We had a strong week wrapping up both projects. Early in the week, we were lucky enough to get valuable feedback on our presentation for the storefront project. We also continued to diligently sell stickers through the deadline. In the end, we made around $250 profit! We are really excited with the outcome of our $200 project. It taught us valuable lessons about time management, and starting up a business.
The sticker project has proven to be very successful. Almost everyday, I had students coming up to me asking to buy a sticker. In the beginning, I was very nervous about how successful the stickers were going to be. We were unable to sell the stickers at the Powderpuff game, and we weren't sure if this was going to break us. It didn't. We found many other alternatives for selling stickers to students, faculty, and parents. We were even lucky enough to sell some to Ms. Holman! All of us really benefited from the hands on experience of starting up a business and all of the hard work that comes with it.
For the storefront, we started off the week creating a presentation to share all of the hard work we have been doing on the storefront project. It encompassed every meaning of a "rough draft," but we spent the rest of the week working hard to finalize it. We were fortunate enough to spend one class period scoping out 4A Coffee and the surrounding competitors of the new retail space. Alua's parents were extremely kind and welcoming. They encouraged us to take pictures of the Coolidge Corner location. They explained a little bit of how the coffee shop is run, and showed us all of the coffee beans before they were roasted. It was extremely fun and exciting to see the coffee shop in action! Here is a picture of the four of us laughing at a joke Alua's mom told us.
I look forward to seeing the pictures and the final presentation. You guys have made good headway with this project.
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