My Entrepreneurship Journey

7A – Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1 Drunk Driving Prevention Opportunity: Many people get behind the wheel intoxicated, putting themselves and others in danger, everyday 28 people will die as a result of drunk driving accidents on average, because there is no physical barrier that prevents this from happening. ( https://www.bactrack.com/blogs/expert-center/35040645-dui-statistics ) Check out more statistics here -        The who: Intoxicated persons -        The what: They are getting behind the wheel and putting lives in danger -        The why: There are no physical barriers to stop them from driving. Testing the who: Everyone who drives has these need, whether they drink or not. The actions of drunk drivers effect everyone around them. Testing the what: Intoxicated persons can be doing more than just driving that would put others in harm . Also, the issue goes f...

6A – Identifying Opportunities in Economic and Regulatory Trends Economic trend: Despite strong US housing market, these American cities have the most vacant homes Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/27/this-american-city-has-the-most-vacant-homes/39501917/ Opportunity: With thousands of homes empty in certain cities of America, this leaves a door wide open for developers and realtors. Most of these homes are located in the suburbs or large cities, which creates prime real estate. Developers, with enough capital, can buy these homes and create new and improved neighborhoods that would be of great worth.   With upper and middle-class families looking to move further from cities this creates a perfect opportunity. Customer: Developers would buy the land, real estate agents would sell the property, and most likely upper middle-class families would buy the property. Exploiting: While I do think this is a good idea, I think it would be v...

Assignment 5A – Identifying Local Opportunities Article 1: Gov. DeSantis goes bold on climate change. Even Rick Scott says it’s real. Now what? (Sun Sentinel) https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-desantis-climate-change-20190524-zjnvcsrhxzh7vbseaswllgtv3m-story.html -        The story: The topic of climate change has become a political one in recent news. Many argue that our country needs to take more action, and others arguing that it is a fluke. This article states that Florida Governor, Rob DeSantis (R), has changed his attitude toward climate change and is making an effort to combat the problems that Florida will face, both now and in the future. DeSantis is pushing for a new position called ‘Chief Resilience Officer,’ (CRO) the person in this position will have the responsibility to prepare Florida for the environmental burden that is to come. The article also offers some opinions on how this new CRO c...