John Goodman

I got a new favorite quote from John Goodman who came to our school this past week. “If you steal from one its plagiarism, If you steal from many its research” This became my facebook status during our first break.

I don’t know too much about what john has done in her life and what she has accomplished but just hearing her talk tells you that she has experienced and lived some serious business in her life. She knows she can do practically anything she wants.

She talked a lot about what you should do before submitting your plans for a new company. Market research is very important so you do not waste your time or the people you are pitching it to. She said to question a small group of people in advanced to see what negative things those people have to say so you can make changes before being denied, DO THOSE INTERVIEWS!

I liked how she talked about needing to know where you want your business to go as you are starting it up so you can set up its legal rights off the bat because it’s usually hard to change. The things to look at are weather your objective is: sell before you die, to sell, to give to kids, to take to public.

The final thing was that most restraints do not sell food they are selling the experience. She pointed out how this is true not only for the fancy restaurant, but also for the fast food joints. This is something to defiantly look into and never forget if opening a restaurant.

I pretty much took everything in that she said because i knew she was rich and had accomplished a lot.