21A – Reading Reflection No. 2

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Scott Adams

The main argument within this book is the idea that you don’t have be hugely success/talented in order to be successful at life. This book is a recollection of cartoonist Scott Adams, which he continuously loses and fails until the creation of the famous cartoon Dilbert. Adam’s approaches the book with a series of steps in which he feels can help guide the reader along his stream of conscious. I won’t go through all of them but some of my personal favorites. The first step he says is to do your creative work first. The idea is that you should put most of creative energy in the morning so when night comes around you are not burnt out by the trivial things in life. Another would be the idea that you should focus on yourself that being selfish is important for success as if don’t take time for yourself you’ll never be able purse your goals. Finally, humor as a resource to improve as you’ll be able to use it build connections and enjoy what you are creating. An assignment that I would create based on this book would be an assignment that would have students make something every morning. This could be a morning dairy to an art book that make additions to every morning for a week. Then the following week create something in the evening. Idea is to expose the students to the difference between the two and why it is so important to create in the morning ( or in the rare case create in the evening). The idea is that every student will find a creative method that works best for them. The biggest “aha” moment was the realization that in order to be successful you need to create and invest in yourself.

22A – Elevator Pitch No. 3

I feel this elevator pitch was much better than my previous one as my last pitch was a Frankenstein of a production as I tried to piece together a usage take. I tried to have a little bit more fun with my elevator pitch. One of the biggest improvements overall compared to my previous three attempts is the sound of my voice as I am more confident  in what I am selling and more comfortable being in front of a camera. Some feedback I received previously was the fact that I would stumble on my words and some of my  words would be mumbled/inaudible.  I really enjoyed this take as I was able to express myself the most and I had a lot of fun recording this.  

20A – Growing Your Social Capital

Michael HoffmanMr.Hoffman is lead at IT services at the Ritz Union Student Affair domain expert,


the reason why I feel Mr.Hoffman is the perfect fit for my domain expert is that he has experience in both interface design and IT work.


Mr.Hoffman is actually my supervisor over at the Ritz Union student affair office.


I have no favors from them that I can exploit but I'm pretty sure he is willing to volunteer to help with my project.


His years of experience will come in handy when I first begin. As well as his knowledge of programming will be invaluable in creating a perfect site.


Tomer Zilberstein


1)The Founder of Tangency foundation ()


2)He has experience in creating his own non-profit and has plans in making it into a profitable organization. Making him the perfect candidate for a market expert.


3) Zilberstein has been a friend of mine for a year now and owns me many favors which would be crucial to the development of my project.


5)After developing his own non-profit I am more than confident that Zilberstein can help me understand what I should do to get the correct sponsor as well as attract people to my organization.


Google





Even though I don't know anyone at Google (yet). They would be my main supplier in terms of resources as they would supply the funds to market my project as well as allow my product to be found on the universally most used search engine.

19A – Idea Napkin No. 2

Hello, My name is Dervens Jean-Baptiste!


I am a second here at the University of Florida. I have over 2 years of experience in customer service and programming. I know both Java and C and I have some experience in Powershell.


I’ve spent a majority of my life around both technology and people, but I have always felt even though both are slowly becoming interchangeable; there is a disconnect in understanding from both parties. What I mean is I feel that the majority of people don’t understand things they use every day and those creating the technology don’t understand what the people want in their technology. I want to work towards bridging that gap.


What I am offering today is a simple domain which will help connect both people to through technology. I want to create a website that allows users and businesses to discuss features and specifications on a variety of products. The idea is to create a site that not only informs the people on their tech but allows for an open forum to discuss what they want from future installments as well as what they want changed/removed.





The reason why you should care is that as technology is becoming more and more demanded in daily life, I feel it soon be a universal requirement for all people. What sets me apart from the competition is that idea that I’ve spent years working with those who need technology yet don’t understand it the slightest bit. From Cricket wireless to Best Buy. I’ve met all types of people who all have the same problem that can be easily fixed.

Elevator Pitch Practice! (Part 2!)

The main thing I learned from my previous elevator pitch was to be more confident in the presentation of my idea as the last one had so many failed takes due to lack of confidence in what I was presenting thus causing me to stutter and misspeak. This time I took a different approach to my elevator pitch by adding some humor as well as editing it to make it look nicer.
Personally, I feel the most important thing to do in elevator pitch is to not only engage with the audience(target audience) but to present your idea in a manner that is easy to understand as well as engaging/excited about your product. 

18A – Create a Customer Avatar

Customer Name: Timmy Nguyen

Age: 20

Timmy is your average UF student who spends most of the time playing online video games such as league of legends. Timmy here aspires to a computer science major so that one day he may make his own video games.

Social events scare him yet he enjoys spending time with his friends. When deciding on what to do on a Friday night he much rather his nights spent indoors playing league with his friends rather than going out. Which is ironic as he owns a car. The car isn't in the best condition but it works(the speedometer is broken and he doesn’t plan on fixing it any time soon). He much rather performs DIY solutions than getting help.

He tries to spend as much time indoors as possible even though he has a car. He prefers online courses as he can work on assignments at his own pace.



Honestly, a customer such as Timmy seems rather rare but he is millions of young adults looking for their place in the world. They see the age of information and computers the golden age of humanity but don't allow themselves to seize the opportunity. I’ve meant many Timmys in my life and I plan to meet many more. The reason Timmy is my customer avatar because a Timmy is someone who is willing to put the time and effort into something they love and many of them are in love with computers and technology.

16A –What’s Your Secret Sauce?

Know Thyself

Human Capital is the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to the country.




Personally, my human capital derives mainly from both my physical and mental status. As I am relatively fit and more capable of lifting than the average American while having above intelligence since I am a student at the University of Florida.

My experience can be added to my human capital as I have over 300 hours of community service, Over a year of customer service in both my jobs at both Cricket Wireless and Best Buy.




After conducting my series of interviews I uncovered a new opinion of myself. The biggest difference was that many people accessed my human capital based on my personality. As many described my human on dependability, loyalty, and my hard work/dedication.

15A – Figuring Out Buyer Behavior No. 2

After my interviewing three different people and discussing their purchasing trends I have uncovered both what I expected while also learning about something I didn’t think about previously. What I mean by this is that when discussing how they would purchase a majority of their product the common answer would be online with the occasional purchase from their local stores. But what I found surprising is the idea of convenience as people are willing to spend an absurd upcharge on common products just because it is closer to them. I witness this phenomenon before in the time at the POD market but never realized the power of this until I conducted my interviews.

When asked How/Where they purchase their goods? The common answer was online as the internet is quickly becoming a universal shop as now even groceries can be purchased online and be delivered to your door almost instantly. The internet is a behemoth of a retailer as one interviewer admitted they don’t even go out to their goods but rather have it sent to the door. It is the idea of convenience that attracts them the most like the idea of not having to leave their home to get the things they want is the most attractive option even if it would be cheaper to just go the store which is less than a mile or two away. It is the idea that one interview admitted they were willing to pay more for McDonald’s through Ubereats even though the closest McDonald’s was less than a mile away. This brings me to what surprised me the most when an interviewee told me how much they enjoyed purchasing snacks from the POD market which was downstairs from their building. For those who don’t know POD market is a University of Florida exclusive convenience store which is open almost 24 hours a day. The only problem with the POD is all the goods in the POD are overpriced as everything in the shop is at least 10% more than what it would be if they were to go to any other store. The reason why that this surprised me the most was that even though I know the power of convenience as people are willing to use Ubereats to order a 5$ meal from McDonald’s but the idea that someone is willing to 5$ for a 2$ bag of chips that is available anywhere really made me think. When I asked how they would make these purchase it was almost unanimous that if they could they would pay with a card they would as it was explained to me “card money isn’t real money”. What they meant by this is that cash can be used in a lot more places than a card. The idea the money on the card is not as universal as cash some places don’t accept some cards or any card at all.



The most important thing for a customer is convenience.