1)
You: My
talents include being patient, organized, friendly, and being compassionate. My
experiences include being a hostess for two years, a volleyball coach for
little children, and being a Technology Consultant. My skills include good
interpersonal skills, communication skills, and technology skills. My
aspirations are make a career out of my job and to be happy with my life. This
app would hopefully come to life in the near future and I would be the CEO of
it.
2)
What are
you offering to customers: I am offering an app that would communicate with
students, faculty, and those who need to find a parking spot near campus, a
resolution to find those parking spots. This would cut down on time wasted
looking for spots and prowling around the garage for one.
3)
Who are
you offering it to: I am offering it to those students, faculty, and those
who need to find a parking spot near campus, a way to find parking spots and
cut back on time searching for one. My targeted demographic are those who have
a car, specifically those who want to park on campus when it is busy or parking
is not lifted yet.
4)
Why do
they care: Those who have class, an exam, or a meeting might all need to
find a parking spot during hours that either enforce decal or do not. It could
be exam season and the parking lots are filled to the max capacity. Bottom
line, they care to make the most out of their time. To cut back on searching
for parking spots could mean a few extra minutes getting ready at home, or
getting early to that class, exam, or meeting.
5)
What are
your core competencies: My qualifications may set me apart from others is
how I have great communication and interpersonal skills from my times as a
hostess and volleyball coach. Along with my technology skills being an
Information Systems major and now working as a Technology Consultant. With both
of these skills I manage a business in the technology realm.
These elements do fit together and make my
new business become in unison. I am concerned with how to make a profit, most
likely by sponsorships because no one is going to buy this app. It has to be
made free and available for the public that way. Another concern would be if I
could figure a way to make scooter parking on this app as well. Maybe give an
estimate of how full scooter parking is throughout the UF campus.
Hey Kristen, I enjoyed reading your post! It seems like you really thought about these five elements and how they interact with each other. I see in your last paragraph you say you are concerned about making a profit, but I would add another concern, which is how you are obtaining this information. If your app is trying to tell which parking lots have spot available how are you obtain this information and keeping it in real time? It seems you would need people to be out at those specific places to count how many spots are available.
ReplyDeleteHey Kristen, I liked getting to know more about you and how your skills will cater to the needs of your parking app. You made clear relationships with all the factors and justified how they will fit together in unison. I think you could make revenue and profit by adding ads to the app. I also agree with the concerns about obtaining information that Danielle brought to your attention. Would you have to add new technology to lots that would "talk" to the app?
ReplyDeleteKristen, I loved reading up on what skills you have. I find it interesting what others think about themselves and what areas they are confident in. I noticed how you said you do not know how you will fund the app. What a lot of free apps do is make money off of ads. Just find people who want to put their advertisements on your app. They will generate new customers and you will have money for your app.
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