Assignment 17

Link- https://youtu.be/vwVu3NfnVko

I believe that the most of the feedback was very helpful. I was told that I should pronounce words a little bit clearer, and have a little bit more energy when I deliver the elevator pitch, which seems like helpful advice, which I tried to improve the second time around. I did not receive any feedback that I think was silly or unnecessary. I attempted to incorporate the bits of advice into my second video.

Assignment 18 A

My typical customer is a 65-70 year old woman who fell down the stairs while taking her cat out for her morning meal. This woman is blonde, with kind blue eyes, and has her hair up in a bun. Her skin is a little wrinkled, but she still seems to be younger than her actual age. She has a lot of energy, and is very social at the local YMCA, interacting with both adults and children. She wakes up early and goes to bed early, and drives a little blue Honda Civic to get to the library, where she works as a librarian for fun 5 times a week, and reads stories to children. Her favorite book is "The Little Mermaid" because the girls that she reads the story to love it.  In the evenings, the returns home to her loving husband who works as a mailman and they watch Jeopardy together. They love westerns, and watch some romance movies as well. They both are in the center politically, but lean right because they feel these policies help them live a more comfortable life. She has 2 children, aged 32 and 26, and is soon to be a grandmother to a pair of twins.

While this avatar is significantly different than me in several ways, we do share some things in common. While some of the things we share in common are coincidence, I subconsciously posed some of my own values on this Avatar, because I created her. For example, we are both right leaning politically, love Jeopardy and Westerns, and loved going to the YMCA.

Assignment 16A

5 ways my human capital is unique:
1) Willing to put in long hours of work that most people are unable to do
2) I am comfortable not understanding how to do something at the begging, I am wiling to learn.
3) I speak English, Spanish, and French.
4) I am able to work on several projects at the same time. While I am not good at multitasking, I am good and focusing hard on one task at a tie to make sure everything gets done.
5) Sociable personality that allows me to get along well with almost anyone right off the start.

link- https://youtu.be/cflIS8G_6dI

I see myself as hardworking, diligent, and energetic. After listing to these people who know me well describe positive characteristics about me, I feel humbled that people whom I care about value me so highly. There were a few characteristics that I did not see in myself, for example being emotional, however most of the characteristics I do see in myself. I think some of the disparity is a result of me acting a certain way when I am around different people. For the mostly part I do think the interviews were accurate. I would also include organized and emotional in my first 5 characteristics.

Assignment 15

I found 3 people to interview about using pain solution clinics as a transition from hospital narcotics. Two of the interviewees are family friends of my mothers, and the third is a mutual friend of my roommate. When it comes to medical well being, all three interviewees originally stated that price is one of the most important factors, if there is a drastic variance in the cost. However if the prices are relatively close, health is something so important that most of the people I interviewed claimed that they are willing to pay a little more if it does result in better long term health. While style is not a big concern, (efficiency is more important than flashy looks for medicine), quality is something that everyone was very interested in. Quality must be very high if patients will consider it and if hospitals will refer their patients to these clinics. In this system, the most common way of paying for the service will be through insurance and medicare. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It is good because more people will come for the better service if they are less responsible for the payment. However, dealing with medicare from certain patients can definitely be a struggle. For this reason, payment does not come right away, but takes several weeks to be processed and sent out to the doctors. When looking back on the effectiveness of the purchase, the potential customers would look primarily at one thing- how effective the treatment was. Similarly, reflecting on a bad purchase would be if they received poor treatment, and the pain that they felt was not significantly made better. In summary, the three people I interviewed felt similarly about the ideals of treatment, and felt the same way about why they want it. Health is a primary concern for so many people because it effects their everyday lives, and determines how they are able to interact with the world. Because of this date, I can determine that there is little shortage of people who need this service at one point or another, because people are always getting injured. Also, I determined that  people are also usually willing to pay a little extra for superior care, but not all the time. 

Assignment 14

The most useful behavior to keep up with the class requirements is a good sense of time management. There are many assignments, and not waiting until last minute to finish everything will reduce stress and ensure greater quality. There's been specific classes that have been challenging in college, and I've done very poorly on the first exam. However, after collecting myself, I was able to look ahead to the next exams and focus on studying harder and did well on them. I have become more tenacious in the last two months because I've had to adjust to being on a new campus and meeting new people while still upholding good grades in class. Tip one would be lay out a clear schedule. Tip two would be to make sure you stay busy. Tip three would be don't be afraid to fail.

Assignment 13

I read the book Lost and Founder, by Rand Fishkin. The thing that surprised me the most is how common failure is. His companies failed from setbacks on numerous occasions, and he writes that this is extremely common for entrepreneurs. The thing I liked most about Fishkin was the fact that he was able to acknowledge his own incapability and willingly hand over the power of CEO to someone else when he realized that he could not continue leading effectively. The thing I liked most about Fishkin were his reasons  for writing the book. He says that he wrote this book to help other founders of companies to avoid making similar mistakes and pitfalls. Fishkin did encounter plenty of failure. He suffered from numerous setbacks,  but after years of trial and error succeed and conquered the obstacles. The fact that his company Mod, was worth $45 million lends credibility to Fishkin's competency. Something that left me confused were the sections talking about the specific process and technicality of the CV. The first question I would ask is in his opinion, what does the typical reader of his book look like? are they old, young, decisive, dedicated? Also I would like to ask what are some of the best ways to raise revenue from VC's when seeking an investment. I think Fishkin's definition of hard work is persistence. This is an important skill because the entrepreneur will experience failure, and the ability to work through it consistently takes hard work. I do share that same opinion because if you process the personality trait to fight through failure, hard work must be manifested. 

Assignment 12

For my business proposal, the marketing segment that I am choosing to work with are patients who recently endured an accident (car or injury) and are in the process of recovering. The three people I interviewed are all patients my father currently has. These people are acutely aware of the problem they have because they are currently seeing a doctor to get better. Due to the similarity of the situation, all three patients realized that they had this problem at about the same time, immediately following the accident, or in the days following. For Shannon, the first patient, she suffered neck injuries after a car accident on September 14th, and realized that this was a reoccurring problem after the pain would keep returning. After being referred to a pain management office, she started undergoing treatment and found that was extremely effective. She looked for the hospital for help, because this is a common place to look for pain relief. Tom Array was in a similar situation. He broke his ankle a few months ago, and although it was supposed to have healed, he still felt pain going up stairs and in the mornings. Tom searched up his options online, and while he realized he could probably go to a hospital and receive narcotics that would most likely make his feel better, a pain management solution would be a better  option because it specifically targets the source of the pain. Finally there is Linda Guzman, who is an elderly woman in her 70's. She fell coming down the steps to her porch and broke her leg. She went to the clinic after being referred there by a friend. In conclusion, while all patients have pain problems, there is no shortage of ways in which they heard about this pain clinic. The pain for all parties involved was significant, and they were anxious to find a solution as quick as possible. Based on their results, I can determine the best ways to advertise the business would be to form an online presence, which comes up when people search for pain solutions, and make patients have a good experience here so they are willing to refer friends at a later date.

Assignment 11

I am a 20 year old college student studying business at the University of Florida. I've had plenty of experience working a variety of jobs the last few years, many of which I've done while taking a full schedule in college. Doing these together has made me a good time manager to make sure I have time to complete everything and work well under stress to meet deadlines. The business of treating patients without narcotics is not something I have specific knowledge about doing. However, this is such a significant problem that there is a need for en entrepreneur to facilitate this transition for doctors from hospitals to pain clinics. This would be a big job because it requires communicating with doctors and hospitals, and find a way to link patients between the two.  This idea provides long time healthcare service to patients, as opposed to temporarily helping reduce their pain. This idea would be offered mostly to older people who have recurrent joint pain or something similar. It also serves patients who have been in an accident and have associated pain as a result. Customers care about this service because it will cost less that repeated use of narcotic painkillers and have less to worry about if the source of the pain is solved. Although some doctors have begun using this method to help patients most hospitals have not yet caught on because doctors are comfortable where they are and do not have a pressing need to change the nature of the industry.
          These ideas fit together well because there is a real problem that has the potential to help millions of patients in the US reduce their pain and get on the road to recovery quicker than with narcotic painkillers. An aspect that does not fit in perfectly however is the fact that many doctors are unwilling to change their positions because they are comfortable with the position the already hold.