Kara Mauer

 TO:                Clark Hansen, CEO FROM:          Kara Mauer, Development and Research SUBJECT:    Schat's Bakkery - Investment Proposal DATE:            June 30th, 2021 AMDP is looking for environmentally sustainable and socially responsible companies, and with extensive research, I have come to the conclusion that Schat's Bakkery would be an acceptable investment. Written below is a short summary of AMDP's policies as well as a detailed analysis of Schat's Bakkery. AMDP Standard: Triple Bottom Line Profit:  In order for a company to be successful, financial performance must be dictated in a way that is beneficial for shareholders. Companies have to be conscious of cost vs. benefit, and must be strategic about keeping steady profit with minimal hinderance to performance. People:  Societal impact is extremely important when it comes to running a sustainable company....

      Growing a Farmer , by Kurt Timmermeister, continues to amaze me. Starting out with the vegetable farm while still maintaining his restaurant seems like it would have been an impossible task. However, Timmermeister was determined to understand the origin of his food, especially as the owner and chef where he prepares the food himself. Figuring that a vegetable farm was the easiest to pursue based on its easy and cheap nature, along with the absence of regulations from the government, Kurt began his journey. Eventually, Kurt turned his focus on livestock and raw milk from cows. This wasn't as easy because of the liability. Balancing his city life with the life of a farmer eventually took a toll on him, with the standards for both jobs ranging in completely different levels. By 2003, he became a full time farmer, working in all livestock and vegetables. To keep his farm afloat, he cooks for guests on Sundays.      Kurtwood Farms is an extremely inspirati...

      Hollywood Magic  The Power of Movie Theaters and Why They Are Here to Stay   "The movie theater is one of the last places where we can still gather and experience something together. I don't think the desire for that magic will go away." - Wolfgang Peterson By Kara Mauer It's time. You have your ticket, popcorn, and a loved one next to you. The lights go down, the big screen in front of you lights up, and all of a sudden, you're transported into another world. The magic of movie theaters has been around for over one hundred years, providing a source of great entertainment to people all around the world. With the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, there has been quite a bit of conversation surrounding the survival of movie theaters. Streaming services have become an extremely convenient and quick way to watch your favorite films. This shift in movie-watching across all platforms leads to this question: Are movie theaters going away forever? In reality, this bode...

      Growing a Farmer , written by Kurt Timmermeister is an incredible exposé about living off the land, and the process that it takes to go from being incompetent when it comes to farming, to thriving as an established farmer. Kurt begins his story by explaining his time as a Seattle chef, where he was in charge of cooking food for his own restaurant. He talks about how unaware he was in terms of where the chicken breasts, vegetables, among other produce came from in his restaurant. All he focused on was cooking and providing for his customers. He was extremely accustomed to the city life, and what it entailed. It wasn't until he found an abandoned farm that he began his journey on beginning his farming life. It was difficult for him at first, because he didn't understand half of the tasks that go into farming. He met a man named Matt who knew a decent amount about farming, and Matt aided Kurt in his creation of a vegetable farm. Matt helped Kurt install irrigation syst...

      This summer, I have received an incredible opportunity to intern with an executive producer at Vandal/Apocalyptic Entertainment. They are a film production company specializing in producing and creating new films and comedy remakes. Screenwriters looking to pitch a script will send their story to the company's producers, who in turn get the final decision on whether or not they will pick it up. My job as an intern is to make the first pass on brand new scripts from writers.    My first job as an intern is to read through a script and perform script coverage on the story. "Coverage" is a term that describes basic script notes. It is helpful for executives because all they have to do is read the interns' work. Executives receive hundreds of scripts a day, and they do not have time to read through all of them and form an opinion. That is where I come in. I read a script, and then I create my own personal logline. A "logline" is a one or two-sentence synop...