1. I'm a finance major, hoping to pursue a career in business analysis. I have exceptional organizational and note-taking skills. I'm good at knowing what's important from what's more tedious and I'm good at listening and interpreting what I read. This business would play a huge role in my life, since I would also greatly benefit from it.
2. I'm offering an app that lets students study with their their classmates through the availability of trivia games. With the ability to partner up with an outside organization that provides high-quality notes for a variety of classes, the material will be specific to classes, instead of broad subjects. This makes studying easier, and more fun. It can also be used to just brush up on some key concepts before class or while waiting for the bus, etc.
3. I'm offering this to UF students enrolled in the courses for which content is offered.
4. Studying, especially terms and concepts, can be very monotonous and without the material provided through the app, students may not have thorough enough notes to study from. With StuddyBuddy, students can study with each other, have a better time studying, and have better, more thorough material to study from.
5. What sets me apart from others is my patience, diligence, and attention to detail, along with my strong work ethic that allows me to work for long periods of time.
I think these aspects all work together nicely. Without my work ethic, I wouldn't be able to help develop my idea and make it a reality. Moreover, I'm offering something that not only benefits me, but would also benefit many other fellow students. Because I'm appealing to a somewhat homogeneous audience, it'll be easier to meet most of their demands.
5 Points of Feedback
1. Could take a few semesters to develop
2. Would have to reach out to professional note-taker
3. Would be difficult to cover every class offered at UF
4. Students might be willing to pay a per-semester or lifetime membership fee
5. Start with a small group of classes
Because of the time it would take to develop and the scope of course material, it would probably be best to start small, with only business classes, since I could provide some of my own notes to help get that started. Depending on how it goes, I could reach out to more skilled notetakers, and perhaps collaborate with a company such as Smokin' Notes to have higher quality material for a greater range of courses. Because of this, and because of the feedback expressing a students' willingness to pay, I could charge a small fee to cover the cost of outside help.
Hayley, I want to start off by saying how great of idea I think this is and how it's also super beneficial because you can relate to it so well. It truly fills your own needs so you are able to perfect the idea to how YOU would think would be the most beneficial. Collaboration is becoming more and more prevelant in college, so I feel like with this study tool more collab options could be a good idea. But I do fins that when I study with other people I am able to understand concept better because I can see them from a different perspective and get a different view of it. I really like this idea!
ReplyDeleteCheck out my post: http://rachelsentrepreneurship.blogspot.com/2016/03/idea-napkin-no-2.html
I think your idea is great and could work out to be very successful. Studying with a group is way more helpful because it gives every student more insight on the topic that is at hand. seeing from a different point of view is way more helpful in my opinion. great post!!
ReplyDeleteHayley,
ReplyDeleteI believe you have a great concept on your hands. The fact that you can relate to it, will give it an even higher chance of being successful. I would definitely use your app for my studies. When I study, I often play the study games on quilt as I find that it helps me understand the material better than just reading. My only question is how do you plan on profiting? In app purchases, advertisements, etc.? If you would like to check out my post, the link is:
http://colehouser.blogspot.com/2016/03/idea-napkin-no-2.html