Final Draft

A. Introduction (1-2 min) 

1. My EQ "What is most important to running a successful bakery distribution company?"
2. Ask 3 people what they think are important factors of running a business. 
3. I chose to talk about the importance of location in running a bakery, because it has a great impact on the success of your business. Deciding on the perfect area is one of the first steps in starting your business.
4. My objective: After listening to my presentation, I want my audience to have a better understanding of what makes a good location for any type of business, specially for a bakery, and what factors can affect choosing a location.  I also want them to be able to determine what the best location in a given situation would be. 

B. Body (8-9 min)

1. 4 types of location 
• homebased 
• retail
• mobile
• commercial 
2. Factors to consider: Demographics
• affordable
• accessible
• pedestrian traffic and target audience-----> Collecting Data of area. 
• Primary and secondary
• parking
• location history
• competition
• business requirements and equipment needs
• distribution- market coverage 
3. Activity (6 min)
• Partners will be given different locations and they have to determine if it appears to be a good location. Then they have to answer what kinds of things would they need to know that they can't tell from the picture to determine if it really is a good location. Discuss each location as a class.

C. Conclusion (1 min)

1. Location, location, location! All work put into running the bakery may not matter if the location is not right. As you can tell with the activity, there is a lot you have to consider and pay attention to when choosing a location. You can't just look at a location and know it will be successful. 
2. Most important source- to be determined.
3. This semester I plan to bring together all of my business research with my baking research and make it apply better to my EQ.
4. Q&A

D. Materials 

1. 4-5 locations for 13 partners
2. Powerpoint: Projector.