1) You. My name is Edson Abadia and I am a second year political science major, soccer coach, uncle, brother, and entrepreneur. My aspirations are to become a lawyer one day, but for now, I am here developing this opportunity. I hope this idea is something that can take off one day. Maybe I won't be the one to do it, but I think it is something that we need in this world. If I were to start this, I think I would have to focus on this solely which I am not ready for. Because of my work experience I have been able to develop people skills and work on a variety of projects at the same time and meet deadlines.
2) What are you offering to customers? I am offering an app that will let consumers know how long lines are at bars, how much cover is, any drink specials and much more. Eventually, I'd like for this app to be able to have a link with something like apple pay where you can pay the bars straight from the app and pay cover before hand. I would also like something arranged with Uber where rides can be directly ordered from the app and even planned out. I would also like for drivers license to be able to be uploaded to the app so that no body has to carry a wallet when they go out anymore.
3) Who are you offering it to? This product would be more towards college students because they are the ones who go out often and there is usually a centralized "strip" of bars where they go out. Older individuals, although they go out, do not go to bars and clubs as much where there would be cover and lines.
4) Why do they care? Consumers will pay for this because nobody likes to wait in lines, not know how much cover is, or buy a drink when there are drink specials you don't know about.
5) What are your core competencies? I believe that my determination will be what makes this idea work. I do not take no for answer, so if I believe in an idea, it will come to life however possible. I use my connections and value my time which allows me to take the skills of everyone around me to make sure I have the best work done in each segment. I realize I cannot create an app and I realize I cannot do graphic design, but I know people that I can and I know I can get it done. This will be crucial as this app launches and as it develops over time and adds to components.
I believe my elemental fit together and that I know the people and have the resources to make every element of this idea work. Since my last post, my idea hasn't changed much, but I have taken some criticism to change the way I wrote this napkin. Mainly on how I present myself. I have a lot of good quality, but I do not share those enough to convince a consumer to buy my product. In order to convince a consumer to buy a product, they have to believe and trust you. I am able to do this in person, but on paper not as much. That is why I have added a little more "self promoting" this time to convince my consumers to buy my product over the next one.
I also struggled to think how to change my idea napkin as well. I also felt like nothing much has changed and my idea remained relatively the same, regardless of the comments. I think its because a lot of students try to be positive and encouraging to others, which makes people feel better but not actually change anything about their ideas. Also, its easy to make something look good in paper, but hard to tell whether it is actually viable in the real world. I am excited to see whether your app will work out in the real world and how customers in Gainesville will use it.
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