Mushroom Origami

Sown Boxes Logo

Origami in Milan

Bibliography

 (Jen)

Packaging Suppliers & News, 2011. Biodegradable Box Design. [online] Available at: <http://www.packaging-int.com/article/biodegradable-box-designs.html> [Accessed 21 February 2010].

Shawkins, 2010. Archive for Category Seeds. Suttons Gardening Blog, [blog] 3 November, Available at: <http://www.growyourownclub.co.uk/category/water-conservation/> [Accessed 18 February 2010].

The People’s Supermarket, 2011. [TV programme] Channel 4, 20 February 2011 20.00.

WWOOF New Zealand, 1973. Volunteering – The Organic Way. [online] Available at: <http://www.wwoof.co.nz/> [Accessed 9 February 2011].

Brechin Castle Garden centre

On Friday I took a trip to the Brechin Castle Garden Centre as part of the research for our Sown Boxes project.

Here are some of the photos I took and also a plan of the patio area outside the restaurant.

Logo

Patio

Lake

Play area

Food counter

Seating

Display of seed packets

Patio plan (not to scale)

Unfortunately it was raining so the scenery does not look very appealing,



New Business Questions

These are the 10 Questions I mentioned the other day.

10 Questions to Consider When Starting a New Business

The following questions should be considered when starting a new business; they also make an executive summary of a business plan.
Briefly write out your thoughts related to the following issues.

1)      What is the Product/Service?

2)      What is the Unique Value Proposition?

1.       What makes it better or different?

3)      What is the Market Opportunity?

1.       What problem do you solve?

2.       How large is the market?

3.       How fast is the market growing?

4.       Who is the competition?

4)      How do you Make Money?

1.       What is the revenue model?

5)      Who is the Management Team?

1.       How are they uniquely qualified?

6)      What is the Strategy?

1.       What is the long term goal?

2.       What are the 3, 6, 9 & 12 month milestones?

7)      How do you Sale or market your Product/Service?

8)      How Much Capital do you Need/Intend to Raise?

1.       What are the Primary Start-Up Costs?

9)      What are the Projected Financials for the Company?

1.       What is the projected income statement?

10)   What is the Preliminary Valuation of the Company?

1.       How much would you sell a percentage of your company for?

Notes from Tuesday Meeting

Here are some notes I made from the meeting we had on Monday.

Items discussed at the Group meeting on Tue 15 Feb 2011.

In attendance: Jennifer, Rebecca, Yi Nan, Stephen & Alan.

Title	Remarks	Action
Bottles	Blog that we are no longer going to do this project – doing Sown Boxes instead.
Boxes	Sizes Materials Suppliers Cost Delivery Distribution
Boxes	How it indicates what seeds are in them?
Branding		Robin
Coffee cups Soup containers Sandwiches	With seeds in them
Container types	Soup Cup Box
Food	See mind map on PostGroupMeeting_15Feb2011
Garden centres / eating places	Brechin castle garden centre Tesco Riverside School canteens Hospital canteens / cafe Do drawings as well
Google	QR How long does it take for the box to biodegrade? How do other countries recycle?
Grafix coating?	Biodegradable material.
Jobs 1	Look at eating places & design gardens Schools, colleges, uni.	Jen Grant Alan
Jobs 2	Photoshop Development of Yi Nan images & CAD drawings Branding	Yi  Nan Jonathon Robin
Menu	Soup Sandwiches Wraps Baguettes Baked potatoes Pies Pasta Salad Drinks Smoothies Fruit juice
Mushroom	Great wall Other places in China
Next Wed 23 Feb	Everyone find 4 websites about ·         Life boxes ·         Gardening ·         Recycling ·         Postconsumer	Look at websites and keep references
Pete	Ask Pete about his vegetables for the SOWN BOXES projects.
Photos	Girls at the computer to post on Team Blog. SOWN BOXES poster.
Portfolio	Research on Postconsumer Development into product	Mind maps Photos Articles Life boxes Gardening Recycling Postconsumer Look at websites and keep references
Post consumers	Include: ·         Children ·         Parents ·         Teachers
Questions?	Will we give Hamid our notsosecretgarden blog?
Seeds	Suppliers Cost Type of veg seeds
SOWN BOXES	Products already ·         Life Box ·         Gardening ·         Recycling ·         Post consumers
Utensils	Fork Knife Spoon Stirrer	Biodegradable?
Veg already half grown	Tomato plants etc
Websites	Look at and reference all the sites listed on the sheet Hamid gave us.