Week 4 Reading Reflection

The biggest surprise for me in this weeks reading was the part about how people think differently according to which side of the brain is used. I thought it was interesting how two people could have two different ideas from the same experience. The most confusing thing for me was the part about how terrorism makes innovation. I disagree with the author about this because they already have almost a thousands new ideas a year for new ways to stop terrorism. Two questions I would ask the author would be, 1. Which side of the brain does he think he uses to analyze situations, 2.Can someone force themselves to think one way about a certain situation? Finally, other than the terrorism part, there is nothing else that I would think the author is wrong about.

Customer Interviews No. 1

First and foremost, I like to cook and eat, I think everyone does. However, in order to do such a task, I need groceries. What a pain? I have to go get on the bus and make my way to Publix. This kind of takes the fun out of cooking for yourself. But what if there was a service that delivered the exact groceries I needed to my door. What if there was an app that all you had to do was find a recipe and then click order and all the ingredients were delivered to you. In my opinion this would be fantastic for college students without vehicles but I wanted to find out for sure. So, I interviewed recent customers from the nearest Winn-Dixie and here are the questions I asked:

1. What is your name and are you from Gainesville?
2. Did you bring a car?
3. On a scale of 1-10 can you rate your shopping experience today?
4. Were you able to find everything you needed with ease?
5. What if I told you that you the groceries you just bought could be delivered to you?
6. Would this service make things easier?

After the interviews I conducted I concluded that this service would probably be of help to many college students, especially those without cars. It seems to me that college students (myself included)  not mind the task of cooking, therefore, by making an app that could display recipes and such and have the ability to have those ingredients delivered to them would make grocery stores in Gainesville earn even more of a profit.

Interviewing people was definitely a different thing. I enjoyed the experience because I truly like to hear other people's comments, especially on ideas that I create. I think at first people are nervous about the interview because they don't want to say the wrong thing but once a few questions are asked, they are good and able to answer more.

Top 5 World Problems

Top 5 most serious problems in the world:
1. Terrorism
- Terrorism is the most serious problem right now because it affects all other problems. If we eliminate terrorism we can then solve other problems like hunger and oil prices.
2. Obesity
- This is the second most serious problem because parents are uneducated about potential risks with childhood obesity. It could lead to life of depression for our youth who will one day be the intelligent mind of our society
3. Media Exploitation
- Exploitation by the media ranks third on my list because people do not realize how bad this problem is. Everyday the media is broadcasting new stories in order to create stimulation within certain industries, making this a unfair advantage.
4. Credit theft
- With society becoming more technologically advance, payment methods are becoming more insecure with all the digital purchasing technology. It seems the more advance a payment option is, the more insecure it is.

5. Ignorance
-This problem may not rank the most serious but it definitely irritates me the most. The problem is that people don't experience. They take other people's experiences and use them as their own.

Top 5 Implementable solutions:
1. The most implementable solution would be to secure payment methods. Like I said technology is very advanced therefore we could just make a system of security networks to harvest all the data.
2. The second most implementable solution would be to solve phone absorption. We could just create cell phone limits on data packages in order to restrain people from using their phones so often.
3. The third most implementable solution would be to solve media exploitation, we could just create laws on new shows on what they are and are not allowed to broadcast.
4. In surprise, one of the more probable to implement solutions would be to stop terrorism, all we simply have to do is capture the terrorist and disband their cause.
5. The fifth most implementable solution would be to solve poverty. With fiscal monetary policy the federal government can easily generate a money supply for the impoverished. Their may be some unhappy fellows though.

Week 3 Reading Reflection

After reading chapter 2, the biggest surprise I had was all the problems there are with becoming an entrepreneur. Not only is there a chance that your business fails. But there are also chances that you personally are affected by this business. If you put your entire self into one project and that project does not work out, you are going to be damaged. However, some confusion arose with this because I do not truly agree that you can fully account for some psychological damage to come from entrepreneurship. One question I have for the author that I may find out in later chapters is whether or not he has had failed business attempts an also if he has had  successful business attempts at entrepreneurship. It seems to me he knows a lot about the subject of entrepreneurship but it would be interesting to see what ideas he has had with all the knowledge he has had. I feel like because he knows so much about this discipline, he should know when to execute an idea and when not to. One thing I would disagree with the author is the fact that he put optimism as a downfall of entrepreneurship. I disagree because if someone is optimistic about their opportunity, even if they fail at this, they will still look at the bright side of the failure, then perhaps they will be able to look for another opportunity instead of "beating a dead horse".

Identifying Local Opportunities

1. GPD video goes viral: Police officer's response to kids playing basketball a slam dunk http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A8E38FB89DA700?p=AWNB
Description: Two weeks ago there was a dispatch call to one of our own Gainesville police officers about a group of kids making a disturbance in an Alachua county neighborhood. When Officer Bobby White arrived at the location of the disturbance he find there are three African American kids playing basketball. The reason why I described the race of these kids is because this is the reason, I believe, the call was made.  Instead of asking the kids to stop playing, the officer joined them and then suddenly more kids showed up to play. At the end of the video there is a scene that says that people need to stop calling about "kids being kids" and let the officers worry about people committing crimes.
Problem: The problem I see in this situation is the fact that our officers are being dispatched to these locations for reasons that are, in essence, pointless. There was no reason for Officer Bobby White to come to the location of the kids playing basketball. They were just playing basketball. Being kids. This is a problem that officers have to deal with while they should be at other locations securing the safety for the Alachua County residents. 
2. Gainesville man gets 270-day jail sentence in puppy death http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A9388B69AA9488?p=AWNB 
Description: A Gainesville man was sentenced to 270 days in jail for animal cruelty. Meldwige Gregoire adopted a pit bull mix puppy fro  Animal Services and then two days later, he returns this puppy back to Animal Services dead. In two days this guy killed this puppy by stomping on the puppy's back and hind legs and also kicking the dogs ribs for the reason he says was "discipline". 
Problem: The problem here is obvious. This man should have never been allowed to adopt this puppy. This poor puppy finally found a home to be taken to and then within two days it losses its life. That's terrible in my opinion. The problem is that there should of been background checks on this guy because I am sure they would of found something that looked suspicious. It is obvious this guy had planned on killing this dog as soon as he got it because he didn't even wait a week of having this puppy. It is shame that this happened.
3. Hurricane fears will blow over; early Alex doesn't portend bad year http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A9388B724EF7A0?p=AWNB
Description: There are storms forming already in the Bahamas and it is not even Hurricane season yet until June 1st. The big thing about this storm is the fact that the last time there was a hurricane to form out of season as early as January was 1938 when a hurricane nicknamed "The Long Island Express" ripped up New York and created about 4.5 billion dollars in damage in today's dollars. Is it something to worry about yet is unsure but I definitely think we should not just turn the other cheek on this. 
Problem: The problem I see with this is the fact that people may not be prepared for a rough Hurricane season in Florida. There has not been a really bad storm to hit Florida in a few years. Therefore there are a lot of people that have never experienced a hurricane. Myself being one of those. Therefore, I think the problem this created is the fact that Florida residents need to learn about the proper precautions to take in the event there is a really bad storm heading our way.
4. Rock Gym faces unstable ground, buoyed by locals' support http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A7E65B287302D0?p=AWNB
Description: Rock Gym in Gainesville needs your help. This new rock climbing centered gym in Gainesville has ran itself into some problems in the buildings foundation. The flooring of the gym has sunken into the ground and has made it an unsafe place to practice climbing. Therefore, the gym had to shut down temporarily in order to raise the funds to fix this problem. 
Problem: The issue presented in this situation is the fact that there are plenty of people who enjoy the sport of climbing that can not practice in Gainesville as of right now. The company had to lay off 20 employees making those people jobless. Rock climbers in Gainesville will have to find another sport to occupy their time until Rock Gym can raise the 100,000 dollars they need to repair the falling building. 
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Newberry woman arrested in home invasion robbery; 3 others sought http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A7E65B383701A8?p=AWNB

Description: There was another robbery in Alachua county that is currently unsolved. A Newberry woman planned a robbery of a drug dealer with three other suspects, of whom are still not under arrest. This robbery lead to the stabbing of one person who ended up being rushed to the hospital. The man was fine and was able to identify all four suspects. Currently only the woman has been arrested.
Problem: The problem this creates has to do with security. Gainesville police department are burdened with finding the other three suspects. Who knows how many other places this gang of people robbed. This is a safety and security issue. Are homes and neighborhoods in Alachua County not secured enough? Should there be neighborhood watch guards across all of Alachua county? 

World's Biggest Problems

Here are some of the world's biggest problems:
1. Global Warming
Temperatures are reaching all time highs and lows due to the greenhouse effect we are creating through industry. In order to stop this problem we need to figure out a way to replace the harmful emissions we let out through everyday activities like driving a car to work.
2. Terrorism
Recently terrorist attacks have been occurring more frequently than in the pass. This is due to the extremist group ISIS. In order to instill peace back to the world terrorism needs to be diminished, meaning the termination of ISIS
3. Media Exploitation
Nowadays criminals are treated as celebrities. News reports insist on getting the inside scoop of the suspects instead of speaking about the victims. In order to stop this there needs to be rules and restrictions against newscasters at a scene of a crime.
4. Obesity
Especially in the United States  but also everywhere else there has been an increase in laziness and overall an increase in childhood obesity. Children are not learning correct food eating patterns and they are creating a bad attitude about food. In order to stop these we need to educate parents on how their children should be eating because they are the ones that should control what they eat.

5. Poverty
We can never completely abolish poverty, it will always be out there in some form, however we can reduce it through proper fiscal policy enacted by the government of each respective poor nation.
6. Oil Shortages
Oil is really the backbone of industry. Without oil, profits for literally everyone will decline and I think we can see that happening in recent days on the stock market. Simple fact is that we are running out of oil and in order to make sure our country can still fuel itself we need to find an alternative fuel source.
7. Hunger
This issue has to do with poverty, people don't have money or they are spending what little money they have and spending it on non essential stuff. An issue like this can only be solved by reducing poverty and informing the general public of cheap healthy food options.
8. Credit theft
With the world becoming very tech savvy, a lot of payments have become unsecured and people don't realize this. Then they go and buy something and see that their information was stolen. In order to solve this we need to create a form of a database that is secure enough to handle all web payments
9. Ignorance
People are just unaware of events going on. Even though people are glued to their phones they are soaked up by nonsense. Meanwhile huge news events are happening and going unnoticed. In order to stop this we need to force social media sites to cover the big news events in a better way than they are currently.
10. Phone absorption
On top of my last point, our society is absorbed by everything that is in our phone. People can't even hold conversations anymore because they have to check their phones. It gets ridiculous. In order to stop this rude behavior, cell phone companies need to dial back the advertisement of how being on your phone is cool and instead make it be seen as a tool.

Week 2 Reading Reflection

After reading the given chapter for this week, it raised a lot of thoughts in my head. For instance I would ask the author, why did it start with myths about entrepreneurship before it truly defined what entrepreneurship is, this seems to provoke some ideas in readers that may cause them to not read about what entrepreneurship is. One thing that surprised me about the reading was the fact of how helpful to our country as a whole entrepreneurship really is. It creates so many jobs and makes life so much easier. The reading stated that in the last ten years, there have been 600,000 new start-ups...per year. That is an insane number when you think about how many different products and services were created. However, one part of the reading that was confusing me was the end of the reading about entrepreneurial management, this seemed like a lengthy concept and was defined with very tricky wording. This is probably because it may be discussed later in the book. I feel like the author was wrong about how he said that "all companies wither and die", I disagree that all companies do that. There are some companies that will have an infinite life because of what it provide and how the demand for this product will never end, take for instance some types of medicine where their is no cure for a disease. Another question I would ask the author would be why did he stray away from using images, excluding diagrams,  to get the information across to his readers. I understand that he m may have tried to be more professional with this textbook but even I can admit to the fact that I can understand more when their are photos along with the material, it helps me make connections.

My Bug List

Here are the top 20 things that "bug" me and the reasoning why these things happen:
1. When companies e-mail you about special offers every day.
- Companies are trying to make you only think about their products by drilling their sales and discounts everyday.
2. This ice-cream shop on Sanibel Island that does not take credit cards but only cash.
-This is probably because this company has conservative management that does not want to change the ways the company was built on.
3. When customer service lines direct you to call other numbers, like Apple.
-With such a huge company, their are probably multiple headquarters that deal with different issues of the company.
4. When companies like the bike shop back home tries to sell you really expensive parts to fix an issue with your product but end up not fixing it.
- This is due to two factors: 1. The company wants to make a profit over satisfying the customer, or 2. The company lacks the knowledge it advertises to have.
5. How parking restrictions are always ill advertised.
-This is probably due to the fact that advertising this information would cost a lot of money to a company that does not have a big profit.
6. At Walmart when they have so many checkout lines but only a few are open.
- Walmart has trouble in fining enough people to hire there for they can not make a large workforce at these locations.
7. When companies like Protein manufactures use shoddy research and make outrageous claims.
- With a company that is just starting out, research and development may take a huge chunk of their profit.
8. Also when protein manufactures use an overload of statistics to advertise their products.
- It's a marketing strategy to get people who are not as knowledgeable about the industry to buy their products
9. When pharmaceutical companies make commercials and list off a million side effects like death or cancer.
- This is probably because of legal reasons.
10. When companies like Coca-Cola lie about their nutrition facts on their products.
-This is due to broad guidelines set by the FDA.
11. When foreign restaurants have employees that do not speak much English and you can not understand them when they repeat your order and you get overcharged.
-This is due to the low wages of these companies that drive in foreign workers.
12. When phone companies like LG sell you their products but make you buy their charging cord separately.
- This happens when competing companies are able to sell their products at a lower cost therefore making the other company cut corners.
13. When workers at places like Publix, hand you your receipt and your change at the same time.
- Cashiers are just lazy and do not want to move their hands twice.
14. When female hygiene companies advertise their products during NFL games.
-Television networks will take any money they can.
15. How black Friday deals have now started to start on late Thursday afternoon.
- Companies were gaining less and less of a profit on black Friday.
16. When church companies hire officers to handle the traffic lights after mass gets out.
- Church attendance have surpassed the capacity of the roads near these churches.
17. When Best Buy employees greet you at the door and ask you if they could help you find something.
- After a few customers complained they could not find their products they made someone from the workforce be designated at all times to help customers.
18. When restaurants like the Chile's in Gainesville did not have some of their ingredients like cilantro listed on their meals.
- This probably was caused by lazy rereading skills when publishing the menus.
19 Also when this same Chile's instructed their brand new servers to work on their first day without someone shadowing them.
- They probably had an influx of people come to their restaurants and did not have the proper amount of people on the clock at this time.  
20. When weight loss companies make outrageous claims like "lose ten pounds in ten days" that are physically impossible.
- This is also a marketing tool to get ill advised people to sign up for their services.

After creating this lead it lead my to realize a lot about myself. At first it was very hard for me to think of things that truly bother me. I thought I was pretty easy-going. But once I wrote a few done, they all started to come to me and I was even able to type as fast as my ideas were being molded in my brain. There really are some annoying nuances of everyday life, especially now that I live on my own.

My Entrepreneurship Story

Entrepreneurship is all around us. It fuels the way society can go about their daily tasks. That being said, one of my biggest experiences with entrepreneurship was when I was 16 years old. During this time I was a big advocate of playing lacrosse. I originally moved from New York where the sport was a lot bigger so when I cam to Florida I was stunned to see that there was not much of a following. This as you can predict was my opportunity. With the help from my father and some of my little league coaches, we were able to create a travel lacrosse team in my town. On this team we would travel all over Florida playing in different tournaments to better our skills and knowledge of the sport. This caused the sport to grow in my town and has now become a prominent sport within high schools in my district. Looking back on this I can actually see how much of an impact we made, this is part of the reason why I am taking ENT 3003. I know that entrepreneurship aides people everyday and I want to be apart of that. I am also taking this class because I am interested in minoring in entrepreneurship. 

Introduction

Hey, my name is Kevin Leddy, I am currently a second year finance major with interests in minoring in entrepreneurship. I am originally from North Port, NY but moved to Fort Myers, FL when I was 11 years old. I have a very large family that consists of 5 children. I am the second oldest with one of my sisters being 2 years older than I. My other siblings are all in high school. My future aspirations are to one day move back to New York and work in the city. I have recently become very interested in outdoor actives such as hiking and exploring. Over Christmas break, my family and I traveled to North Carolina, where we stayed in a cabin on Black Mountain in Asheville. I really enjoyed hiking down the mountain to find where there was a river and then hiking back up to our cabin. I look forward to working in this class and broadening my knowledge about entrepreneurship.

My Entrepreneur's Mantra

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