Customer Interview

After interviewing five people, and four of the five liking the idea of ordering food and coffee on an app and picking it up, I think that it's a viable idea. Truthfully it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. People were fine with doing a short thirty second interview, and some of them were even flattered.

Week 4 Reading

Questions
1&2-I didn't have anything surprising or confusing this week because I've been to seminars on corporate entrepreneurial innovation. A lot of the things the author talks about are what they covered in the lectures, so nothing really shocked me because I had heard it all before. Same goes for confusing, because I had heard it before nothing caught me off guard.

3. What is the best reward for corporate entrepreneuring? What case studies supported yur claim about the need for innovation in corporations?

4. There isn't anything I disagree with.

The 5 Tops

Top five world problems:

1. Sanitary water
2. World hunger
3. Lack of education
4. Arms race
5. Gender equality

Solutions to above world problems in order of practicability:

1. Building and maintaining wells
2. Providing funds to build schools and train educators
3. Teaching locals ways to grow crops
4. Implementing laws that protect women from discrimination (developing countries), and updating current laws that call for gender equality to better facilitate fair treatment.
5. I don't have a solution for arms race because I don't think there's a technical way to solve a country from dangerously advancing weaponry.

I chose sanitary water as the top world problem because water is the basis for human life. If someone doesn't have access to it then every other problem soon becomes obsolete. If a child gets education, health care, equality, or freedom what does it matter if he/she is going to die of dehydration or diseases related to unclean water. I think sometimes water is overlooked as important which is funny because if you look at every major city or any ancient villages they all have one thing in common, they're near a body of water. I also believe that solving the water crisis is the easiest to implement because of the relatively low costs of building and maintaining a well. "The Thirst Project", a nonprofit organization, builds wells in Swaziland and has tied the access to clean water to decrease in mortality, an increase in community health, and an increase in child education (those who previously had to spend all day gathering water instead of going to the local school). The children who spent eight hours a day collecting unsanitary water were mostly girls, which means they now have a chance to get an education increasing the likelihood of a more gender equal outlook in developing countries.Though some of these countries have finite underground water resources, as technology develops so does the access to more water. For example, there is now a water bottle that captures humidity and liquefies it. Soon technology could find a way to make finite sources of water more sustainable.

Entrepreneurship book reflection

Identifying Local Problems

Taxpayers out $1.9 million to exit parking garage deal

Recently the city of Gainesville has paid out a local business owner for the South West Downtown parking garage. The payout will be 1.9 billion taxpayers dollars. The garage will then be used by an eight story hotel that is to be built on a parcel of land adjacent to the parking garage.The problem lies with whether or not the payout will be a waste of taxpayer dollars. Taxpayers are unsure whether or not this deal will be beneficial in the end.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160121/ARTICLES/160129902/1003/NEWS?p=1&tc=pg

Women cops hope to arrest sexist behavior in GPD

Women in the GPD have taken actions to report and expose the sexism inside the department. They've reported people like Capt. Brian Helmerson who has retired rather than facing termination. It  appears that the women have been going through harassment for years, but pushed it aside as insignificant. Until the women compared stories did they realize that it wasn't a small matter and tha something had to be done. The department is instituting sexual harassment seminars, and promoting more awareness into the matter in the department.

  http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160123/ARTICLES/160129860/1002/news01?p=1&tc=pg

Rally to Protect Paynes Prairie

Supporters of Payne's Prairie have gathered together to protest Governor Rick Scott, who has, over the years, reduced State Park funds causing the parks to cut back on maintenance. They believe that when the parks reach critical states that he will then "rescue" them by leasing the lands to timber companies, and cattle ranchers and hunters. This will make him seem like a hero for parks, and slowly privatize public lands. The parks will soon become the victim of under funding, but eventually of pure profit.

http://fieldguide.blogs.gainesville.com/755/rally-to-protect-paynes-prairie/

Blaze destroys Monteocha family's home

The Gainey family lost there home to a fire. The cause is undetermined at this point, but the fire department believes it was unintentional. The Gainey family inherited the trailer from their grandfather, who recently passed away. 

 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160122/ARTICLES/160129872/1002/news01?p=1&tc=pg

Woman bites off fingers of 89-year-old man

A woman assaulted a man at their group home. During trhis assault the woman bit off two of his fingers at the knuckles. he only statement she had was to confirm that she had bitten off his fingers. The man is at the hospital, and police reported that he sustained bruises and major blood loss.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160123/ARTICLES/160129852/1002/news01?Title=Woman-bites-off-fingers-of-89-year-old-man

Very Short Interview No. 1

I interviewed my roommates father who has owned a bar in Costa Rico for the past 15 years.

What makes you an entrepreneur?
I guess you can say I am a risk taker.  Opening a business in a third world country learning the culture the language and the politics of the country at the same time.  The key to being an entrepreneur is being flexible and dedicated to your business. Looking for a need and a solution or product that stands out from the rest.  As an entrepreneur you need to know every aspect of your business.

What was the worst experience you had as being an entrepreneur?
Dealing with corrupt government officials and inspectors looking for bribes.

What do you wish you had been taught in school before setting out on your own path as an entrepreneur?
 I think a little more marketing might have helped.

Mr. De Vries has shown that some entrepreneurial adventures take a lot longer to pan out, and to see how it will turn out. He obviously got into a situation that had more surprises than ever expected, which is understandable since he's working in a foreign country. I thought it was cool though that with his outreach he learned a different language and fully immersed himself in a different culture to do what he wanted. I learned that if I ever try to do business in a foreign country that I should do research into their laws and regulations.

Woe is the world

 "When it comes to global health there is no 'them' only 'us'"-Global Health Orginization.

• Sanitary Water. There is about one billion people in this world that does not have access to sanitary water. The lack of such a basic need causes multiple problems including diseases, starvation, dehydration, low economy. How does it effect economy and starvation? Well how is a developing country supposed to grow when the infant mortality rate is high due to diseases cause by lack of water? And how are people supposed to grow plants, clean their produce and cook their meals without sanitary water? To me this is one of the biggest problems in the world, and it's the reason I became a Sustainability major. In dry areas, especially in Africa, there are natural springs about one hundred feet below ground that can be tapped through wells.
• Infant mortality rate. Forty-five percent of all children under five deaths are newborn or neonatal babies. Eighty percent of these deaths are due to premature births and low birth rates, infections, and birth trauma. A majority of these deaths could be prevented with postnatal healthcare on site, but unfortunately most of these women in developing countries can't afford to stay in a hospital after birth. Countries who face higher infant mortality rates, sub-Saharan and Asian countries, would need to allocate money towards the health of mothers before and after birth. I also think that with better sanitation overall this number would decrease.
• Lack of Education. 72 million children of schooling age are not in school, and there are over 700 million parents are illiterate without the education to help improve their lives along with their children. Most of these children lack proper education because of poverty, or inequality. As countries begin to develop, funds are not appropriated for schools and training of educators. This leaves a large number of children who get less then four years of education.
• Gender equality. Women's rights have taken a huge stride into the future over the past century, but it still remains unequal throughout the world. Women still have a higher illiteracy rate caused by many things including family obligations. In developing countries women and girls are expected to collect water, cook, and clean the house. Collecting water alone takes eight hours a day, and because of this young girls have a high education drop out rate in order to help their families out. This also adds to the fact that six out of ten of the world's poorest people are women. On top of that, in developed countries highly educated women still make less money than their male counterparts. In developing countries I feel that education is a huge reason that this persists. The fact that girls must stay home instead of getting a proper education accounts for a large reason why there's still gender inequality.
• Sanitary defecation. World toilet day--which is held on Nov. 19--is one of the first steps in bringing to light the 2.4 billion people who don't have access to a sanitary toilet. Over 1 billion people defecate in open areas, and this has caused numerous problems. Diseases are the biggest outcome of lack of toilets around the world, which causes the toilet to be a life or death scenario. On top of that women are forced to defecate at night in fear of being raped by men lying in wait during the day. Also, some girls don't attend school due to lack of separate bathrooms for them during their menstrual cycles. There needs to be more of a focus from the state level on providing sanitary toilets to those who need it.
• World hunger. One in nine people in the world suffer from chronic undernourishment due to lack of food. The average adult needs 1600 calories a day in order to survive, anything more would be considered "work" calories for everyday activities. I think that one major way this could be resolved is by going into countries and teaching people how to grow their own crops on the lands they have. Organizations like IFAD have already started programs like this.
• Arms race. The arms race continues to grow with technology, and the need to have the best military in the world. Currently most major countries are involved in arms acquisitions including China, the Koreas, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Russia, and the U.S. The U.S. and Russia have recently sold some of their more advanced air power to other countries. Russia selling its SU-27 fighter to China and U.S. selling F-16's to Taiwan. I consider this a world problem in the fact that as weapons increase in deadliness the likelihood of Einstein's quote becomes more and more relevant; "I know not what WW3 will be fought with, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones."-Albert Einstein. I honestly don't see an end to the arms race. Countries will always think they need the biggest "gun" in order to remain in power. It is also proven that the stronger the weapons the more of a deterrent they are.
•  HIV. Over 60 million people have been diagnosed as infected by AIDS, which has spread to every part of the world. There is no one region that hasn't been touched in some way by this disease. A lot of the cause of this is through sexual transmission, or unsanitary medical practices in needles. Countries like Swaziland have a majority of their population infected by the disease. Organizations like UNAIDS have spent the last twenty years to decrease the percentage of AIDS found in the world. The Thirst Project has found that bringing sanitary water into a country has affected the spread of HIV because of the increase in medical sanitation provided by clean water. 
• Terrorism. With recent attacks on Paris, Egypt, Turkey, Yemen, Tunisia, and many more terrorist groups like IS has shown its true reach in the world. I don't think there is an immediate solution to terrorism. It's like fighting a ghost because terrorists don't have a specific look, and anyone can be a terrorist.
  

Entrepreneurship reading

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The following is a video containing content pertaining to the reading required by the class with which everyone is currently enrolled in which is held at UF and this is a run on sentence that feels never ending because once it ends its done, kibosh, no more so I wanted to extend it as long as possible in order to provide more life to the written/typed word I'm honestly just making stuff up now if you didn't notice.

The Bugs in Life

The following list are of things that bug me, or the ever so likely, random things that might bug someone.

1. Bikini tops that are too flimsy to support active big breasted women. I believe the reason this bug exists is because when people think of bikini's they consider style and relaxation over more active wear.
2. That Gainesville has limited parking on and around campus. I believe the reason this bug exists is because the campus is limited on open space and parking is a high priority.
3. To-go containers take up a huge place in the refrigerator when there's something half it's size actually in the container. The size of the container is usually larger because no one could ever guess the size of the left overs. It has to compensate for the unexpected.
4. To my knowledge, there's no comfortable ice pack that your can wear to bed, or relaxing on the couch. This bug exists, to my knowledge, because products similar to an ice pack like Icy Hot have leaned to a different route in innovating their product, i.e roll on Icy Hot, Icy Hot patches. Though they're expensive and not exactly what I want.
5. That the college doesn't have a cooking on a budget class, cause that would be awesome. A whole semester where the teacher helps you pick out, prepare, and cook meals for the average college student. This bug exists because I don't think the college thinks there needs to be an entire class on student cooking.
6. It bugs me that airplane tickets are so expensive. It's cheap to make your way around a country, but once you add a 1200 dollar plane ticket your budget doubles. This bug exists because I'm assuming that there's no cheap way to cross an ocean.
7. While taking a bath I always have to support myself to stay sitting up or even reclined back some. I always slip. This bug exists because tubs are made of slick materiel like linoleum. 
8. It's not a bug, but I wish that I could order my Starbucks or Chik Fil A order on campus on my phone and then go pick it up, like you order a pizza and they tell you how long it's going to take. The wish doesn't exist because, I'm not actually sure. Mabe it would be really difficult to manage or organize.
9. It bugs me that my biggest class is always overly hot. The buildings heat is on, but I don't think they consider that with over a hundred mini heaters known as students are about to occupy the room. They also must not consider that in the winter most students are wearing warm clothes already, that in such a tight pace they have to slowly unlayer because the heat is on.
10. It bugs me that the history channel now has these pawn shows instead of documentaries and actually history things. I think the bug exists because everyone wants some sort of reality show now, and the History channel is trying to conform with that.
11. It bugs me that my hair gets so oily so quickly. The bug exists probably cause of genetics, not really positive why.
12. It bugs me that I can't think of things that bug me when I have to, but the moment I continue with my day I'll think of at least a  hundred. I probably don't see them as bugs, just things to accept in life.
13. It bugs me that I'm not sure what direction I have to go in after I graduate in order to do what I want. 
14. It bugs me that the reason some people don't work out is because they're embarrassed to look bad by working out, but in reality most people are impressed when anyone is trying their best. 
15.  There's not a decorative product that I can hang on my wall to help with noise cancellation/ Probably because noise cancellation is more complex than a 14 by 21 wall decor.
16. Finding scholarly essays on subjects we're required to write papers on are extremely difficult to fine. Technology escapes me to the point where I'm not sure why this bug exists. Though I know you can use "Google Scholar" it's still difficult.
17. The campus doesn't have a hammock park/garden. You can put up a hammock anywhere on campus if you find trees the right length apart, but I think UF should develop a place made for hammocks in the nature. Kind of like a retreat, seclusion place. Like the butterfly gardens, exceot the hammock garden.
18. Drive in movies aren't a big thing anymore. The bug exists because for some reason drive-in movies went out of date. I'm not sure why though, they're really fun.
19. Grocery shopping is such a hassle, and I end up spending more even if I go in with a list. The bug exists because cooking for myself it takes a lot more attention to actually make grocery shopping efficient. 
20. It bugs me that as technology progresses, and life gets made easier with innovation people forget about the world around them. The nature that lies behind the concrete wall, and the struggle behind getting what you want even if it's something little. That the world today takes so many things for granted because they've been taught that everything should come at lightning speeds at the touch of a button. 
21. Overachievers because when I want to be lazy I don't need anyone selling the point by going above and beyond. This bug exists probably because of my dreams, while I sleep, instead of working, or being responsible. 

This assignment was difficult because I really don't spend all my time looking for the bugs in the world. I'll have a moment where I'll think "I wish..." or "I hate that..." but most of those don't stick around. I feel like a lot of the times I've been trained to live with what I have instead of questioning why it's all I get. Never actually pushing those tiny annoyances to the level of "how do I fix this". I've learned to make do with what I'm given, only pushing the boundaries on things I'm passionate about, which don't account for 20 different things. Honestly most of the things I'm passionate about aren't on this list. Things that I would want to change.

My Entrepreneurship Encounter

I took this class because it's a requirement. I honestly am not sure what I want to get out of this class. The whole layout of the class is new to me, and I have no clue what to expect. Not entirely at least.

In honor of Alan Rickman.

Entrepreneur Mantra

Introduction

Hi I'm Anna, I'm a second year Sustainability major from Jacksonville Florida. Sustainability, or more commonly known as sustainable development, is making sure that the needs of the present are met without detriment to future generations; this includes needs in social, economic, and environmental sectors of everyday life. I only explain this because one of two things happens when I tell people my major, they smile and nod with the pretense of knowing, or they ask me what it means. So here you go. Let's see a few things about me, I love sports especially soccer, tennis, and volleyball. My favorite t.v. show is Friends (not cause it came on Netflix). My favorite author is David Baldacci, but I don't have a favorite book. I'm currently reading It by Steven King, and I'm currently watching The Office on Netflix. I live to travel. I'm constantly thinking about where to go, and then silently crying as I check my bank account and realize I'm too broke for even those "trips on a budget". That's pretty much it, so bye.                                                                                                                                                          

SNL

What is Burn Notice?