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2The Daily Tar HeelFriday, April 19, 1985 Women say By KATHY NANNEY Staff Writer There are a multitude of opportunities for people interested in starting their own businesses, and these opportunities can bring big money, said two businesswomen during a forum on success in private business, sponsored by the Carolina Union. "If you can project yourself well, you can sell anything," Cynthia Nelson told an audience of about 15 students. Nelson and her business partner, Kay White, began Something Special of Greenville, a catering service, 18 months ago. Within a year, Something Special did over $5,800 in business during one month. Both women continue to work full-time jobs at Burroughs Wellcome in Greenville, N.C. "Look at Bert's Surf Shop," White said. "He started out with a hand stamp and a bunch of irregular T shirts, stamping the name 'Bert's' on the back of each one." He now owns four T-shirt shops along the coast, she said. "There are all kinds of things. All it takes is someone whose mind clicks," Nelson said. She and White told of a friend who began with a list of 16 babysitters, whom she would send out upon request. She now supports herself by dispatching babysitters, they said. Nelson and White said fast food franchises were ripe for small businessmen. If a person owns a piece of land and has a good line of credit, they can contact Burger King in Atlanta, and the franchise will build a restaurant for $45,000, they said. "Burger King will build it for you, but you have to buy everything from them, and know how to manage and run the store," White said. If the store has a poor record, Burger King will N.C. Senate passes, mandatory seat belt . bill From wire reports The N.C. Senate passed a bill Wed nesday to force motorists to wear seat belts after it defeated an amendment to lower the penalties for violators. The 30-20 vote passing Sen. 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Regularly $179.95 pring Special with 50 mm 1 .8(E) it pays to mnmiidl y oot owi Wsiiniess close it down by refusing to supply it, or will buy the restaurant themselves, she said. Some food franchises, such as Domino's Pizza, will train their workers to be store owners and provide opportunities for ownership, the women said. Catalog or magazine mail ordering can be very profitable. Nelson said. Once she made a Christmas table piece and wreath and sent it to several mail order catalogs. One catalog decided to carry her product, and she made $4,000 in six weeks, she said. "With mail order, you can market anything for money," Nelson said. "Kay and I are going to market a dishcloth we pay 22 cents for, and sell it for a dollar." White arid Nelson said they sold wine baskets by mail order during Christmas and were so successful! that they planned to sell them year-round. A person interested in starting a new business should go to their town's small business bureau, credit bureau and chamber of commerce, which can direct them to classes on how to establish a business and obtain credit, the women said. When applying to a bank for a loan to open a business, a person should be prepared to state the costs of opening and operating the business and have good projections on how much the business will make, the women said. A prospective business owner should include a good salary for himself when deciding how much to request for a loan, they said. A person beginning a business should be careful of individual investors, who can put pressure on the owner to produce a profit, or have a voice in business operations, the women said. Researching governmental and health regulations can keep a businessman from having to make changes warnings before fines of $25 would be handed out to violators. 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When they first began catering, the women did not know they needed a health license, but had to obtain one when competition informed health officials. "We started so casually, we've had to backtrack and correct all these things," White said. Three critical steps in establishing a business are registering your business at the local courthouse, filing for a federal tax identification number and joining the local chamber of commerce, the women said. The chamber of commerce can provide aid when establishing the business, and many people inquire there when needing a service, they said. It is a good idea for a private businessman to patent his business' name, White and Nelson said. The women learned the importance of a patent when a competitor began using their name, they said. A patent in North Carolina costs $350 and can be obtained by through a lawyer. White and Nelson said they did not advertise because they already had as much business as they could handle. Despite advertising, word of mouth remains the best way that customers will be attracted to a business, they said. Family relationships can suffer because of private business, particularly when it is first established and family members are working long hours, the women said. "It has taken more than a year and a half to work full time and work the business like we do," Nelson said. "You have to be real patient with your partner and yourself." "We should not treat these people as criminals simply for not buckling up," he said. A similar proposal came out in the debate surrounding a hike in the drinking age. The House proposed making drinking by 19- and 20-year-olds an infraction carrying no criminal record. from page 1 to deal with," Lillie said. "Everyone who wanted to express an opinion had a chance to do so." The number of voters who turned out for Thursday's referendum and the large proportion of those who voted against the mandatory meal plan show that students do not want a mandatory meal plan, said Tom Terrell, one of the authors of the "Report to Patricia Wallace, Student Body President, on the Mandatory Meal Plan." "It's conclusive evidence that there's overwhelming opposition (to the plan)," Terrell said. Terrell said the turnout was not low compared to other election turnouts. "It's excellent turnout," he said. "There are more people who voted aginst the meal plan then voted for Patricia Wallace for student body president. : (TT) March of Dimes AC MBMBftRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION MOM AMP (Automatic Multi Pattern) metering evalu ates lighting with its own built-in micro computer. Dual program, plus full manual metering. Top shutter speed of 14000 sec, Flash sync. 1250 sec. TTL(Through-The-Lens) flash control, with Nikon speedlights. 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Inmates attack guards RICHMOND, Va. Rioting inmates armed with sharpened instru ments and clubs attacked guards at the State Penitentiary Thursday attempting to take hostages and disrupt the scheduled execution of condemned murderer James Briley at 1 1 p.m., officials said. Nine guards and one inmate were injured and taken to the Medical College of Virginia. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known. Economic expansion slows WASHINGTON In an abrupt slowdown, the nation's gross national product grew just 1.3 percent in the January-March quar ter, the slowest advance since the end of the 1982 recession, the govern ment said today. Higher trade deficits and a massive Internal Revenue Service delay in returning income tax refunds were the major factors cutting economic expansion from its 4.3 percent rate in the fourth quarter of last year. Reagan defends trip WASHINGTON President Reagan says he will take some of Spanish media no longer censored, newspapers no longer gov't' owned By JILL GERBER Staff Writer Censorship of the Spanish media has been abolished recently by the nation's constitution, causing great changes in the way the media can criticize insti tutions, Inbocenio Arias said Wednesday. Arias spoke to an audience of about 30 in his lecture "Media Coverage and Foreign Policy in Spain" in Manning Hall. , , "Now we. haye, freedpin. of the Jress,; , Journalists are very conscious that the democracy is more stable," said Arias, vice president of the Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana of Spain. Traditionally untouchable institu tions such as the Catholic Church and the army are now openly criticized in Spanish newspapers, he said. "In the recent past, no one would dare attack the Pope. Now we see cartoons about him concerning abortion," Arias said. . ttTScsV I L-t J I k. A i. 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The fighting between rival Mos lem militias in west Beirut began Tuesday night and ended 15 hours later with the defeat of the pro Libyan Sunni Moslem Mourabi toun, which had sparked the clashes by trying to set up an office in an area run by Amal, the Shiite Moslem militia. Leaders seek compromise WASHINGTON Congres sional leaders, apparently convincing President Reagan th!t his request for $14 million in aid for anti-Sandinista rebels is doomed, Thursday sought a compromise that does not fuel the war in Nicaragua. In the Senate and House, suppor ters and critics privately debated Wednesday how to provide indirect humanitarian assistance to the rebels that would not support their struggle to overthrow the leftist Nicaraguan government. Arias attributed the new attitudes of the newspapers to a change in owner ship. Today, all papers are privately owned, whereas one-fifth were owned by the government a few years ago. But newspapers are not widely distributed in Spain, so many turn to other sources for information, he said. "Radio is, by far, the most trusted medium in Spain and the best-paid journalists work for it. Newspapers deal in depth more than the radio," Arias cSaid,,:, ,,; . , -, .., .. ,.. Although the U.S. and Spanish mediajare alike structurally, the Spanish press has little influence on political outcomes or( public opinion, Arias said. For example, most of the press is in favor of Spain's involvement in NATO, but 90 percent of 2,000 people surveyed were against it, he said. Arias said coverage of foreign events was not adequate. "As far as quality is concerned, I wouldn't complain. About quantity, more international news needs to be covered," he said. 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