30A – Final Reflection

1.      Ever since I’ve started this class Friday evening have been times of stress because I never do any of this work a day before it’s due so I’m always making a mad dash to get a decent grade. However, the actual things I had to write on were not boring at all, which made the class bearable. I like my idea, but I don’t think I’m the type to risk it all on a business idea.

2.      The most formative experiences were the venture capital pages, I enjoyed how I had to game out an idea and evolve it over time. I love logic puzzles and general conundrums, so this was all my wheelhouse.

3.      No, but I can see the appeal and I won’t say I’d never be an entrepreneur, but it would take an idea that I felt much surer about in order for me to put my skin in the game.

4.      Spend quadruple the length of this class ironing out the kinks mentally, not afraid to call it a dud, before going for your idea, keep asking questions and keeping your ear to the pulse of consumers desires.

29A – Venture Concept No. 2

My problem is people wanting to start a project, be it welding, woodworking, sewing, or working on a car. Not everyone has the money time or space to gather all the tools needed for each of their projects. Often, they end up spending more than they wanted on tools just to complete a task. My solution is an app that allows you to especially airbnb a shop space and an UberEats for materials. A rental service that connects people with open shops who are willing to make extra cash and people who need to get tasks done but don’t have the tools.

A few ways of implementing this service

·                  ·        One being a rental style system, in which people advertise their shop and others seek them out like the Airbnb app.

·                  .      An UberEats like service for delivering materials for those in a bind.

·                  ·        Another could be creating a central location, similar to a hackerspace and charging for membership.

·                  ·        Another possibility is renting the individual tools much like a city bike service.

My main consumers are those who have projects they wish to complete but are limited by space, money, or experience. Much like how Innovation Academy students need to hunt down 3d printers and sandpaper, any college student needs a space to complete their work. Also running out of what you need right when you get into the flow can be annoying, get materials delivered so you can stay focused would be invaluable to college students who don’t have a car.

I got a lot of praise, but I also got pointers to the idea of expanding the services to better serve to convenience. Additionally, ensuring that there would be spaces to rent so that there is never an area without people using the app. So I added the idea of delivering materials to better serve customers who wanted convenience when working of creative projects as well as adding incentives for the owners of the spaces, like learning to teach and working with kids.

28A – Your Exit Strategy

1.      I never want to be stagnant, I want to make the company thrive then sell to move on to something different or at a minimum do what Elon Musk does and start a side project using my main work as a reason for investors to place their bets on me.

2.      It’s my personal preference, if you aren’t learning you’re wasting your time. I enjoy learning something new and doing things I would have never seen myself doing.

3.      My concept is not affected by my personal desire to always be doing something new. I want to be a force of creative energy. If I let this choice effect everything I do I would never get anything done due to apathy. I need to look past that for any desire that is pressing. Long term I do let this effect what I do in the time between choices.

27A – Reading Reflection No. 3

1.      I read Grinding it by Ray Kroc out after reading Christians write-up on it. I always figured that the franchise was started by the founders of McDonalds, this book taught me that Ray Kroc bought it from them and made it into the megacompany that it is today. His judgment on the company was ruthless but I think the results speak for themselves. Starting as a milkshake salesman and working up from there based on his own grit and ability is the American dream, because what’s more American than McDonalds?

2.      Ray Kroc made choices that built the largest companies in the world with the determination not seen since. Carving his own path that lead directly to success, how does one make the choices that could destroy or make something as important as a business.

3.      I was confused by Ray Kroc’s desire to pick McDonalds over getting any other location. A classic burger joint is the staple of the time period. I don’t know why he would choose such an oversaturated market to make a bold change.

4.      My first question would be to how he knew which choices to make, what did he know to avoid, why did he avoid it. My second would be how he knew what he needed to scale and what he needed to replace?

5.      I think that Ray had an image in his head and he knew that only hard work would allow him to achieve it. Additionally, based on where he started he knew it was his best chance at success.

26A – Celebrating Failure

1.      My first failure was my second Chemistry exam, I spent way too much time studying for math and ignored this exam. I got a 92 on the math but fail the chemistry with a 40 percent. Additionally, I’ve missed some assignments in this class due to my inability to properly time manage. I may even miss some of the assignments tonight due to this.

2.      I’ve made a huge improvement making schedules and staying on time with things. Compared to the beginning of the semester I really made a big change in myself to ensure that I can improve not only my grades but other aspects of my life. Said other areas include my health. I’ve found ways to deal with my panic attacks and I’ve made improvements with my weight, In the first couple weeks I gained 40 pounds. Just now I’m losing weight again.

3.      Failure is not the opposite of success but rather a process to success. I lose in order to learn how to succeed. I treat failure almost akin to how people treat plane crashes. I find the black box and analyze why it occurred and make every necessary change possible to improve the situation for next time.

25A – What’s Next?

What I think is next:

               I think the next service I could provide is a material delivery service (in the vain of UberEATS) so that anyone working on their project wouldn’t need to worry about running low on anything they would need, because the worst part of building is stopping your flow to go on a last-minute trip to the store for that last bit.

Existing Market Interviews:

1.      My roommate informed me that I’m not making the incentives for the provider-side of my company.

2.      My other roommate informed me that I could do this now without an app and that I should try and organize before I even consider anything.

3.      My friend who was over informed me that I’m rushing my work and I should not quote him…

Reflection:

               My roommate Arthur is right, I think that the cut for those who supply the tools and area are getting a rough deal compared to Uber and I should find ways to incentivize them to be hands on with people who pay them for their tools. Maybe with an emphasis on “learning to teach” I could attract more people, or maybe if I push more of a casual way to meet new people.

               I prefer my idea because I’m obviously smarter than Arthur, duh. Anyway, I think a great way to expand would be to follow in the footsteps of Uber and continue to make the ease of access a major part of my company. If I ever get to the point where I can’t mirror Uber then I would be large enough to absorb smaller companies that could fill any niche I didn’t think of.

 New Market:

               A new market I haven’t thought of is I much older and rural market that would otherwise not use an app to preform this task. Think a hoarder that want the satisfaction of knowing their things will go to use and not be wasted, they could provide misc. objects to get peoples creative juices flowing. On top of fueling creativity I could do a social service and help someone’s hoarding problem.

Interviews:

1.      Arthur says that the “rural” engineer has a lot to teach city folk about how to be resourceful.

2.      Kenneth says that farmers could put up jobs to makers to solve any small jobs

Reflect:

               I like the idea of people becoming pro-am makers, completing small jobs and anything that would otherwise be a DIY project. My worry at that point is at what point does a contractor become necessary and how do I avoid people using my app as a loophole. The last thing a new company (or I) needs is a lawsuit.

               Arthurs idea of finding a new market to target sounds promising, but how would one penetrate such a market, I don’t have much experience in said market but I’m sure I could find myself someone who is.

23A – Your Venture’s Unfair Advantage

1.      My idea is an extension of an existing tried and true product. Renting is an age-old practice, while uber is new and hip. Uber’s user interactions placed in tool and space rental makes up the crux of my venture.

·        Valuable: Good artists copy, great artists steal. Building on the shoulders of giants is tried and true.  

·        Rare: Few can properly steal the feel of something and not make it an exact copy.

·        Inimitable: I mean, it’s what I’m doing so yeah, it’s probably very inimitable.

·        Non-substitutable: The idea is built on this, so it can’t be substituted.

2.      Social Capital: I am one of the many who need this service for not only school but also personal hobbies.

·        Valuable: This is very valuable, not only being close to but also one of the users of a service is the best way to find its flaws.

·        Rare: Few entrepreneurs are so close to the business as someone who goes into it not to just to make money but to improve an aspect of their life.

·        Inimitable: Few ever do even though I think it’s what separates the good companies from the great.

·        Non-substitutable: This is a part of me, it can’t be substituted.

3.      A similar solution doesn’t exist: makerspaces are on the rise but for people outside of these metropolitan areas don’t have access to such amenities, which is where my idea comes in.

·        Valuable: Uniqueness is very valuable to a business, filling a niche is a safe bet when the niche is large enough.

·        Rare: Companies that find a niche and stake their ground early are the most volatile ways to start but if ones succeeds then greatness lies ahead.

·        Inimitable: Someone could copy me in the future.

·        Non-substitutable: I could probably try and come up with a different niche to fill that would have the same chances for greatness.

4.      Experience working in a tech company.

·        Valuable: Experience can make or break entrepreneurs.

·        Rare: Not very rare but certainly not common.

·        Inimitable: People who do work in tech companies have this as well.

·        Non-substitutable: Experience cannot be replaced.

5.      Ear to the ground mentality

·        Valuable: In the ever-shifting world of tech knowing what’s in and what’s out of favor is invaluable.

·        Rare: Not that rare, some people even found a way to monetize this ability.

·        Inimitable: People should imitate this more, whether they do or don’t is lost to me.

·        Non-substitutable: Like I said someone could be paid with the sole purpose of doing this.

6.      I’m not racist like Papa John, or knee-jerking like Elon Musk

·        Valuable: The PR from these incidents seriously hurt companies.

·        Rare: Apparently it isn’t as common as one would hope.

·        Inimitable: Everyone should be like this.

·        Non-substitutable: What would you even substitute this with? This must be non-substitutable.

7.      Social Capital: I’m a people person willing to spread the word amongst fellow students.

·        Valuable: Getting your name out there is practically half the battle.

·        Rare: Anyone willing to start a business should be ready to get extroverted and sell themselves.

·        Inimitable: People, once again, should imitate this but it’s not always the case.

·        Non-substitutable: Getting a marketing person a real and often smart choice after you get your feet wet, but in the first stages nothing beats doing it yourself.

8.      My idea has demand before I’ve even done anything to organize it.

·        Valuable: People seem to like the idea and say they could use it all the time.

·        Rare: No-one is doing what I’m doing

·        Inimitable: People could do what I’m doing but they aren’t, so I’ll do it first.

·        Non-substitutable: My idea is first and foremost mine, so it can’t be substituted.

9.      Social movement could aid the growth of my idea

·        Valuable: Having a known demand across the nation could be short lived but this has been in the making for years

·        Rare: Plenty of business already cater to this crowd

·        Inimitable: Same conclusion as my rarity.

·        Non-substitutable: Nothing can substitute the growth potential of being supported by a social movement.

10.   My network of people in the industry.

·        Valuable: This is very valuable when starting.

·        Rare: Someone my age doesn’t usually have access to the industry like I do.

·        Inimitable: No one can copy my network.

·        Non-substitutable: I have the most efficient way to contact people in the industry, someone not in the industry has to jump through the hoops I’ve already cleared.

I found this difficult because I didn’t realize my misunderstanding of what counts as a resource. After doing VRIN for this assignment I can say I have a better understanding of my industry and myself.

I think that this is unique, mainly because no one has done such and obvious thing to me yet. All of my capital should be enough to make the difference but I know that the people who make up that capital will put me over the edge and ensure success.

22A – Elevator Pitch No. 3

My video is here

Personally I think my pitches are getting worse because the idea I have in my head only evolved in execution not at its core. Meaning my pitches will remain the same but if it were to become real there are changes I'm still thinking about.

My feedback on my pitches have been sparse and often just praise.

21A – Reading Reflection No. 2

1. 1.      The general theme of “Makers: The New Industrial Revolution” by Chris Anderson is that there is a new revolution on the horizon that could change the way the world makes and sells things. In reality though he only focuses on boutique, expensive, small scale individuals that sell to the rich when describing what the reader can do, and states that the larger scale would actually destroy a lot of jobs due to the reality of economy of scale.
2. 2.      The book enhanced my learning in ENT 3003 by reminding me that more than one perspective is necessary. Mainly because I believe the core of his ideas, but the explanations and direction he takes with it did not sit well with me.
3. 3.      Starting the same way the book did, with the 3d printer. I would then expand to all the things making is about and go into the realities of the maker movement.
4. 4.      The definition for the maker movement taught to me by leader in the movement like Adam Savage aren’t always the same take aways that others may get. Armed with the knowledge I am determined to spread the maker movement as seen by the founders and not the ill informed few who profit from it like a Victorian penny writer.

20A – Growing Your Social Capital

dara@uber.com

1. Dara Khosrowshahi was previously the CEO of expedia as well as being on the board of directors for BET.com, hotels.com, and The New York Times.
2. Dara is my domain expert
3. Here
4. No response.
5. He’s one of the biggest names in tech

@testedcom on Instagram

1. Adam Savage is a leader in the maker community. A modeler for ILM in its silver age he later became a host on Myth busters a show on discovery. He now heads a maker site Tested.com. He’s my idol and the perfect person to contact for this field.
2. Adam is my market expert.
3. Internet, he as a very vocal presence online. I enjoy amd recommend his podcast, Untitled.
4. No response.
5. He's my idol and the biggest name in the maker community, so much so that during the Obama administration he judged that science fair at the white house.

I don’t really need a “supplier” per say so I chose what feeds all makers Papa Johns

@papajohns on twitter

1. John Schnatter started papa johns in the back closet of his father's business and it just grew from there into one of the leading pizza franchises across america.
2. Papa is my supplier, which sounds crazy now that I’ve read it.
3. I picked him for the meme because I don’t need a supplier, anyway I could probably hire him now that he destroyed his career.
4. LOL NBC can’t even get a response let alone me.
5. He knew how to grow a company from nothing, someone with that kind of experience is vital in the early stages of a company.

17A – Elevator Pitch No. 2

This is the link to my project

19A – Idea Napkin No. 2

1. You?  I’m a student, frustrated at the lengths I have to do any of the projects I want to do. I am a tech-oriented individual who loves working with my hands and making new things or fixing old ones. I just want a way to solve this seemingly solvable and widespread problem. I see a lot of things online about hacker/makerspaces and they seem really cool to me, but there is never one near me. I think this would be the perfect solution for those without access to these spaces who want to work. 
2. What are you offering to customers?  I offer two sides to the same coin, semi-passive income to space owners, and spaces for people who just need somewhere to work on a school project, hobby, or home improvement.
3. Who are you offering to?  My customers, like Uber, are a two-sided affair. The space owner who wants to make extra cash renting their tools/time/space and the students/hobbyists who want to have a place to work within their budget.
4. Why do they care?  As someone who would gladly use a service like this, when space is limited but work needs to get done this would be invaluable. When a hobby gets stunted because that next tool seems too far out of reach, or too specific to buy, the option to rent is very desirable. When a job just needs to get done and you don’t know where to turn, the local expert renting their time is a life-saver.
5. What are your core competencies?  I offer a service that meets a seemingly untapped need in college town, suburbs, and anywhere without a makerspace. This unmet need is ripe for the taking, especially to my current local students in IA who need a place to finish their catalyst projects. I watched students struggle to find, move, and use 3-d printers so they could create prototypes. With my solution their space could be just a drive away.

The point that feels weakest to me is my “What are your core competencies?”, this isn’t an issue I’ve seen outside of hackerspaces/makerspaces. I don’t know if it’s because this issue never arrived to anyone, or if it’s not a sustainable solution to my problem at hand. The desire seems to be there, at least for University of Florida students. Even then I don’t imagine my idea has to have any appeal outside those who want it, I shouldn’t aim to please the world. Gainesville might just be an echo chamber for a need that only Gainesville has unmet, or it could be more widespread I just don’t know.

I received no useful feedback from my fellow classmates as they praised my idea. My friends wouldn’t tell what’s wrong as well, so I’m at an impasse of knowing that it could be better but not knowing what to change. So as a compromise I made minor changes to the language so it’s more concise.

18A – Create a Customer Avatar

Sargent Peak, full name Winsor Peak, is an ex-military officer who trained in the navy’s engineering core. He grew up on a farm and has always been resourceful and mechanically inclined. He believes that the best jobs are ones you do yourself and everyone should know how to use noting but a saw, a hammer, some nails, a bit of wood, and some patience to solve anything that comes their way. His favorite TV shows are home improvement, anything on the garage, and CSI: SVU. He has two kids who just graduated from college and a wife who loves how handy he is. However, Sgt. Peak has had to move into a smaller home after retirement and his projects have become noticeably smaller and less to his tastes. Without his old shed to work Sgt. Peak has moved to woodburning and other art’s and craft’s, nothing like what he’s used to. He wishes he could go back to the old days when he could just get some time to himself in a garage and wrench. He wants to pass on what he’s learned to his future grandkids, but he can’t do that now that the new house lacks his usual grease monkey toys.

Sarge and I are very different, but our core problem is the same, we love to tinker but don’t have the room to do so. Our backgrounds converge into a very small segment that neither of us expected the other to have. I purposely set up my actor to be one someone who seems like a typical person for my service. Additionally, I might lose my hair just like his in three years or so if my dad is any example.

13A – Reading Reflection No. 1

1. Andrew Carnegie is a name that can many things to people; Success, brutal boss, philanthropist and many more positive and negative alike. What surprised me the most was the extent to which he did everything better than anyone else in history, constantly doing everything to an extreme that was never seen before and never seen again. I admired his relentless drive to be the best and his unshakable optimism. Even late in life after he retired he continued with is drive well into the great war. What I admired least about him was the way he treated his workers, despite being so kind to the world he did unspeakable horrors to his workers. Even going so far as to use a private security company he founded to keep his workers in line, they were practically a militia. Carnegie faced adversity as he started life very poor and rose from this poverty one of the richest men in the world all thanks to his determination and creativity.
2. Andrew Carnegie from a young age questioned everything, his inquisitive nature and drive for success is what drove him into becoming the extraordinary man he is known for being.
3. I was most confused by his reasoning behind why he believed why he could treat his workers the way he did. While he did give them a job that doesn’t give him the right to become an emperor of their lives. Additionally, his idea that poverty was a choice of those who were too lazy to do well for themselves, didn’t he remember his youth and the people who struggled everyday to make something of themselves.
4. My two questions would be how he thought through each days obstacles to get the most out of his days and wake up the next morning in the best possible footing consistently. Merely because he seemed to so from such an early age until death. My second question would be about how he would do it again in our modern world with a landscape completely different from his own. Just to see how he would think about the world he never got to see and how he would use that famous drive and questioning to make the most of it all.
5. Andrew Carnegie’s opinion of hard work is rather explicit really, whether I agree is an entirely different question. He thought that the poor were only impoverished due to their own laziness. Which I find absurd for such a smart man.  Who himself came from poverty.

12A – Figuring Out Buyer Behavior No. 1

I spoke to three different people about smokers at the bus stops this week. The first was just a lady at the stop with me, another was a father on the bus, and finally I spoke with a friend at the class I arrived to. They said that they just dropped their butts all around the bus stop and made a huge mess because there wasn’t a good place to dispose of them.

With the increase in anti-smoking initiatives ash trays have been disappearing around the city, the first lady I spoke with talked about how she just wanted a place to get rid of it without putting it in the trash. We went back and forth about where ashtrays went, and while we agreed it made smoking easier I thought about how people think that public ashtrays advertise smoking. I realized in that moment that in reality we were making the mess the smokers cause worse. I asked her where she would want to dispose of it if she could choose anything, and while she made it seem like she didn’t care I could tell that anything would be better than the current solution. On my bus, leaving her behind, I spoke with a father of two about his smoking habit. He said that he just tears the remainder of the cigarette up and scatters the ash and holds onto the filter until he gets home. Which was not what I was expecting to hear. Could some kind of person storage device work? When I asked him how he came with such a thing he just shrugged and got off the bus. I got to class a few minutes early and asked a friend who used to smoke what he did, and he just said he dumped it in the trash. Which seemed obvious, I guess I was too focused on the fact it might still be lit and cause problems. He said he didn’t care and he never set one on fire. At that time though he wasn’t really making many great decisions, so I wouldn’t call that a “solution”.

At the end of this journey I learnt about smokers that I never knew before. Their need to dispose of a cigarette vary widely, from just dropping them because an old solution is disappearing to just throwing them away with wild abandon. So, the “average” smoker each found their own way over time of solving their butt problem.

11A – Idea Napkin No. 1

1. You?  I’m just a student who is frustrated that I can’t do all the DIY projects I want because, a. I don’t have the tools, b. don’t have the space to work on a project. I am a tech-oriented individual who loves working with my hands and making new things or fixing old ones. I just want a way to solve this seemingly solvable and widespread problem. I see a lot of things online about hacker/makerspaces and they seem really cool to me, but there is never one near me. I think this would be the perfect solution for those without access to these spaces who want to work. 
2. What are you offering to customers?  I offer two sides to the same coin, semi-passive income to space owners, and spaces for people who just need somewhere to work on a school project, hobby, or home improvement.
3. Who are you offering to?  My customers, like Uber, are a two-sided affair. The space owner who wants to make extra cash renting their tools/time/space and the students/hobbyists who want to have a place to work within their budget.
4. Why do they care?  As someone who would gladly use a service like this, when space is limited but work needs to get done this would be invaluable. When a hobby gets stunted because that next tool seems too far out of reach, or too specific to buy, the option to rent is very desirable. When a job just needs to get done and you don’t know where to turn, the local expert renting their time is a life-saver.
5. What are your core competencies?  I offer a service that meets a seemingly untapped need in college town, suburbs, and anywhere without a makerspace. This unmet need is ripe for the taking, especially to my current local students in IA who need a place to finish their catalyst projects. I watched students struggle to find, move, and use 3-d printers so they could create prototypes. With my solution their space could be just a drive away.

The point that feels weakest to me is my “What are your core competencies?”, this isn’t an issue I’ve seen outside of hackerspaces/makerspaces. I don’t know if it’s because this issue never arrived to anyone, or if it’s not a sustainable solution to my problem at hand. The desire seems to be there, at least for University of Florida students. Even then I don’t imagine my idea has to have any appeal outside those who want it, I shouldn’t aim to please the world. Gainesville might just be an echo chamber for a need that only Gainesville has unmet, or it could be more widespread I just don’t know.

10A – Elevator Pitch No. 1

Link to my video for this project

9A – Testing the Hypothesis, Part 2

Who: Individuals who need a space to work on a project, but are limited in space, tools, experience, or some peace and quiet. Outside of this boundary, students fall into a grey area of only needing the service when they are assigned a project and may already have places to go to work on the project. We don’t live in a very maker centered society as we move further and further from anything that isn’t mass produced or imported, so I understand the limitations of this currently, but I believe as the maker movement gains more and more traction we could be on the verge of a revolution of craft.

What: My services main flaw is that it fulfils the need best for someone who wishes to start a project but feels overwhelmed about all the possibilities and issues that arise. Issues that, while inherent to the craft, are often overcome by all those who pursue the hobby/activity. Possibly meaning that I could kickstart a few projects for people but how sustainable of a model is that?

Why: Not everyone has a project that they don’t have or can’t acquire the tools for. In the case of all of my living situations there’s always a friend or service to do each task for you, so when it comes down to doing it yourself. How many people will just go for it despite these options? Look anywhere online however and you will be confronted by people all over the world taking up DIY more and more than ever before.

?	Inside of boundary	Outside of boundary
Who	Anyone who needs a project finished but doesn't have the space	People who don't have a desire to craft or have a space to do so already.
What	Offer a space to work on any craft project.	A long term solution to peoples need for tools or workspace.
Who	People have school projects or personal hobbies that require tools or space they may otherwise not afford or have space for.	Those with the space and tools for their needs.

8A – Solving The Problem

My problem is people wanting to start a project, be it welding, woodworking, sewing, or working on a car. Not everyone has the money time or space to gather all the tools needed for each of their projects. Often, they end up spending more than they wanted on tools just to complete a task. My solution is an app that allows you to especially airbnb a shop space. A rental service that connects people with open shops who are willing to make extra cash and people who need to get tasks done but don’t have the tools.

A few ways of implementing this service

• ·        One being a rental style system, in which people advertise their shop and others seek them out like the Airbnb app.
• ·        Another could be creating a central location, similar to a hackerspace and charging for membership.
• ·        Another possibility is renting the individual tools much like a city bike service.

My main consumers are those who have projects they wish to complete but are limited by space, money, or experience. Much like how Innovation Academy students need to hunt down 3d printers and sandpaper, any college student needs a space to complete their work.

Practicing Opportunity Identification, Cont.

1.      Economic: Cryptocurrency Interest

a.      https://www.nasdaq.com/article/cryptocurrency-interest-is-it-on-the-decline-and-could-it-spike-again-cm941537

b.      With the possibility of another surge of interest in cryptocurrencies could mean that new alternate coins could be set to release in time with said interest.

c.      Casual investors and techies are the most likely to be affected most by the next rise in crypto.

d.      This would be relatively difficult to exploit as the timing alone makes this a difficult opportunity, not to mention the market saturation of new coins.

2.      Regulatory: Miami Beach Sinks into the Ocean

a.      http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article129284119.html

b.      New housing for the rich that live on the waterfront as their multimillion dollar homes sink into the sea.

c.      After the uber rich give up their current homes a new high-income area needs to meet their demand.

d.      This is a difficult thing to exploit due to the barrier of entry for relators let alone realtors for high-income clients.

3.      Economic: High Fashion

a.      https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/31/kanye-west-rise-fashion-virgil-abloh-louis-vuitton

b.      New chances to mix celebrity with clothes as more and more celebs step into the fray. Finding your footing in supplying them designers, fabric, advertising, and ways to sell.

c.      Celebs needs someone to buy from for their brand making the possibility to middleman the process high.

d.      One would need either made up, or very real credentials in the industry but due to a celeb only to worrying about the cash-grab part of the process.

4.      Regulatory: Healthcare is always a safe bet

a.      http://time.com/money/4535394/obamacare-plan-premium-price-increases-2017-states/

b.      Healthcare is one of the largest sectors of our economy and as more and more changes drive rates up the possibility to make money by supplying lower cost care.

c.      People down on their luck who need healthcare and are looking for a reasonably priced option.

d.      Healthcare is expensive and most areas within it are monopolies between pharmaceutical companies and doctors. I would know, my uncle was one of the sales people for the pharmaceutical companies. The difficulty in getting in is that monopolies have made starting anything impossible, only accusation will work.  

Identifying Local Opportunities

GLITCHES SLOW TRANSIT FOR ELDERLY, DISABLED

·        http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB4D1EB62BFEDB1?p=WORLDNEWS

·        Basically, riders of Broward’s special transportation were left stranded and unable to contact the company. Horror stories include an eighty-year-old woman who tried to call the center and the phone rang fifty-three times before she gave up, in another case a rider requested a ride to a doctor’s appointment, the van arrived at the doctors on time, without the rider.

·        The buses were leaving people who are old, disabled, or in need of assistance stranded without any way of contacting the company or receiving any explanation for why they were stranded.

·         People who are old, disabled, or in need of assistance.

TATE CASE JUDGE LOOKS FOR GUIDANCE

·        http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB72FE981443D6F?p=WORLDNEWS

·        The judge in the Lionel Tate case, a case into the murder of a British au pair, is researching how to avoid a life sentence for the boy involved. Lionel Tate is one of the youngest Americans ever to be accused of first-degree murder. In the end the judged either needs to reduce his sentence to second-degree murder or manslaughter in order to avoid life without parole. The boy killed the six-year-old by body slamming her to death in mock professional wrestling.

·        The judge is conflicted about giving a fourteen-year-old life without parole, and wishes to find a way to avoid it.

·        Lionel Tate, the murdered girl, and the judge.

INTERNET LOSS HITS BARNES & NOBLE

·        http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB4DBA11377CCBF?p=WORLDNEWS

·        At the time Barnes & Noble hadn’t made a presence on the internet and were experiencing loss of $4.6 million. While barnesandnoble.com had been making sales, they were at an overall loss.

·        Barnes & Noble are losing money to internet sales.

·        Barnes & Noble shareholders

MAN FACES PRISON IN TEEN SEX STING

·        http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/114497CDB710B1E8?p=WORLDNEWS

·        A fifty-six-year-old man faces five years in prison as well as ten years of probation for having a sexually explicit online relationship with a detective who posed as a teenage girl.

·        A pedophile is caught in a sting operation

·        The pedophile and the Broward sheriff office.

COUNTY ARTS GROUPS UPSET BY PLAN TO CUT SHARE OF TOURIST TAX MONEY

·        http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB35F9E05F13B91?p=WORLDNEWS

·        Under a new budget the Tourist Development Council to ensure that events it funds are tourist related, which will draw money that otherwise went to art events around the city. They claim it’s to discover which events actually draw tourists, and that too much money had been spent on events that explicitly do not promote tourism.

·        A new budget looks to cut funding to the arts in a drastic way.

·        The art community and the Tourist Development Council.

JUDGE WON'T SPARE LIFE OF MURDERER

·        http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB35F9E9DCF6A0C?p=WORLDNEWS

·        A judge has denied stay of a murderer’s execution citing errors made by a former lawyer. Stating that he will go to the Florida Supreme Court if he has to. The murderer O’Callaghan, 38, fatally shot another bar patron over a gambling dispute.

·        A murderer wishes to appeal a ruling due to errors made by a previous lawyer.

·        A murderer, a judge, and two lawyers one former one current.