Skills/talents: Problem Solving, Collaborative, Adaptability, Focus, Work Ethic.
I have experience working in a doctor office and working outside for a utility company. My aspirations are still to graduate from the University of Florida and starting a career in the front office of a sports organization. Since I've always been inspired to help clean the environment because it's such a vital part of our humanity, my business would play a huge role in my life. It would be quite a change and responsibility, but worth it at the end ( hopefully).
2. My service will be providing customers with a curbside pickup that includes paper, plastic, aluminum, batteries, and glass. The idea is to inform the public of the importance and benefits of recycling. Eventually, if there's success, I would plan to branch out to different cities.
3. To be successful, I need to branch out to people who are concerned with pollution, waste, and the environment. Also, branch out to those who are opened minded to the idea of recycling.
4. Customers would pay for this service because they know the importance of sustainable practices and a clean environment. Recycling significantly reduces pollution. It's also a convenient curbside pickup that includes paper, plastic, aluminum, batteries, and glass.
5. My service provides the convenient curbside pickup that no one else provides.
I can use my talents and skills to help gain customers for the business. Showing people the importance of customers can help persuade them into using my service. There can be some weak points. It may be hard to get people who don't usually recycle, pay for the service. Even though no one else provides curbside pickup, there is recycling at the dump that is free. It may be difficult to branch out to different counties too.
From the feedback, I know now that it will be a tough startup. The service can't be too expensive and when successful I will branch out to different cities/counties. It will take a lot of resources, but everything is manageable.
Good job with this. I can tell you have taken the feelback into consideration. I think your five elements of this assignment work together. I think you're on the right track here. Talking to people about the facts can go a long way but you are totally right about convincing people who normally don't recycle to recycle. It's pretty much impossible to convince them to pay for something they never really cared about in the first place.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s up Christian, similar to you, I also would like to work in the front office of a sport organization. I really like your second idea napkin, I think it’s well thought out, and very calculated. The idea of sustainable practices In my opinion is very intriguing, but also, it can be hard to implement sometimes. It’s pretty cool how most millennials Want to impact this world in a positive way, and it seems like you want to do the same.
ReplyDeleteHey Chris! I am glad that there are people like you with this in mind as a goal. I am happy to know this because I know that people like you will be the force for future change in the recycling business. As far as your business plan, I think a reasonable way to have such a business flourishing is if your company were contracted by local governments, who would pay you with tax money instead of charging individual households yourself. I believe this way, you are more likely to get a reliable source of income, as well as not having to deal with the logistics of invoicing and collecting from thousands of residents. The concept has already been implemented in the City of Hialeah Florida. Check it out yourself! it may give you some insight as to how to implement this in Ocala.
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