1. My name is Alex Bachenheimer, I am an third year student majoring in business administration with a specialization in sports management. Upon graduation, I plan on attending law school to further my career aspirations of becoming a sports agent. I work with both the women's basketball team as well as the men's baseball team here at the University of Florida. My skills are that I am a good problem solver as well as communicator when it comes to working in teams. I am also someone who can take initiative and be a leader in a specific situation. Like I said above, my aspirations are to become a sports agent because of my love and passion for sports athletes growing up. I chose this business idea due to the unmet need and something that plenty of people are affected by. If I were to start this business, it would help the unmet need of others and definitely be great to know I am making an impact and change on people.
2. The service that I am offering to my clients is an transportation application that is used a communication forum where students and other locals that are in need of a ride. This platform allows for communication of those that are searching for rides whether that be from north Florida all the way down to south Florida. All they would need to do is download the application and it will pick up your location and connect you with others in the surrounding areas who are looking for rides or people that are driving who would want give rides.
3. I am offering this application to college students and students who are in the local area of the state of Florida. This idea has a lot of potential, so I am hoping that if it is as successful as I think it could be, it could expand bigger across the United States. For example, utilizing the state of the Florida would include students from, UF, FSU, UM. USF, UCF, and FGCU. As all those major schools are included, it offers a variety of different options of where kids could possibly be traveling to.
4. My target market and demographics care because traveling is something that happens every day and weekend essentially. People that are trying to get home from Gainesville all the way to Miami, but don't have a car and don't want to pay a major fee of taking a bus such as, Greyhound and Red Coach. It is something that would be beneficial and less complex if they knew they could use an application to ride with other students and locals to the destination that they are going towards.
5. The thing that sets me apart from everyone else is that this application does not exist and the only competition that remotely is relevant is students using a facebook group that is very inefficient and something that will not sustain long-term. My application stands out due to its features of paying/tipping the driver if you both agree that you would pay for gas or you would pay for their dinner. These reasons are what separates me from everyone else and is something that I have that the competition does not.
I believe that these elements do fit together, that it is a logical idea and something that could be very realistic if the process was done correctly. This is an unmet need ands something that many college and local students go through when trying to travel elsewhere. The only aspects of this application that I would say could be worked on are the logistics behind the drivers to make sure that they have a clean slate of a record and you are not just driving with a complete stranger, but other than that I believe this idea has a lot of potential and something that can bring in immediate income due to the need of this. Overall, everything will be examined and thoroughly looked upon before releasing of this app.
Alex,
ReplyDeleteLast year there was an app startup similar to your idea regarding rides as well, some of the fundamentals were a bit different such as posts were made for when someone was taking a trip and the those who wanted to ride with would connect through that post. I see there are some key differences though, good job.
Alex,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post, I get a good understanding of who you are, what your product does, and how does everything fit together. My only suggestion is to pick a one-line catch phrase to define your product. Having a really short way of explaining what your product does can be a big help in a casual business situation (e.g. the famous “elevator”.) On that regard, analogies can be very powerful, because people can relate to something they know; another option could be a self-explanatory name for the product. In any case, your post convinced me that you have a unique application that solves what seems to be a real problem for UF, and likely many other college students. Great job!
I think every great product or business idea has a passionate person behind the operations fueling the success. They're motivated from within and focus on the business rather than the money that comes along with it. You seem to be passionate and motivated toward your business with your stepping stones in place to take this business where you want. I like Alejandro's idea of creating a little catch phrase that will give your idea prominence in society. I enjoyed learning a little more about you and your service.
ReplyDeleteAlex,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! You clearly defined who you are, what your product intends to be, and how this will have a positive impact on society. Even though it is similar to other things that currently exist, you did a good job defining your product, which differentiates it from other apps out there.
I think you have something here. It seems like a great idea that with the right promotion, you would be able to really gain some traction. As long as the app is user friendly and there are enough drivers using it. Sounds like a win to me. I hope you can follow thru with this.
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