19A – Idea Napkin No. 2

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 to make a career out of my job and to be happy with my life overall. This app would hopefully come to life in the near future and I would be the CEO of it, making living life a little less stressful financially. 

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. I am also offering an app that would tell you a number of spots available in the garage, and what type of decals are available too.

3)      Who are you offering it to: I am offering it to students, faculty, and those who need to find a parking spot near campus, a way to find parking spots and cut back on searching time. 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. They could have a decal or not, cause it is important to specify what decal is available before parking is lifted, then it is not as important once parking has been lifted.

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. They also care to be as efficient as possible with their time.

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 can 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. Or, I could try to incorporate deals with ads to get money as well. 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. An additional concern would be to implement the technology or any system to ensure real-life time updates with how many parking spots are left.
•       "Feedback Memo" 
•       I took away how to update my app in real-life time for how many parking spots are available. I also took away that I could also make a profit using ads to fund the app as well as sponsors. I incorporated this feedback into the conclusion paragraph with my concerns and what I am offering customers.