Sticker Exchange at Covert Shop

On Sunday, Covert Shop had an event where locals and non-locals came to look around and excahnge stickers. The event was free and had a good atmosphere with a Dj playing good music, just a great time at Covert Shop.

Science Fair Proposal

1. What is your topic?

• Skate Shop Management 

2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)

• "If your business has avoided exploring corporate sponsorship and cause marketing, thinking your marketing dollars are better spent on traditional advertising, you're missing valuable opportunities to"
• Bower, Gail S. "Too Small for Corporate Sponsorship? Think Again: How Your Business Benefits, Just like the Big Guys." Gailbower.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2012. <http://www.gailbower.com/pages/article_small.php>.

3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)

• If a manager of a skate shop goes to more events, has more knowledge on skateboarding, or college credibility their skate shop will be more profitable.

4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.

• This experiment will be performed by going to 22 skate shops around LA county and San Bernardino County. I will ask the owner or manager of the shops if they go to events, how much they know about skateboarding, and if they went to college to study business. After I would ask them if I can see their profits and see how much they are gaining.

5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:

• Mathematics & Computer Science

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

1) What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

• The working EQ used during my presentation was "What is the most successful way to run a skate shop?".

2) Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? If so, write your revised EQ here.  If not simple write "I am not going to revise my EQ at this time".

• I am not going to revise my EQ at this time.

(3) What are possible answers to your current working EQ? 

• Some possible answers to my working EQ are being passionate about skateboarding in general, having good merchandise in your shop, and having good employees that also have a passion for skateboarding.