Philip's Entrepreneurship Blog

Opportunity 1: "GDP: Police didn't leak auditor documents" https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200130/gpd-police-didnrsquot-leak-auditor-documents      This article concerns the leaked personal information of Carlos Holt, the city auditor. Holt accuses the police department of leaking his personal and medical information when it was sent to private individuals anonymously. However, the police determined after an internal investigation that the leak was not from their records, and were cleared of wrongdoing. The problem in this story is an issue of information protection and organization on the part of the police force, who would probably benefit from a more organized ledger of data flow within their offices. Holt clearly has a problem in that his information is leaked, but the police department also has a problem, since they had to devote time to investigate this claim when a more streamlined system could probably have been beneficial. Opportunity 2: "Crash R...

Beginning Point: I believe that there is an unmet need concerning differences in class difficulty among teachers. Students can never accurately predict if a class they are signing up for will be easy or unnecessarily difficult, because teachers vary so much in their teaching styles and workloads they assign. If you take a class with one teacher it might be an easy A, but that same class with a different instructor may be a struggle to keep a B or C. This makes me think an opportunity exists to better inform students on the specifics of each educator so they can achieve the highest grade in a course with the least amount of stress. Belief Description: 1. The unmet need that I identified is that students are unable to gauge how difficult a class will be prior to taking it, making it hard to ensure they're schedules will have reasonable workloads and difficulty. 2.  College students will primarily have this need, as their course selection is almost entirely in their hands. St...

My Story       One of the most influential experiences I've had concerning entrepreneurship was when my family would help our family friend, Mr. Evan Keller. Mr. Keller was an entrepreneur working in Haiti, and his goal was to foster business opportunities for local citizens who wanted employment but couldn't find any. He works with Haitians to get them to think about the needs that their community faces and work to solve those problems, focusing on locally driven business, not reliant on outside management. He and his brother ran a tree trimming business in the past (which the brother still runs), and Mr. Keller uses some of the resources he has from that venture to fund ideas and business projects in Haiti, as well as raise support for them in Florida. One event that he hosts is called "Paddle Out Poverty", which is a paddle-boarding and kayak race his organization hosts to raise money for these Haitian entrepreneurs serving their community. My family has helpe...

1. Maintenance requests at my apartment complex take a while to be serviced. Why:  There are only a few maintenance technicians at the complex to save on costs, so these workers must handle a lot of requests individually. 2. Many people park at my complex who do not live there, making it challenging to find a convenient parking spot. Why:  My complex does not use a decal system to vet parked cars, and the lot is conveniently located to take the bus to school, so many students park here in transit to UF. 3. On game days, transportation via ride-servicing apps is expensive and unreliable. Why:  With the sudden increase in out-flowing traffic following a football game, there are too many customers hailing cars for the driver base to satisfy, causing an increase in price and rarity of rides. 4. There is no definite way to prevent package theft from my porch, so I'm always worried when I order something on Amazon or a family member gets something for me. Why:  I...

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