29a: Venture Concept No. 2
The three main elements that
we are supposed to be brainstorming about today with our newly designed company
ideas are opportunity, innovation and venture concept. Starting out I think we
should define these terms in order to get a better idea of what they mean to us
and our companies that are in the works. First off, we have opportunity:
opportunity is defined as a set of circumstances that makes it possible to
do something. For myself I believe opportunity comes from your willingness to
jump outside your comfort zone and take on a challenge that’s new to yourself.
For the second term listed, innovation, can be defined as the action or process
of innovating. For myself, I believe innovating is when you take a product that
has already met the bare standards for its goal, and then you take it and clean
up the flaws that it possesses. The most successful companies nowadays are
companies who can innovate at a faster rate than their competitors. The third
term listed out is venture concept, venture concept can be defined as a
business venture may also be considered a small business.
Many ventures will be invested in by one or more individuals or
groups with the expectation of the business bringing in a financial gain for
all backers. Most business ventures are created based on demand of
the market or a lack of supply in the market. But for myself, I believe that
venture concept ideas are a combination of opportunity and innovation. Venture
concept ideas are ones that are involve taking a risk by oneself, with the goal
of capitalizing on an opportunity that is present in our society.
Starting
out with my paragraph on opportunity, my business plan model is a brunch style
restaurant that is known for its food, customer service, and a homey ambience
that gives a welcoming vibe to our guests. Who has the need for my business
idea? All citizens of Gainesville Florida, from students, professors, and
retired members of our community. Having a breakfast and lunch resort that they
can venture off to for great food and company is something that everyone is
always looking for. The nature of the need that I have described above is very
prevalent here on campus at the University of Florida. For example, there is
Metro Diner that is a couple miles off campus and provides a similar vibe and
atmosphere I’m trying to provide but it does not offer the proximity that I am.
The forces that are causing this opportunity to be present is by our students.
Here in Gainesville we have breakfast places, coffee shops, study spaces but we
do not have a place that satisfies all three of these that are listed out
above. This is what I’m currently trying to change in Gainesville. The
opportunity is big and provides a huge amount of opportunity to the citizens
that we have in our society today. This opportunity will only be listed as long
as someone else doesn’t capitalize on the opportunity that is listed above.
There’s an obvious need for this, and it’s waiting to be pounced on.
An
innovation may be defined as a new or creative service, product, or process
that may be applied in the marketplace to address customer needs. The service,
product, or process you develop in this class may be radically innovative or it
may be incrementally innovative. The innovation that I’m planning on
undertaking in this project is the combination between a breakfast and lunch
place, a coffee shop, and a study space. If you look around Gainesville they’re
great study spaces like Marston, Lib West, Newel Hall. They’re coffee shops
such as Pascals, CYM, Wyatt’s. They’re breakfast places such as Metro Diner.
But a culmination of all three of these opportunities is not offered at one
stop shop source. This is the innovation that I’m trying to offer the
University of Florida and all of our students that enroll here can experience
all in one. I plan on making money through the customers that come through the
door each and every day. I believe that the combination which I’m willing to
offer is very hard to beat and that the willingness to dive into what I’m
trying to start is great. What exactly I’m selling will entail breakfast and
lunch style foods, coffee, and a study space that is inviting to all kinds of
students and professors. As for exact pricing, that’s something I haven’t
divulged into quite yet, but those are little things moving forward that I can
muster once I encounter.
A
venture concept may be defined as the application of a specific innovation to
address a specific opportunity. In this section, describe how your innovation
will solve or address the opportunity you identified. The opportunity that I
have identified entails what every student here at the University of Florida
would enjoy and dive into. A culmination of a breakfast and lunch spot, a
coffee shop, and a study space with a homey ambience. My customers will switch
to this new product because it is a one stop shop for everything they are
looking for with a close proximity to campus. No longer do they have to study
somewhere and not have good food around them. No longer do they go get great
food somewhere but not have a place to study because of the business that the
restaurant provides around them. I want a specific studying area at my
restaurant where students feel welcomes to do what they would like to do. And also,
an actual dining part of my restaurant where students and other customers can
simply just come to eat. The competitors to my business idea are all the other
small companies that offer one or two of the things that I’m planning to offer.
The role of pricing I have yet to dive into quite yet, but that is something in
the future I will divulge into.
Summary
-
The feedback I received was extremely
advantageous, both of the comments I received were constructive but also
supportive. The most common thread of comments I received was that do I plan on
making this a franchise or opening this up completely on my own. The reason
this question surmounted so many times is because I’ve mentioned not living in
Florida and especially in Gainesville for the rest of my life – equating some
awesome questions within my mind.
-
I changed my response above by directly answering
these questions that are enumerated in my summary on the franchise, or
personally owned business. The solution I came up with was that I would like to
open up my own brand, because Gainesville is a small town and I feel like a small
city business fits our community here. Also with this, royalty fees are not a
factor each cyclical year.
he three main elements that
we are supposed to be brainstorming about today with our newly designed company
ideas are opportunity, innovation and venture concept. Starting out I think we
should define these terms in order to get a better idea of what they mean to us
and our companies that are in the works. First off, we have opportunity:
opportunity is defined as a set of circumstances that makes it possible to
do something. For myself I believe opportunity comes from your willingness to
jump outside your comfort zone and take on a challenge that’s new to yourself.
For the second term listed, innovation, can be defined as the action or process
of innovating. For myself, I believe innovating is when you take a product that
has already met the bare standards for its goal, and then you take it and clean
up the flaws that it possesses. The most successful companies nowadays are
companies who can innovate at a faster rate than their competitors. The third
term listed out is venture concept, venture concept can be defined as a
business venture may also be considered a small business.
Many ventures will be invested in by one or more individuals or
groups with the expectation of the business bringing in a financial gain for
all backers. Most business ventures are created based on demand of
the market or a lack of supply in the market. But for myself, I believe that
venture concept ideas are a combination of opportunity and innovation. Venture
concept ideas are ones that are involve taking a risk by oneself, with the goal
of capitalizing on an opportunity that is present in our society.
Starting
out with my paragraph on opportunity, my business plan model is a brunch style
restaurant that is known for its food, customer service, and a homey ambience
that gives a welcoming vibe to our guests. Who has the need for my business
idea? All citizens of Gainesville Florida, from students, professors, and
retired members of our community. Having a breakfast and lunch resort that they
can venture off to for great food and company is something that everyone is
always looking for. The nature of the need that I have described above is very
prevalent here on campus at the University of Florida. For example, there is
Metro Diner that is a couple miles off campus and provides a similar vibe and
atmosphere I’m trying to provide but it does not offer the proximity that I am.
The forces that are causing this opportunity to be present is by our students.
Here in Gainesville we have breakfast places, coffee shops, study spaces but we
do not have a place that satisfies all three of these that are listed out
above. This is what I’m currently trying to change in Gainesville. The
opportunity is big and provides a huge amount of opportunity to the citizens
that we have in our society today. This opportunity will only be listed as long
as someone else doesn’t capitalize on the opportunity that is listed above.
There’s an obvious need for this, and it’s waiting to be pounced on.
An
innovation may be defined as a new or creative service, product, or process
that may be applied in the marketplace to address customer needs. The service,
product, or process you develop in this class may be radically innovative or it
may be incrementally innovative. The innovation that I’m planning on
undertaking in this project is the combination between a breakfast and lunch
place, a coffee shop, and a study space. If you look around Gainesville they’re
great study spaces like Marston, Lib West, Newel Hall. They’re coffee shops
such as Pascals, CYM, Wyatt’s. They’re breakfast places such as Metro Diner.
But a culmination of all three of these opportunities is not offered at one
stop shop source. This is the innovation that I’m trying to offer the
University of Florida and all of our students that enroll here can experience
all in one. I plan on making money through the customers that come through the
door each and every day. I believe that the combination which I’m willing to
offer is very hard to beat and that the willingness to dive into what I’m
trying to start is great. What exactly I’m selling will entail breakfast and
lunch style foods, coffee, and a study space that is inviting to all kinds of
students and professors. As for exact pricing, that’s something I haven’t
divulged into quite yet, but those are little things moving forward that I can
muster once I encounter.
A
venture concept may be defined as the application of a specific innovation to
address a specific opportunity. In this section, describe how your innovation
will solve or address the opportunity you identified. The opportunity that I
have identified entails what every student here at the University of Florida
would enjoy and dive into. A culmination of a breakfast and lunch spot, a
coffee shop, and a study space with a homey ambience. My customers will switch
to this new product because it is a one stop shop for everything they are
looking for with a close proximity to campus. No longer do they have to study
somewhere and not have good food around them. No longer do they go get great
food somewhere but not have a place to study because of the business that the
restaurant provides around them. I want a specific studying area at my
restaurant where students feel welcomes to do what they would like to do. And also,
an actual dining part of my restaurant where students and other customers can
simply just come to eat. The competitors to my business idea are all the other
small companies that offer one or two of the things that I’m planning to offer.
The role of pricing I have yet to dive into quite yet, but that is something in
the future I will divulge into.
Summary
-
The feedback I received was extremely
advantageous, both of the comments I received were constructive but also
supportive. The most common thread of comments I received was that do I plan on
making this a franchise or opening this up completely on my own. The reason
this question surmounted so many times is because I’ve mentioned not living in
Florida and especially in Gainesville for the rest of my life – equating some
awesome questions within my mind.
-
I changed my response above by directly answering
these questions that are enumerated in my summary on the franchise, or
personally owned business. The solution I came up with was that I would like to
open up my own brand, because Gainesville is a small town and I feel like a small
city business fits our community here. Also with this, royalty fees are not a
factor each cyclical year.

Hey Evan,
ReplyDeleteGreat job with this final venture concept! I think you did a great job reflecting on both past assignments and you analyzed the feedback very well. I like how you changed your first venture concept due to the constructive and supportive feedback that you received. I think you have this idea really planned out and I encourage you to go for it. Good job.
Hey Evan!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this week’s blog post. You did a great job reflecting on the comments that were given to you based off of Venture Concept No. 1. I can definitely agree that opening up your own, single-owner brunch restaurant in Gainesville would benefit you in the long run if you do not want to spend as much time here post-graduation. You definitely added a lot more depth and information to your venture idea. Overall, great job!
Hi Evan! Nice job on this blog post. I think you did really well when reflecting on the comments you received on your first venture concept. I really like you how you mention competitors you would have to be going up against and the advantages your restaurant would have over them. I could tell you put a lot of thought into it. Good job!
ReplyDeleteEvan,
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post for your second venture concept. You have very obviously listened to your feedback and made the adjustments that you see to be fit. It is great to see you answer the feedback directly so that it is obvious that you read the feedback. I also liked seeing that you realize that you will not be the only competitor in your market. Knowing this fact gives you an edge because you know that you will need to work hard in order to succeed. Great post.