Entrepreneurship

For the opportunities related to economic trends, I found this article: http://blog.indeed.com/2016/06/22/global-economy-employment-trends/ The first trend that caught my eye was " Not enough young people are learning the tech skills needed on the job." This suggests that there is an opportunity because if young people are not learning tech skills, it must be difficult to learn these skills, so I believe something could be created that makes learning tech skills easy. A prototypical customer would be a young or college-aged person. I believe that this is easy to exploit with the right skills. I think that I saw this opportunity because I personally wish that I knew more tech skills, but I'm not sure how or where to go about learning them that would be easy. Tech skills are important to learn for so many different industries so this would help a lot of people at their jobs. The second economic trend that I believe has an opportunity was " Growing interest in fl...

1.  Developer of proposed Bezu/Blue Lotus tower sues city of St. Petersburg https://www.tampabay.com/business/developer-of-proposed-bezublue-lotus-tower-sue-city-of-st-petersburg-20190124/ The company called Driven Ziggy LLC has plans to build a condo in St. Petersburg, however, despite the fact that the building follows all regulations, the plan was overturned in a vote. The company sued St. Pete on account that their company will be harmed if they cannot build the condo. The problem is that if Driven Ziggy isn't able to construct their building so they are going to lose a lot of money if they can't. 2.  Internet buying is killing the malls, reminding some shoppers that malls killed the downtowns https://www.tampabay.com/hillsborough/internet-buying-is-killing-the-malls-reminding-some-shoppers-that-malls-killed-the-downtowns-20190125/ This article is about the fact that shopping malls now are becoming increasingly obsolete. It describes the way things were a few ...

1)  Your beginning point I believe that there is opportunity for a platform sharing company for expensive items that aren't used very frequently, aimed towards college students. 2)  Describe your belief I have realized as a college student that I occasionally need something such as a tool or some type of supplies that I would normally have at home but not here at UF. This includes things like tools, step ladders, art supplies, ironing board, obscure cooking items ( like a bundt pan), etc. Currently to meet the need for things I think that people just ask friends, and if no friends have what they're looking for then they have to buy the item or resort to finding an alternative. I believe that there could be a platform for different students within the same college to rent out their items for money or for being able to use something from another student. I am about 65% sure that this opportunity exists. Interviews 1. Anna Do you ever have a need for random household ite...

I think that the most that I have been exposed to entrepreneurship in my life was last summer when I studied abroad at ESADE, a business college in Spain. Many of the professors there are entrepreneurs themselves, and they talked about their many investments or side businesses. In a couple of the classes I took, we were instructed to work in groups to come up with business ideas in different categories, and it opened my mind to thinking more creatively about the problems in our world. We also visited different startup companies that were inspiring and interesting to learn about. I learned that entrepreneurship is really a mindset. You have to be willing to take risks and you have to have a strong belief in yourself, and you have to be passionate about what you're doing. Studying abroad there helped me realize that I wanted to take more business classes at UF because I feel like being an entrepreneur is very empowering, so in taking this class I hope to build on the knowle...

1. When I go to the gym and it's so crowded I can't use anything. Why? I don't always pay attention to when it will be crowded and sometimes go at peak gym hours. 2. Every time I get a basil plant it dies. Why? My apartment faces inside a courtyard so there's very little natural sunlight, so it's hard to grow plants in there. 3. My cat leaves litter all over the floor and I'm constantly stepping on it. Why? The litter is sticky and gets stuck to his paws, then he shakes his paws off after jumping out of the litter box (the majority always gets on the floor instead of the litter mat). 4. Avocados are so hard to get perfectly ripe. Why? I always buy them when they're hard, and usually they stay hard for awhile until one day they're perfectly ripe. But they very quickly get overripe and mushy. 5. I have too many clothes I don't wear. Why? I haven't gotten rid of a lot of my old clothes just because I have to take the time to do it and s...

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