ENT 3003 - Entrepreneurship Class Blog

In developing this concept for my venture, the Sustainable Manager, throughout this course, I have been able to analyze several elements of the concept to allow this venture to thrive.  Through this course, I've developed a clear perspective on the opportunity that my idea possesses, the innovation of the product that I want to deliver, and have built a venture concept to fine-tuning the innovation to the opportunity.  The following describes my analysis through the course: Opportunity The first element that was assessed through this class was Opportunity .  Through this analysis, I was able to determine that the need relies on contractors, architects, engineers, and Owners that partake in LEED or other sustainable certification practices within the construction area.  I was also able to see that there was also a need for an improved method of communication between manufacturers and these parties when it came to relaying the correct information to provide for thes...

Below is a list of resources that my venture possesses: Backing by the University of Florida's Planning Design & Construction that would utilize the software Value - The University of Florida has a pipeline of over $128 Million in projects tracking through the next 8 months alone, much of which will be LEED-certified projects... Rare - This client is rare in that it carries one of the highest annual funds for the construction of any University in the country.  What UF does, many universities tend to soon follow. Inimitable - This capital could be imitable in that there are several other universities with similar capacities that could create this partnership with a competitor that may follow. Non-Suitable - Yes there are other resources in other universities and high-volume developers that could provide a similar benefit, however, it would not pose a threat, but an expanding opportunity for the venture. Backing by Scorpio, a construction company in town that would util...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrmxY95scjQ I only received some feedback from Campbell.  Her's related to how well I was able to describe what my idea is selling.   I thought I'd try to go more authentic and did the pitch in one try and posted it.

Cognitive Surplus  by Clay Shirkey What was the general theme or argument of the book? The general theme of this book is to display the transformation of more active pursuits in the growing free time of the social population which effervesces in today's society with the ever-developing social media platforms and other active routes to spend free time rather than passive pursuits such as mindlessly watching TV or consuming alcohol. How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003? In my opinion, this book connects with ENT 3003 because it highlights the idea that these active pursuits in people's free time is directly connected with the entrepreneurial mind in developing a real business off of an idea that is usually found through this active thinking. If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve? The excercise would be to have students monitor how they spe...