Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
9A Testing the Hypothesis, Part 2
Who: After interviewing different people and listening to their opinions concerning my idea, I understood that there might be a case where certain passengers don't fall inside the boundaries. One example an interviewee said was the bus riders. Even though they also may have the unmet need for road security, they ride the bus because is a robust, more secure transport service(while they are not exactly seeing the road). Also, if we imagine more secure public transportation like the subway, there is no need for a security camera reporting reckless driving.
What: An interviewee also brought up the fact that there could be more traffic light cameras in intersections so they could be reported directly to the police with a system that is already up. After a lot of thought and with the opinion of my third interviewee, we decided to segregate that solution since the infrastructure of placing more cameras increased a lot the cost of the whole idea. Also, people drive reckless not only in the intersections but everywhere, hence why the app would be active every time you activate it on a phone with a camera that almost everybody already has, all recording in a 10 dollar phone holder in your dashboard.
Why: Because they feel some public transportation is more secure or they feel is out of their hands if something happen.
What: An interviewee also brought up the fact that there could be more traffic light cameras in intersections so they could be reported directly to the police with a system that is already up. After a lot of thought and with the opinion of my third interviewee, we decided to segregate that solution since the infrastructure of placing more cameras increased a lot the cost of the whole idea. Also, people drive reckless not only in the intersections but everywhere, hence why the app would be active every time you activate it on a phone with a camera that almost everybody already has, all recording in a 10 dollar phone holder in your dashboard.
Why: Because they feel some public transportation is more secure or they feel is out of their hands if something happen.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
8A Solving The Problem.
Problem: People are witnesses to reckless driving daily and can't do anything about it since there is no police around 24/7.
Solutions:
Solutions:
- Create an app that reports directly to the police when something is recorded by the phone or dashcam. This app would act as a sleeper, this means that once the user starts the app, it will stay on with the camera rolling until the user turns off the app. Nowadays, people have chargers in their cars so the battery wouldn't be a problem, also unless the user says otherwise, the video recording would be eliminated so it doesn't waste space on the phone. In the case of dashcams, it would be connected via USB-Port to your phone doing the same thing with the exception that dashcams have Micro-USD memory cards already installed, this means that even though the recording is eliminated one the phone, it is still on the dashcams memory.
- A less effective idea is to work with Waze or like Waze in this kind of scenarios. Reporting something and making other Wazers corroborate what you saw might help on the lookout for the perpetrator, and help police to identify the suspect.
7A Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1
Opportunity: Everyday people become witnesses of reckless driving that is not being brought to justice because police officers are not able to stop all the violations.
Who: Everyday drivers and pedestrians.
What: Become witnesses of reckless driving.
Why: It's impossible to have officers at every corner.
Tests:
Who: It can be expanded to everyone. Every single person that sees a road on their everyday life is prone to be a witness of such actions.
What: The boundaries of the need would stop at the reckless driving that is seen by an officer and being brought into justice. In that case, the need would've been met.
Why: Everyone that sees an unfair action notices what should've happened to the perpetrator of the unlawful action. It is so common to see this that some people see it as "normal" that reckless drivers get away with everything when no police officers are present.
Interviews:
1. In this interview, this young high school student who is not old enough to be driving yet has seen the same problem I proposed. As a passenger to his parent's car, he sees risky maneuvers from people that are putting constantly the life of his parents in danger. He argues with the question "what kind of repercussions do you see on those reckless drivers?", that more often than not, they get away with what they do.
2. This interview was very emotional, as a 20-year-old college student told me her family story during the question "what kind of repercussions do you see on the reckless drivers?". She answered that she saw no repercussions at all. Her story talks about her older brother who died in a car accident when she was a kid, the reckless driver did a hit-and-run and was never found since there was no other witness around to confirm the car's color or plate.
3. In this interview, I decided to ask someone with more experience. A 46-year-old professor in FIU has to commute for an hour every day, he says that there's is not a day that goes by that he doesn't see someone doing irresponsible maneuvers. He told an anecdote that once a female fireman rear-ended him while exiting the Florida Turnpike, she was tailgating him at a high speed and when the time to break came, she didn't. No police officers present, the woman argued she had to go to work and she'll pay later. She told him lies to get away with the hit and gave fake information to the gentlemen, he never heard of her again.
4. This interview showed some kind of indifference since the interviewed is a reckless driver. I personally have been a passenger of this person and this is the case were you doubt how he got the license in the first place. He mucks the questions as he admits that he likes to drive fast, he argues that sometimes people are too slow for him so he has to pass over "snail-like" drivers.
5. This interview is also tragic, since its a mother who lost her daughter. She was expecting her to arrive since it was a long weekend, so her daughter was coming down from UCF with three other friends. They had an accident when the traffic slowed down to 20 mph and got rear-ended by a car who wasn't paying attention to the road, her daughter and her friend who was sitting in the back died.
The mother argued that it only takes one second of the road to cause something terrible, that's why is dangerous to let recklessness go unnoticed.
Findings:
Before these interviews, I knew this is an important need for everyone. But now, I know that it is urgent to address this need with some kind of solution. How are people ok with the number of accidents on the road, how is it possible that is more dangerous to drive than to do more dangerous activities like flying.
Who: Everyday drivers and pedestrians.
What: Become witnesses of reckless driving.
Why: It's impossible to have officers at every corner.
Tests:
Who: It can be expanded to everyone. Every single person that sees a road on their everyday life is prone to be a witness of such actions.
What: The boundaries of the need would stop at the reckless driving that is seen by an officer and being brought into justice. In that case, the need would've been met.
Why: Everyone that sees an unfair action notices what should've happened to the perpetrator of the unlawful action. It is so common to see this that some people see it as "normal" that reckless drivers get away with everything when no police officers are present.
Interviews:
1. In this interview, this young high school student who is not old enough to be driving yet has seen the same problem I proposed. As a passenger to his parent's car, he sees risky maneuvers from people that are putting constantly the life of his parents in danger. He argues with the question "what kind of repercussions do you see on those reckless drivers?", that more often than not, they get away with what they do.
2. This interview was very emotional, as a 20-year-old college student told me her family story during the question "what kind of repercussions do you see on the reckless drivers?". She answered that she saw no repercussions at all. Her story talks about her older brother who died in a car accident when she was a kid, the reckless driver did a hit-and-run and was never found since there was no other witness around to confirm the car's color or plate.
3. In this interview, I decided to ask someone with more experience. A 46-year-old professor in FIU has to commute for an hour every day, he says that there's is not a day that goes by that he doesn't see someone doing irresponsible maneuvers. He told an anecdote that once a female fireman rear-ended him while exiting the Florida Turnpike, she was tailgating him at a high speed and when the time to break came, she didn't. No police officers present, the woman argued she had to go to work and she'll pay later. She told him lies to get away with the hit and gave fake information to the gentlemen, he never heard of her again.
4. This interview showed some kind of indifference since the interviewed is a reckless driver. I personally have been a passenger of this person and this is the case were you doubt how he got the license in the first place. He mucks the questions as he admits that he likes to drive fast, he argues that sometimes people are too slow for him so he has to pass over "snail-like" drivers.
5. This interview is also tragic, since its a mother who lost her daughter. She was expecting her to arrive since it was a long weekend, so her daughter was coming down from UCF with three other friends. They had an accident when the traffic slowed down to 20 mph and got rear-ended by a car who wasn't paying attention to the road, her daughter and her friend who was sitting in the back died.
The mother argued that it only takes one second of the road to cause something terrible, that's why is dangerous to let recklessness go unnoticed.
Findings:
Before these interviews, I knew this is an important need for everyone. But now, I know that it is urgent to address this need with some kind of solution. How are people ok with the number of accidents on the road, how is it possible that is more dangerous to drive than to do more dangerous activities like flying.
6A Identifying Opportunities in Economic & Regulatory Trends
Economic Trends:
A. Source: https://www.eonreality.com/how-ar-and-vr-change-the-global-economics-conversation/
B. VR is becoming very important in everyday life, just as other technologies, the constant advancement has enabled us to implement VR and AR in more than one branch of the society. With the development of AVR (Augmented and Virtual Reality), the training of staff in scenarios like hospitals, the Air Force, construction, or even everyday drivers could minimize to zero the risk of training someone with heavy machinery.
C. In every single case, there are countless companies and governments that consume resources to train their staff. This could help every one of them in the process.
D. The opportunity is somewhat difficult because it has to be completely functional and has to be wanted by modern and classic consumers for it to have the expected impact.
3. I'm enthusiastic about technology and all the wonders it can accomplish if we do it right. This piece of technology has already shown a lot of potential in flight simulators and video games, imagine what it could do for every scenario we might need a fictitious world. It can even go hand-in-hand with other developing technologies like AI.
A. Sources: https://readwrite.com/2012/02/01/how_youtube_is_part_of_a_global_economic_transform/
B. I agree with what the article says, Youtube has increased its influence all around the world. It shows an opportunity as they are taking entertainment to a more personal level, everyone can make a video and show whatever they want to show to the internet. The article also talks about how they have influenced largely education, people now search for visual answers on Youtube. Even if they can't afford college, someone around the world probably has recorded entire subjects on the platform for you to see.
C. I think everyone is a consumer here. Youtube serves as entertainment, education, profession, and hobby.
D. The opportunity is relatively easy in the way that a lot of countries have internet access. Now, to make it accessible to everyone, thats a big, almost impossible problem. Dictators, governments that suppress their people, or even governments that don't have enough capital to afford this luxury, are very hard to make the product arrive at their place. In which case, much higher power might be needed.
3. I am a consumer of Youtube every-day, that's why I see how it has influenced my life. I consider myself a very curious person, the idea to leave a subject half-understood is not on my dictionary. Hence why I access the platform every day. There are other kinds of people that are not as interested in answers than me, or even that they don't like to learn through sound and image and they decide to read an article from somewhere. That might be the reason some don't see the promise Youtube is capable to have and the influence they have right now.
Regulatory Changes:
A. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html
B. Under the Trump administration, a lot of environmental regulations have been put down because it affects negatively to fossil companies around the US. Of course, this will cause a lot of damage to the environment since those regulations were there for a reason, hence why the fighting for such regulations to stay in place can be called an opportunity.
C. The environment is a "product" consumed worldwide, even if you don't "believe" in global warming, you are constantly using the environment.
D. As we are talking into going against a government, it's relatively difficult until the leader changes.
3. As I said, everyone is a consumer of the environment. If someone is intentionally shortening the life of the environment, I would notice and pay attention to an opportunity to stop it. But it depends on what kind of values you are raised with, and what you value more.
A. Source: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-policy-changes-two-years-trump-administration
B. The current conflict between the US government and immigration has created a need to address the cases of some immigrants. There are ethical and moral issues at hand when changing certain regulations to decrease illegal immigration to the country, but that doesn't need to be the case for families in need of help. Even though all of us understand that is impossible to accept everyone, regulations are causing more pain to people rather than helping them. I'm not saying there shouldn't be any regulations, but they have to be controlled properly.
C. All immigrants to the country would be the consumers.
D. Again, is a government, it is very difficult to go against it.
3. As an immigrant myself, I know what other people have suffered to try to enter this country and have a proper life. Countries crying for help are not being aided due to governmental and international conflicts.
A. Source: https://www.eonreality.com/how-ar-and-vr-change-the-global-economics-conversation/
B. VR is becoming very important in everyday life, just as other technologies, the constant advancement has enabled us to implement VR and AR in more than one branch of the society. With the development of AVR (Augmented and Virtual Reality), the training of staff in scenarios like hospitals, the Air Force, construction, or even everyday drivers could minimize to zero the risk of training someone with heavy machinery.
C. In every single case, there are countless companies and governments that consume resources to train their staff. This could help every one of them in the process.
D. The opportunity is somewhat difficult because it has to be completely functional and has to be wanted by modern and classic consumers for it to have the expected impact.
3. I'm enthusiastic about technology and all the wonders it can accomplish if we do it right. This piece of technology has already shown a lot of potential in flight simulators and video games, imagine what it could do for every scenario we might need a fictitious world. It can even go hand-in-hand with other developing technologies like AI.
A. Sources: https://readwrite.com/2012/02/01/how_youtube_is_part_of_a_global_economic_transform/
B. I agree with what the article says, Youtube has increased its influence all around the world. It shows an opportunity as they are taking entertainment to a more personal level, everyone can make a video and show whatever they want to show to the internet. The article also talks about how they have influenced largely education, people now search for visual answers on Youtube. Even if they can't afford college, someone around the world probably has recorded entire subjects on the platform for you to see.
C. I think everyone is a consumer here. Youtube serves as entertainment, education, profession, and hobby.
D. The opportunity is relatively easy in the way that a lot of countries have internet access. Now, to make it accessible to everyone, thats a big, almost impossible problem. Dictators, governments that suppress their people, or even governments that don't have enough capital to afford this luxury, are very hard to make the product arrive at their place. In which case, much higher power might be needed.
3. I am a consumer of Youtube every-day, that's why I see how it has influenced my life. I consider myself a very curious person, the idea to leave a subject half-understood is not on my dictionary. Hence why I access the platform every day. There are other kinds of people that are not as interested in answers than me, or even that they don't like to learn through sound and image and they decide to read an article from somewhere. That might be the reason some don't see the promise Youtube is capable to have and the influence they have right now.
Regulatory Changes:
A. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html
B. Under the Trump administration, a lot of environmental regulations have been put down because it affects negatively to fossil companies around the US. Of course, this will cause a lot of damage to the environment since those regulations were there for a reason, hence why the fighting for such regulations to stay in place can be called an opportunity.
C. The environment is a "product" consumed worldwide, even if you don't "believe" in global warming, you are constantly using the environment.
D. As we are talking into going against a government, it's relatively difficult until the leader changes.
3. As I said, everyone is a consumer of the environment. If someone is intentionally shortening the life of the environment, I would notice and pay attention to an opportunity to stop it. But it depends on what kind of values you are raised with, and what you value more.
A. Source: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-policy-changes-two-years-trump-administration
B. The current conflict between the US government and immigration has created a need to address the cases of some immigrants. There are ethical and moral issues at hand when changing certain regulations to decrease illegal immigration to the country, but that doesn't need to be the case for families in need of help. Even though all of us understand that is impossible to accept everyone, regulations are causing more pain to people rather than helping them. I'm not saying there shouldn't be any regulations, but they have to be controlled properly.
C. All immigrants to the country would be the consumers.
D. Again, is a government, it is very difficult to go against it.
3. As an immigrant myself, I know what other people have suffered to try to enter this country and have a proper life. Countries crying for help are not being aided due to governmental and international conflicts.
Friday, September 13, 2019
Assignment 5A Identifying Local Opportunities
1. ACSO detention officer arrested on allegations of dating violence
- Christopher Hathcock, an Alachua County Sherif's Officer has been arrested due to allegations of dating violence.
- The problem is that a representant of the law, Christopher Hathcock, is being arrested because he has violated the law.
- The people who have this problem is Christopher Hathcock's partner and Christopher Hathcock since they are a suspect and a victim.
- Winner's Café at Starke, Florida was attracting the attention of neighbors because at nights the Café attracted people that looked somewhat dangerous. This caused Major Brad Smith of the Bradford County Sheriff's Office to start an investigation on the establishment. Effectively after getting a search warrant, police confiscated gaming machines, computers, ATM's and safes. Winner's Café was doing illegal gambling nights.
- The problem is that the Café was doing illegal gambling while being under the blanket of an internet café. Of course, this disrupts neighbors and attracts unwanted visitors to the area.
- The people who run the establishment have the problem because they are the ones doing illegal activities. The neighbors have the problem because they are being directly affected by the illegal activities. Finally, Bradford County has the problem because it disrupts the community under the county and under the law.
- On Sunday, August 25th, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at Nicole Renee Jacobs' residency in Pensacola, Florida, after receiving a disturbance call. She was intoxicated and strong animal odors were coming out of her house, trash bags and dirty clothes were all over the place. Her child said that she barely showers since she has to collect rainwater to do it. As a consequence and the estate of the house, the child, dog, and cats had fleas and lice all over them. Police took the child and called animal services on the cats and dog. She was charged with child neglect.
- The problem is that Nicole Renee Jacobs has neglected her child and animals, causing physical damage to them as they were not taking care of.
- Nicole Renee Jacobs has the problem as she is the one doing it. Her child and pets have the problem because they suffered who knows how much time under the "care" of this woman. Also, the county as they are responsible for any illegal activities in the area.
- Sara Ann Perry was charged for animal abuse after she tried to give away her dog to a shelter because she "couldn't take care of him anymore". Unfortunately, there was no room at the shelter, she left the shelter furious with the dog and stove him into the trunk of her car. As everything was caught on camera, Sherif's Department proceed to arrest her. The video is in the article.
- The problem is that Sara Ann Perry did animal abuse in public without thinking that anyone would notice or care for a dog. Even if she tried to give the dog back, there is no reason for harming an animal the way she did.
- Sara Ann Perry has the problem, she performed the abuse to the animal. The dog although not a person has the problem, he suffered the abuse. The county and the shelter since it was done under their jurisdiction and territory.
- After Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, numerous families were affected including UF's student Kariel Stuart. Students and local business like Swamp City have organized donations drives for the Bahamas.
- The problem is that Hurricane Dorian caused a lot of damage to the Bahamas, therefore a lot of people had to flee to another place abandoning their homes and possessions. Reconstructing the Bahamas is not an easy job, but at least the Gainesville community is giving donations.
- In this one, I would say that it is everyone's problem. Natural disasters bring consequences for whole communities, just like Kariel Stuart, who wasn't in the storm but her family was affected. People who sympathize with the damage (which is everyone) have this problem because they want to help solve it.
Assignment 4A: Forming an Opportunity Belief
As an unmet need, the constant violation of road laws is causing unsecure scenarios when police are not around. Every single person that has to walk, ride public transportation, or drive to get to their destination should agree that the safety of everyone is important, hence, the need to address this situation. Constantly people complain to friends and family about some road violation, for example, someone that was driving recklessly while they were crossing the street, or driving. This kind of problems has been happening for a long time, ever since people can hide their misconducted behaviors every time a representant of the law is watching. Nevertheless, people decide constantly to not complain to the police since it will take some kind of proof and maybe they won't even punish the person who did the "deeds", so instead, they tell to themselves that hopefully, that person won't do that again or that they will not cross paths again. I would say there is a 60% chance the opportunity of creating a platform to gather evidence of these acts, all because there is also the chance that they won't even bother to go through the trouble of using it.
- st Person:
- Do you feel safe when you go out to the street in a vehicle or on foot?
- Sometimes, if I don't think about the dangers of the way.
- When do you become aware that the road is unsafe?
- Normally when I see someone going fast or doing something illegal.
- Do you feel you've always had this concern? Why?
- I think I've had it since I was like 8 years old. Ever since I understood my parents yelled to people when they were driving because they are dangerous on the road.
- How are you addressing this?
- Trying to avoid dangerous people.
- Are you happy with the solution?
- No, but I'd be calling the police every minute so... I feel like they would be mad for calling them every second for "petty" crimes.
- nd Person:
- Do you feel safe when you go out to the street in a vehicle or on foot?
- I don't feel safe.
- When do you become aware that the road is unsafe?
- I've had my two first car accidents since I've moved.
- Do you feel you've always had this concern? Why?
- I think I knew it was dangerous, but it didn't feel real until it happened to me. Because humans are like that, is like the phrase "You don't know what you have until you lose it".
- How are you addressing this?
- Driving very alert and cautious.
- Are you happy with the solution?
- No, I feel paranoid someone that else is driving crazy. But sometimes there is no way to avoid crazy people.
3. rd Person:
- Do you feel safe when you go out to the street in a vehicle or on foot?
- No, I don't.
- When do you become aware that the road is unsafe?
- I've ridden bike's or similar since I was 12, no one ever sees you.
- Do you feel you've always had this concern? Why?
- Almost, yes. Some people never take a glance at their mirrors before crossing a lane.
- How are you addressing this?
- I bought a laud horn.
- Are you happy with the solution?
- No, either way, I have to be extra cautious even when I have right of way.
- REFLECTION:
- I certainly expected something similar, no one feels safe in the street. Whether you walk, ride, drive... you always find dangers on the road. It did surprise me that some people forget to mention the police and their involvement in this issue.
- Summarize:
- I would say that the original opportunity's essence is still there. The issue is still the same, but I failed to take into account that people think is just normal and each has to find a way around it. The opportunity is more complex but also more accurate now.
- I think entrepreneurs should definitely adapt their opportunities to their customer's feedback. It allows targeting the problem at hand to its core.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
3A My Entrepreneurship Story.
I used to live in my native country Colombia up until 2015. Back there it was against the rules to sell anything in the school, but that didn't stop some of the students to sell their goods. I first stumble into this idea while I was riding back home on the school bus, one of the older students was asking everyone if they wanted a Mcdonald's hamburger for $5,000 pesos for which comparing it into dollars it would be $5. Now, $5 for one of the cheapest hamburgers (these are the ones that cost $1) is a lot, so I thought, nobody will ever buy anything to her. Nevertheless, she sold all of the hamburgers that day.
So at that time, I decided to dig into the subject by asking my sister, who previously had sold cookies at her school. She told me she gained three times the amount of money she invested on the cookies, this attracted my attention since who doesn't want to have extra money? So I went for it, I took some money I had saved to buy 30 cookies from a local bakery at $0.70 each, I bought 100 plastic bags for the cookies for $10 and I closed each bag with a lighter once I placed the cookie inside.
I decided to start selling them at $3 to see how it went, but I came to realize that I had competitors already selling different cookies at only $2. This, of course, affected the business since only my friends bought my cookies, so I lowered the price to $2.5 with the excuse that my cookies were huge and my competitor's where more like subway's cookies. Believe it or not, it worked, by the third period of each day I had sold a lot if not all the cookies and had I won more than twice the amount it cost me to buy and package each cookie. My little business became so popular that even teachers bought from me, even though it was "illegal".
But all good stories have an ending, 8 months later the idea started to fall since nobody wanted cookies no more. My own school started selling cookies at the store and a lot cheaper, so it wasn't worth to fight against them. I took the decision to stop selling, but I was happy it worked for some time.
I'm taking Entrepreneurship so I can be able to see opportunities when they present to me. I want to try and see in the eyes of an entrepreneur and be able to say "it is a good idea to get involved in this" or not...
So at that time, I decided to dig into the subject by asking my sister, who previously had sold cookies at her school. She told me she gained three times the amount of money she invested on the cookies, this attracted my attention since who doesn't want to have extra money? So I went for it, I took some money I had saved to buy 30 cookies from a local bakery at $0.70 each, I bought 100 plastic bags for the cookies for $10 and I closed each bag with a lighter once I placed the cookie inside.
I decided to start selling them at $3 to see how it went, but I came to realize that I had competitors already selling different cookies at only $2. This, of course, affected the business since only my friends bought my cookies, so I lowered the price to $2.5 with the excuse that my cookies were huge and my competitor's where more like subway's cookies. Believe it or not, it worked, by the third period of each day I had sold a lot if not all the cookies and had I won more than twice the amount it cost me to buy and package each cookie. My little business became so popular that even teachers bought from me, even though it was "illegal".
But all good stories have an ending, 8 months later the idea started to fall since nobody wanted cookies no more. My own school started selling cookies at the store and a lot cheaper, so it wasn't worth to fight against them. I took the decision to stop selling, but I was happy it worked for some time.
I'm taking Entrepreneurship so I can be able to see opportunities when they present to me. I want to try and see in the eyes of an entrepreneur and be able to say "it is a good idea to get involved in this" or not...
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