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Opportunities in Economic & Regulatory Trends

Economic Opportunities Flying Is More Dangerous, But Not Boeing's Fault (a) Source: The Straits Times (b) Why this is an opportunity: With the amount of people traveling by plane every year, and the amount of criticism that Boeing alone received for the two 737 Max crashes, it's clear that airlines are trying to be "safe enough" to keep their prices low. This is the opportunity to improve airline security without excessively raising prices (c) Prototypical Costumer: Airlines would be the direct customers, since the new safety measures would be for them. But travelers and airline employees are indirect customers, since they get to be safer inside of an aircraft. (d) Ease of Exploitation: If done correctly, it may be relatively easy to exploit, since all airlines will want to keep their passengers safer to increase their reputation, and they would also make more money by attracting more travelers. Why I think an opportunity exists I think it's a n

Local Opportunities

2 new discount airlines planning debuts, promising cheap U.S. flights Flying has never been cheap. And it seems that two companies have realized that and are trying to do something about it. Moxy and XTRA are planning to operate in smaller airports, in order to keep prices down. And they are doing so because every other airline is trying to do essentially the same thing, merely adding their own twist. According to XTRA CEO Andrew Levy "doing the same thing as everyone else, but trying to do it better, hasn't worked, historically, very well in the airline industry". And since most people travel by plane (regardless of how often it is), this might prove beneficial to lots of consumers. Ship divers can view underwater art museum off the Florida Keys Off the coast of Key West lies the General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, former Air Force missile tracking ship that was sunk 10 years ago, creating an artificial reef. And now it's also an underwater museum. Andreas Frank

Forming An Opportunity Belief

The Opportunity Well, as I explained in my Bug List post, mobile payments are overlooked by both people and retailers. But I believe that people can benefit from a standardized mobile payment service. So, humans have a natural need for easy things. All innovative creations are a direct result of someone trying to make life easier for everyone else. During my time at Publix, I noticed people both appreciating that the card readers had gotten twice as fast, and at the same time complaining that paying can still be a hassle sometimes. I also noticed people trying to use different types of gift cards, and the inconveniences associated with them. This need is mainly present in young people, since we are the most exposed to technology, and also the most up-to-date with its changes and latest features. There are also slightly older people who try to stay ahead of the tech curve, and might also greatly benefit from this change. It has sort of always been there, and is also sort of relat

My Entrepreneurial Story

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My story Earlier this year, in January, I went to the first Spring meeting held by the Society of Software Developers. I had just joined the organization, and it was also my first semester at U.F. During the meeting, SSD president Blake Anderson introduced a graduate student, Kyle Lampkin. He was one of the co-founders of the then-startup laundry company Laundr. He was offering the chance to work with a team of developers to help get the app ready for launch. I took the opportunity and went to meet with him and the other co-founder, Michael Behfar, just a week later. I know, the idea of a laundry company doesn't seem like a real entrepreneurial experience. But these two guys have a great idea. During the meeting, Michael explained to me how he looked at the Taxi industry, an industry that was almost certainly dying out, until companies like Uber and Lyft came by and revitalized it. And Amazon, changing product delivery for the better. Yet laundry, something most people would ag

My Bug List

UF Neglects macOS They are not the only ones that do it. Every major organization that needs to use enterprise software prefers Windows over macOS. Apple just doesn't make enterprise software, and working around macOS to get an enterprise-like experience just doesn't cut it. Also, Macs are expensive. And if they updated all their iMacs when updates are released, the CPU's would slow down at a much faster rate. So U.F saves money, and gives a better experience to their students and faculty by using Windows as their main software. Apple's Lack of Enterprise Software Easily explained, Apple is not in the enterprise business. They want to make their devices work together seamlessly, and they make each separate device as minimalist as possible. This yields compromising in a lot of fields. Their most expensive iMac Pro is only as powerful as it is because of the close hardware-software integration. But that means most Macs would not run enterprise software well. They

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