There's Customer Interviews No. 1

I have an entrepreneurial idea that I would love to start after my college. My mom and I have always dreamed of opening a boutique together in our Orlando suburb of Windermere. We find that there is an empty spot in the market for affordable yet stylish clothing for women and teens. The store would have clothing, as well as candles, jewelry, and gift giving accessories. I chose to interview young girls who enjoy shopping, as well as one who knew the town of Windermere.
While doing this activity, I learned that there really is a need in the market. The activity was out of my comfort zone, but I got a lot of good feedback.
Enjoy the video interviews!

There's a Week 4 Reading Reflection

In the Chapter 5, the author talks a lot about innovation and new inventions. He mentions on page 166 that innovation is a result of a purposeful search for new opportunities. I tend to disagree with that umbrella statement. I think that at times that is true, and that some inventors work long and hard to make new things, but I think other times people happen upon a great new thing. For example the creator of Dip n Dots froze his ice cream too long at a very low temperature and happened upon his idea. I think often times new ideas are spurred by things going wrong.

I was also confused by the idea of a good climate for creativity. I think that ideally that is good, but things don’t always happen when the time is right. I think that if you wait for the perfect time, it will never happen. I was surprised that the book recommended an innovator to wait until the perfect climate and time was right. Sometimes you don’t have everything you need and life is crazy, but it could be the start of something great.

I would love to ask the author what the climate in his life was like when he started his innovations. I wonder if it was a hectic time, or if his climate was calm and creative. I would also ask if he wished that he started it at another time or if the time he began ended up being just right.

There's the World's Top Five Problems

Five Biggest Problems
1. Abortions
2. Orphan Care
3. Terrorism
4. Cancer
5. Clean Water Access

Five Greatest Solutions
1. More financially secure and loving households adopt children out of the orphan and foster care system
2. Dig more wells so that third world countries have access to clean water
3. Find the cure for cancer
4. Pass laws to restrict the amount of abortions, to ultimately make it illegal
5. Take down ISIS

I chose to rank the biggest probelems in this order, due to how many people are affected by each problem. Over one million unborn babies are aborted in the US alone every year. More babies have died from abortions than all of the wars combined. Next I chose orphan care because millions of innocent children are not given the care they need. Terrorism (especially in the 21st century) effects millions of innocent lives. It causes physical harm, as well as fear in innocent lives. Cancer also effects almost 40% of all Americans, and we badly need to find a cure. Clean water access does not effect many Americans, but it effects millions of people around the world.

I then chose the solutions that would be easiest to implement. If one family from every church adopted a child from the US, we would not have any more domestic orphans. This seems like a very reasonable solution. It also seems relatively basic to dig wells so that people can have water to drink. This takes money, but if people gave more to this, it is a one time expense. The third solution is to find the cure for cancer, which is obviously very difficult, but with all of the brilliant minds we have, I'm sure we will find the cure in the near future. Unfortunately, trying to change/pass a law is one of the most difficult things to do. But if we could pass more laws and restrictions on abortion, then more babies will have the right to life. The most difficult thing to do would be to stop terrorism. We can take down ISIS, but there will always be another group. This is because the world will never fully experience peace.