I am an entrepreneur. My skills include talking to customers and coming up with new ideas. I think that my business can play a huge role in my life. If it is a success, I could potentially make a whole career out of it.
I am offering my customers a mode of transportation when they need to get a ride home from their college town.
I am offering this to college students around the ages of 18-24. I will market the idea mainly to those who do not own a car. However, I will also market the idea to those with a car, because they will be the people giving the rides.
People will pay for this idea because all college students go home for the holidays. Many of them do not have cars. This means that they either have to take a bus or try to find a ride with a friend. This can be very troublesome for some people. With this system, they will always have a reliable ride for the holidays, and it will be cheaper than a bus ticket.
This idea is very unique. I do not believe that there is anything like this on the market right now. I am set apart from my competitors because I will provide cheaper prices. This is different than Uber, because people do not use Uber for long distance trips because it would be too expensive. My app would be exclusively for long distances.
I believe that all of these elements fit together. My skills as an entrepreneur can translate to this business idea that I have. This idea can make students' lives a lot easier.
All of my comments were about how similar my idea sounded to companies such as Uber and Lyft. I tried to differentiate my idea from these companies when I described my core competencies. I explained how my app would only be used for long distance trips.
Hi Tyler!
ReplyDeleteI think this is an awesome idea. I know when I've tried to get some gas money for a long trip down to Miami that I've going on facebook group ride boards to look for people who need to go home for the weekend and are willing to pay gas money. I sometimes find it hard to find people because not everyone knows about these facebook groups and it is completely unorganized. An app like this would make it so much easier for people to find ways to get home and ways to get gas money, and they would probably get to go home much more often. I think its a great idea! good luck! Check out my blog:
http://cassiespinner.blogspot.com/2016/03/idea-napkin-no-2.html
Hi Tyler, I think you have a great idea that you could have a lot of success with as long as you get enough marketing. Make sure that you get the word out to a lot of people about your service and that you get endorsements to show that you're skilled. I think that you would be able to do that fairly easily in a large college setting, such as that of the student life on UF. Good luck with your business, and here's a link to my blog post so that you can check out my idea napkin. http://camcoop8.blogspot.com/2016/03/idea-napkin-no-2.html
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