1. Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise?
- I plan to interview my brother, Justin Khoury. He's had experience in a wide variety of fields all of which are different branches of business. Such extend to automotive repairs, car sales, advertising, Toyota dealership managing, social media directing, magazines, and managing stores. He currently works with Toyota of Glendora as the social media director and marketer. With all of his experience I see myself gaining valuable input from him on how well structured my EQ is and what answers it can lead to.
2. Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview. What is the date and time of the
interview?
- I set the date and time with him on Sunday January 24 at 4 p.m.
3. Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
- What mistakes do you think lead to businesses ultimately failing?
4. Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).
- When you were a business manager, what activities did you engage in to adapt to changing consumerism?
5. Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.
- Do you think my EQ tackles one of the many controversies in the field of entrepreneurship?
- Businesses fail for a plethora of reasons, what reason do you think sticks out the most?
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
- I am currently doing my mentor-ship at the Cantina Grill restaurant a couple blocks down from I-Poly.
2. Who is your contact? What makes this person an expert?
- Currently I have two contacts, Saab Shammas who is the owner of the restaurant, and his daughter Cathy Shammas who is the manager. Saab (who also happens to be my mentor) has been in the restaurant business for over 20 years, owning multiple successful restaurants in the due process. Cathy has only been in this line of work for a couple years, but while she lacks the extent of experience that Saab carries under his belt, she does know what she is doing considering the fact that she has been running the restaurant as a manager since she has worked there.
3. How many hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).
- I have so far done 10 hours of mentorship so far.
4. Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.
- In the restaurant I work pretty much whatever the employees want me to do. This includes washing dirty dishes and placing them for the next orders, cleaning tables and trays to promote sanitary requirements, make the spices for the orders such as guacamole and salsa, cut tomatoes, lettuce, and onions, and help cook the beans. It differs day to day on what i do considering that there are employees who are already doing these tasks. In the future I plan to complete my hours by simply just going after school and working my shifts there. It's convenient and orderly so it shouldn't be too hard.
1.
It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it
is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your
senior project?
- I did one hour of mentor ship at the restaurant I volunteer at. More or less I figured out how my schedule for service hours was gonna work, instead of coming on Saturdays when business is slow, it's best I come directly after school when business is on the rise. It simply is better considering that there is always something to do. On Saturdays I can find myself standing bored because most of what usually needs to be done is already taken care of, that's how slow Saturdays are.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?
- I didn't learn much to be honest, mostly all I figured out was how I was to conduct my mentor ship in a timely manner. I know now what schedule works for me, but aside from that not much new has happened.
3. Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?
- Two people come to mind, my mentor and my brother. Both are actively engaged in business concurrently and have worked with me in the past regarding this project. My mentor I believe can give me great feedback since he is after all heavily experienced in this field. My brother on the other hand doesn't have the 20 year experience, but does have a more modern pretext knowledge about modern business, Such include knowledge of social media advertising, marketing, community outreach, sales, and taxes. I know I can learn different things form both of these people which is why they are my top two choices.
