in which PetMed is operating, rest on the following feedback loops. R&D investments are the main source of intellectual property and patents. Patents offer a legal barrier to entry to competition, which permits the firm to completely extract the high...
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...Group contributes to the sustainable future of planet Earth. YOUR LIFE WITH ENHANCED COMPATIBILITY* Enjoy total movie indulgence in 27 video formats** with the new Power TV – PB10 and PS10! With playback compatibility of 27 video formats, you can now playback most of the popular video formats commonly available in the market for greater sharing convenience on various model sizes. PB10 and PS10 are the latest addition to the Power TV family that can now bring you and your loved ones to a whole new level of home entertainment. You can now enjoy your favourite video collection in the most stylish and hassle-free manner – Simply plug and playback directly from your USB flash drive. What’s more, the new PB10 and PS10 can even work with 4 Audio Formats (MP3, MP4, WAV and WMA) and JPEG playback to allow hassle-free playback of songs and music directly from a flash drive, or viewing photos and re-collecting fond memories of your recent outings with you and your loved ones. * Subject to hardware and software specifications. ** Combination of 27 video formats in the following media formats (AVI, PS, TS/TP, VOB, MOV, MP4, ASF/WMV, DivX, Xvid, MKV, RMVB, FLV, 3GPP, M-JPEG) in various video codec. Please refer to Owner’s Manual for more details. PB10 PB1 Power Booster PS10 PS1 P ower Saver PC1 Power Charger Make Your Choice to Upgrade Your Life Power TV, the new family member of Toshiba REGZA LCD TV, is power-packed with practical features in an elegantly crafted...
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...Sound Recorder for Windows (Freeware) Audacity MP3 Recorder is used to record audio through a computer’s sound card into an audio format file. [pic] FOR AP EXAMS, ONLY MP3 RECORDING FORMAT IS ACCEPTABLE. Operating Instructions for proctors: (Proctor should announce instructions - in blue colored text - to the candidates) 1. Double click the Audacity Recorder icon (headphones) on your Windows Desktop or from START>PROGRAMS menu: [pic] This will display the recorder screen as shown here: [pic] 2. Put on your headset or microphone to the most advantageous position in order to achieve a good recording level. 3. Click the [pic] (Record button) on the tool menu and read the following sentence: “This is a test recording. Testing microphone 123.” 4. Click the [pic] (Stop button) to stop the test recording. 5. Click the [pic] (Play button) to replay this test recording. If this test recording was clearly audible, then you are all set to record your responses. If not, raise your hand for help in troubleshooting (see steps at end of this document) Once the Record button is clicked again, it will begin recording the real test responses. DO NOT click the Stop button until all the test responses are recorded. One continuous MP3 file must be created to record the responses. Stopping in between will create more than one file or overwrite the existing one. If ready to begin the test recording, go to the next step. 6. Click “x” on the...
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