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Assignment 11A  - Idea Napkin No. 1 Me? My name is Jamie Goldstein and I am 21 years old. I am a finance major at the University of Florida and I am extremely hardworking an driven. I am a great team leader, as well as, a delegator. My aspirations are to be successful and this business could be my career. I would concentrate all of my efforts on it. Offering? I am offering a rental service. It will provide the customer with easy access to the major computer chargers at their own convenience. They will be able to use a vending machine at the major UF libraries to obtain their rental of the computer chargers. To Who? My product and service will be offered to primarily UF students and graduate students. They are young, hardworking, studious, and smart. The service will be available to anyone who dos work or studies at the major UF libraries. Why Care? My customers will not have to waste their precious, valuable studying time to go home to retrieve their computer chargers...

Assignment 9A – Testing the Hypothesis, Part 2 Interview One – My Older Sister  My sister went to school at Pennsylvania State University and she graduated in 2009. She shares a lot in common with others in my opportunity; however, she said she would not have had this need when she was in college. She said that when she studied in the library she did rely on her computer entirely and when she did use it to study she always had her charger. Her need differed because she did not have the need to rent a computer charger. Her underlying cause is different because she did not feel the constraint to only study with her computer when she as in college. Interview Two – My Mom My mom now has her own laptop computer; however, when she was in college she did not have a laptop computer to even bring to the library to study with. She falls outside the boundary because she doesn’t know first-hand about studying with a laptop computer. Her need differs because she does not have the e...

Assignment 8A – Solving the Problem Opportunity As a result of the constant, amplified pressure to do well on exams, students at the University of Florida often study at the major UF libraries such as Marston, Library West, and Norman. Unfortunately, many students have the leave the library and pause their studies because their computer battery has died. As a result, they have to waste their limited study time to go back to their residence to retrieve their computer chargers before they can continue their studies.   Solution A company can be created that has vending machines placed at all major UF libraries. The vending machine will allow you to rent an array of computer chargers from the most popular computers. These will be available for Apple products, as well as, PC products. For a fee of $2 per hour, a student can rent the computer charger of their need. They can use an app created specifically for this vending machine to pay for their rental, put in the time...

Assignment 7A – Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1 Step 1 - The Opportunity With increased pressure to do well on exams, students at the University of Florida constantly have to leave the library while deep into their studies because their computer battery has died. As a result, they have to waste their limited study time to go back to their residence to retrieve their charge. Step 2 – The Who, What, Why The who: Students at the University of Florida The what: They constantly have to leave the library while studying, which is a major distraction The why: With increased pressure to do well on exams, they cannot afford to waste limited study time to go back to their residence to retrieve their computer charger because their computer has died Step 3 – Testing the Hypothesis Testing the who: 1.      “Have you ever been affected by forgetting your computer charger when studying at the library?” 2.      “Ha...

Assignment 6A – Identifying Opportunities in Economic & Regulatory Trends Economic Opportunity 1: Strengthening Global Demand I found an economic opportunity for American goods to become more competitive abroad. This is a result of the growth in global GDP, which is protected to be at 4% in 2018. When the economies abroad are stronger and wealthier, there is more demand for US goods and exports. Thus, this leads me to believe that there is definitely an economic opportunity for American goods to become more competitive and more sought after. Both the United States and countries abroad are the prototypical customer of this opportunity because with higher GDP, there are stronger economies, more spending, and more money circulating. I think this opportunity is relatively easy for the US to exploit because they can export more goes to the countries abroad that have growing GDP’s. I believe I saw this opportunity because I learned about GDP in my macroeconomic an...