WEDNESDAY 02/20

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 3 discussion questions 8-20 were due.
-You filled out a Plus/Delta Chart as an evaluation of the first 1/4 of the semester.
-We discussed the NY/NJ Super Bowl SBJ article that was due last Friday.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 3. Our discussion focused on how athletic & recreation facilities are significant aspects for student recruitment & retention on college/university campuses. We also discussed how sports/recreation & entertainment venues are usually the center piece of downtown revitalization efforts by towns & cities.

HOMEWORK:
-Ronnie Emanuelson will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-I will assign Chapter 4 discussion questions on Friday that will be due next Monday.
-Click this link to last week's SBJ and read the article "Rockies Upgrading Coors Field" on page 9 & answer the following discussion questions for Friday:
1) How many skyboxes are the Rockies consolidating into 4 super suites?
2) What are the Rockies turning most of the press box into?
3) All together, the upgrade projects total how much money?
4) What is the capacity of Coors Field?
5) Each of the 4 super suites can accommodate up to how many people?
6) What is the ticket price a game person for these suites & what does that price cover?
7) What is the ticket price a game per person for the premium seats in the new press box club & what does that price cover?
8) What has resulted in MLB teams finding new ways to fill unused press box space & generate new revenue?
9) The Coors Clubhouse will have new seats that will be about how many inches wider than the original chairs?
10) What is the name of the group-space in right-center field that is being remodeled with a permanent bar & a shuffleboard table?

IC212
TODAY:
-Chapter 3 discussion questions 6-14 were due.
-You filled out a Plus/Delta Chart as an evaluation of the first 1/4 of the semester.
-We finished discussing Chapter 2. Our discussion focused on the Product Diffusion Curve & the concept of "there is never only one customer."

HOMEWORK:
-Kelsey Devlin will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-No new discussion questions due for Friday. I will assign Drucker Chapter 4 discussion questions on Friday that will be due next Monday.

MN371
TODAY:
-Beer Wars discussion questions were due.
-Chapter 1 discussion questions 1-4 were due.
-We discussed the craft beer industry & Beer Wars.

HOMEWORK:
-Chris Cotta will bring in a current event for us to discuss.
-Answer the following Chapter 1 discussion questions for Friday:
5) What are the 8 factors that are driving the entrepreneurial trend in our economy?
6) Define "small business."
7) What % of businesses in America are considered "small?"
-Answer the following Brewing Up A Business discussion questions for next Friday:
Chapter 3
1) How many states does Dogfish Head distribute to?
2) What's the difference between most big breweries tap handles & Dogfish Head's?
3) What was the problem with the bottles labeled "recork?"
4) At the very least, creating a business takes 2 people. Who are they?
5) Sam advises all businesspeople to maintain at least one what?
6) What is the name of Sam's hip-hop group that he started with one of Dogfish Head's brewers?
7) What are the names of Sam's hip-hop group's 2 albums?
Chapter 4
1) What type of ales are becoming a more popular segment of the high-end beer category?
2) What is the name of the Dogfish Head Belgian-style white beer made with with lemongrass & chunks of dried organic oranges?
3) What are some of the advantages to staring Dogfish Head as a brewpub instead of a microbrewery?
4) Dogfish Head's mission statement came from what author?
5) What % of the restaurants that open today fail within 5 years?
6) What is AB-InBev's market share of domestic beer sales?
7) Why do the big breweries use corn instead of barley to brew their beer?
8) According to Sam, what is the most important goal in life?
9) What is the #1 reason small companies go out of business?
10) The average brewpub utilizes brewing equipment that makes about how many barrels of beer in every batch?
11) The average cost of a new brewing system that will yield about 20 kegs per batch is what?
12) Sam's first brewing equipment could only make what kind of beer?
13) Dogfish Head brewed over how many styles of beer in their first year in business?
14) Dogfish Head averages over how many visitors to its Milton, DE production brewery?
15) What did Dogfish Head make for the first time in 1999?
16) What is the name of the answer to Question 15?