Philosophy

Today I went to the philosophy classes.
It was really interesting. It made me think about things
around me, about myself and about my feelings. It is really
useful, it helps to take right decisions, to hear voice inside you.
We did one exercise. It is easy. You should seat down, close your
eyes, try to hear every voice around you, try to feel a ground under
your feet, try to feel clothes on your skin and try to hear a voice inside
you. It is quite difficult but if you will train a lot, it is possible. It will
help you to make right decisions by hearing your own voice.
So I found it really interesting...

$100 Cups of Cat-Poo Coffee

Concept: By mixing extremely rare Kopi Luwak bean freshly "expelled" from a rare Indonesian cat through its faeces into coffee, one London entrepreneur has created an exotic new coffee brew in London that sells for $100 a cup. Would Ripley believe this?

Strengths:

• New idea

Weaknesses:

• Location
• Expensive

Starbucks Hot Coffee Vending Machines

Concept: In their attempt to colonize the entire coffee-consuming world, Starbucks have now introduced their own branded hotcoffe vending machines as a way to reach places where their ever-growing branch of stores cannot.

Strengths:

• No staff
• Can located anywhere
• Fast

Weaknesses:

• Poor quality of coffee
• Need money for machinery

Massaging Backpack

Concept: If you have to wear a backpack whike camping or travelling the world, why not get one that massages your back as you carry it?

Strengths:

• It's a new idea, so it can be interesting for customers
• Early adopter
• No competitors

Weaknesses:

• need location, where we will sell product
• need staff

The problems a British business faces in trying to do business in Kazakhstan.

The first problem is employees.
Because I think it will be hard to find employees
who can speak in English. It is a lot of really good
specialists who have great education and experience but they don’t speak in English.

The second problem is to get the government permission.

The third problem is taxes. It can be very big taxes.

Why are colour prints so much more expensive than black and white?

Colour prints so much more expensive than
black and white people prefer things that
appear good. For example, colourful photos
much better than black and white photos, they
are more beautiful. So, demand for colour prints
more than demand for black and white. I think
that is why colour prints so much more expensive.

Why prices in a hotel min-bar co expensive?

I think that prices in a hotel mini-bar so expensive
because owners of hotel know that customer would
better buy drinks in the mini-bar than going to the
next supermarket. It’s very popular business strategy.
People think that it is easier take something that next
to you than waste your time by going somewhere
where you can buy things for cheaper price.