Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Assignment 11A: Idea Napkin No. 1

1) You.
I am a senior at the University of Florida (UF) majoring in Business Management. I have switched my major from Engineering to Business while going through my educational journey at UF. Some of my key talents and skills are Leadership, decision making, reliability, communication skills, athleticism, integrity, and dedication. Also, I have my motorcycle endorsement and have been riding a motorcycle for over two years. Additionally, I am in Air Force ROTC, so I have gained experience in Leadership, decision making, communication, and integrity. Some experiences are that I have played football since I was about six years old, I have played soccer for some time as a kid, did track & field in high school, and won the scholar-athlete award in the District 7A high school football state championship for my dedication to academics while still playing sports. Attending and completing Field Training for AFROTC has shaped me because it is a 13-day intense leadership evaluation while being under tremendous stress. Switching majors while being in college has also made me who I am because I had realized I didn’t want to do engineering in my future. Instead, I wanted to do something I had an interest in and would like to follow as a career. I want to graduate UF with my degree in business management and upon graduation, I will commission into the Air Force as an officer where I will start my career. I will still be using my education in management as I will be applying some principles learned in my classes to my leadership and management style. If I were to start this business, it would make my life busier, but it would also provide something I could do in my off-time and help run it. This business will help make me some more money, so then I can help change the world by helping keep scooter riders safe. This business will help me learn some business techniques and some valuable life lessons as well.
2) What are you offering to customers?
The service that will be offered to customers is a scooter course at local dealerships that offer scooters. This course will help educate new or current scooter riders on the proper driving and safety skills. Also, people who complete the scooter course will obtain a discount on a new or used scooter. The idea of pairing up the service with the discount on a scooter will help not only the people taking the courses but will also help the dealership make more money. Everyone that completes the scooter course will gain vital rider and safety knowledge. Also, there will be more money that will flow into the market and the economy. The unmet need of people that ride/own a scooter and not lacking rider and safety knowledge will decrease. This need will decrease because the offered scooter course is educating more people on the correct rider and safety knowledge.
3) Who are you offering it to?
In general, people that have been involved with a scooter in common by either owning, riding or having a thought of owning a scooter in the future are all customers for this service. The demographic characteristics of my customers are students or people in Florida that would be involved with a scooter. This service will not be limited to the younger population, as there are older people that are scooter riders. They just might not find the value in taking these courses before buying a scooter or even after owning a scooter for some time. Dealerships that sell scooters are included in who the service will be offered to since they will find value in it with the added business that the course will bring. People that have a scooter already are still included in the customer base but are not the target audience. This is because they will feel as their driving is good and don’t need to take the courses.
4) Why do they care?
This is a unique service that I will offer to customers because it will be the one way that people can gain the proper rider and safety knowledge that is specific to scooters. Additionally, along with gaining important rider and safety knowledge for scooters, the customer that completes the course can purchase a new/used scooter at a discount from the dealership. The only other way to gain rider knowledge is through a motorcycle safety course, in which you gain motorcycle knowledge. People would want to learn information on the specifics of riding a scooter. This service will be beneficial to them because it will keep people will be safer on the roads and will know proper techniques on riding.
5) What are your core competencies?
The thing that sets me apart from everyone else is that there is currently no service that offers scooter courses and after completing the course you will earn a discount on a scooter. I have a service that is linked to a discount of a scooter in the dealership and this product-service combination is the only one like it. Thus, more people will want to take the course to feel better while riding on their scooter. This service will lead to more changes involving scooters to help maintain rider safety, including legislation on scooters in Florida.
Evaluation:
I believe that all these elements fit together well because it is important to make sure everyone driving on the road know how to drive their vehicle and how to be safe. All the elements go with my idea of keeping everyone safer on the road and to cut out on expensive hospital visits for people. This will help the state that there was a problem with scooters and then will show more support for the provided education for two-wheel transportation. It fits well with myself since I own a motorcycle and have been riding for over two years. So, then I realized that scooter riders don’t know correct mechanics for riding, parking or being safe on the road.

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