Customer Interviews No. 3

So this is what I had on my note-card just so you guys can read it too if you want. "Alright so here is my idea, an app that you use while driving that shows you all available parking spots in an area. By keeping your "gps" on this app will tack your car and once you get in a spot it will turn red on the app. This will notify all other users of the app that that certain spot has been taken. All available spots are marked with a green square to show you which spots are open around you. Also there will be tow away zones clearly marked so you never get "accidentally" towed. All parking garages will be clearly shown and their capacity will be noted. This will allow you to find your spot as easily as possible. 

I asked a little more in-depth questions that I didn't add to last assignment. I learned a lot though these interviews though. I decided to just write it out on a notecard and give it to them and just ask their opinion on my updated idea! They all gave good honest feedback and yet again I got all positive reactions from these people. It also got me actually thinking about how I can implement the whole "mark every parking spot in gainesville" aspect of it. I think the key is to use satellites and cameras as well as getting people to help me map out certain places in a town! I'm going to keep doing extensive research on this because I know this is still not a real app that has been made yet and i'd love to actually create this.

Week 6 Reading Reflection

1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 

Answer: When I came upon the part of the reading talking about analyzing the current physical condition of a business to figure out why it is being sold actually really surprised me. When I first read this title I thought that this was just going to be about the actual physical structure of a building and I was surprised when it wasn't. I learned that new owners should know that permanent additions to property stay with the property so you could always use this to your advantage.

2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

Answer: There was a part in the "Why is my business getting sold" section it talks about the legal restraint of trade or the "non-compete agreement." This part sort of confused me because it seems kind of crazy to me that people would actually sell their business and then take a 5 year break just to "not take their customers." I think the customers should have their own choices of what they want to buy regardless of who's business it is.

3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?

Answer: I would ask him if he has ever bought an already running/successful business. I would ask him this because it seems like there are tons of advantages to doing this so I wonder if he would take his own advice on this! The second question I would ask would be since there are both many advantages and disadvantages to franchising a company, would the author think that it would be more profitable to franchise or to rather put that money into a better use? I would ask him this because I'd like to have some input from someone who has probably done this before and that will help me with my future career. 

4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?

Answer: As I was reading this chapter I came to the part where it talks about "Why is the business being sold?" In my honest opinion I was confused at how much the author rambled on about a hypothetical business. He could've just said," look into it and make sure it's nothing sketchy. Instead he rambles on massively by going on about the physical condition of it, the condition of the inventory, the state of the countries assets and so on. He could've probably found 200 other things to write about in this section so I just feel like it was pointless rambling.

Idea Napkin No. 1

1) Hi, my name is Jason Horecky. I'm a 20 year old sophomore that is majoring in business management! I am extremely talented at producing music, playing tennis, sleeping and making people happy! I interned at shands hospital last semester and I worked with doctors on a more efficient and safe cure for dysentery. My aspirations are to work as hard as possible in whatever life throws at me and to become as successful as possible. I also want to run my own business at some point in the future. Specifically regarding the business concept, I can see this business blowing up around the world and making me a lot of money!

2) My app shows all available parking spots around your area and clearly marks them to save time from driving around everywhere. There are also more features to this app which include showing capacities for parking garages as well as showing tow away zones to make sure you know you wont get towed!

3) I'm offering it for FREE to all people who have a car. Which is a large percentage of people! I first thought about only offering it to UF students, but if this app gets actually created i'd want it to get as global as possible! Currently there are over 1.2 billion cars in the world so that seems like a large enough market to me!

4) Like I stated before, I want this app to be free. So if it helps people in just the slightest amount to find a parking spot easier especially on crowded days, then people should in theory download it! I'll get money off of ad revenue regardless.

5) Currently I don't see an app on the app store that is like anything I've explained or else I'd have it already! So it seems like that sets me apart already!

I think that these five elements do fit together very well. I think that I have a very good idea that I should implement as soon as I can so that someone doesn't come up with it before me!! But I do think that with time i'll add more features that people want in the app. I will read all the feedback that I receive from the app and make it exactly what people want it to be! I think it would be a big hit.