1. DIFD 321 – Week 1 John Rouda – Winthrop University

2. The Business of Web Design Key Objectives: –Leave here knowing more than you came in –Understand basic business concepts –Get a better understanding of the web and mobile world we live in –Motivate you for success in school and life –Make you a better person

3. Getting to know you About Me –Work History, Education, etc. About You –Name, Year, Major (option), job/hobbies, favorite book, etc.

4. Being Successful Stay Busy Create Habits Take Risks Don’t Delay Set Goals / Triggers Take Notes Track your time Be Safe (wait, what about risks?) Never say “I don’t have the time” Get to know your professors Get in shape Volunteer Stay out of debt

5. Syllabus http://faculty.Winthrop.edu/roudaj/difd321/

6. Learning Stuff How we’re going to do this… –2 Exams, 1 project, sporadic homework and an occasional pop quiz or pop presentation. Getting started…

7. Intro to Business Entrepreneurship Risk vs. Reward Stakeholders vs. shareholders

8. Intro to Business Product vs. Services ROI and why is it so important? IT in Businesses and how it affects ROI…and how ROI affects IT.

9. The Internet Productivity Efficiency? Effectiveness How do you use the Internet to make purchasing decisions?

10. Economics Macro vs. Micro Supply and Demand

11. Free Market Capitalism Perfect Competition Monopoly Oligopoly Free Market vs. Socialism…

12. Our Economy and how it affects you and me. Unemployment rate Inflation Stagflation Deflation

13. Our Economy and how it affects you and me. GDP and GNP Price Indexes Household income Home Sales Consumption US Trade Employment rates

14. Global Business Why think globally? Importing and Exporting Absolute Advantage

15. Trade Surplus and deficits Tariff Import quota Embargo WTO, EU, NAFTA, OPEC… what do they have to do with me? Bartering… more than just craigslist

16. Starting your own business Ownership types: Sole proprietorships Partenerships LLP MLP LLC S-Corp C-Corp

17. How to get started Buy an exsisting business Start your own Business license Legal Docs Marketing strategy Business plan Exit Strategy

18. How to get started Buy an exsisting business Start your own Business license Legal Docs Marketing strategy Business plan Exit Strategy

19. Tangent – Website Architecture - SOA

20. SOA Is it for everyone? Small Businesses vs. Medium- Large Businesses

21. Ted Talks Ideas Worth Spreading…. Some are funny, some are inspiring, all are worth watching. Sample –http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_h appy_secret_to_better_work.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_h appy_secret_to_better_work.html

22. HOMEWORK!!! Watch a Ted Talk… Any Ted Talk. Write a 1 (only 1) page summary of the Ted Talk. Include a link to the video. Email me (roudaj@Winthrop.edu) an attachment of the summary as a Word Doc by 11:59PM on 9/2/2014.roudaj@Winthrop.edu