Michael Fruit's Blogs ENT 3003

Article 1: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/ Tittle: Sewage spilling to Middle River after another pipe break in Fort Lauderdale Description of Story: Fort Lauderdale has had many problems lately will sewage systems being outdated and broken. It is the cities 7 th pipe break in less than 2 months Description of Problem: The problem is the infrastructure in south Florida is very outdated and the local government needs to invest time and money with taxpayer’s money to solve this issue. Who has Problem? Residents of Fort Lauderdale Article 2: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-tougher-sewage-penalties-20200128-pmcxtu4ryngfbidbpo2glezthq-story.html Tittle: Florida lawmakers want to fine cities more for sewage spills, such as the one that fouled Fort Lauderdale’s waters Description of Story: lawmakers in the state of Florida want to fine cities more money when they experience sewage spills. This is a big deal...

1)     I have a belief that an opportunity exists to create a product that combines the steps of three-hole punching and the hole protector stickers. 2)     It is a tiresome and expensive process to buy the sticker hole protectors and combining those two steps would save a lot of time and money. This product also has a universal need, which means the target market is very large. The need came from my own experience sitting down and having to stick hole protectors on hundreds of pieces of paper because the paper was ripping from being in my binder. I am sure this opportunity exists because I have talked to others that have also experienced the need for this product. 3)     The prototypical customer can span anywhere from a typical student/school to the professional work environment. Iteration no. 1 Chad Girnun -        Three-hole punched pages usually are easily ripped from your binde...

One time in my life when I was exposed to entrepreneurship was this past summer during my international business class I took while studying abroad. Our final project was to come up with a product or idea that could be used globally. We decided to create a platform similar to yelp, but focusing on bad reviews and companies that were trying to scam you. We experienced the need for this while traveling and wished we would have had prior knowledge of certain customs to have avoided losing  money. One of my friends was unaware that while in Europe you have to explicitly state tap water or you will be charged for a bottle of water. It was a fun experience, but when you sit down and really try to think of every angle it is hard. We had to make a presentation for this idea and then respond to many questions about the product. Entrepreneurship  requires a lot of creativity and thought, but is an exciting field.  I enrolled in ENT3003 because I have had a little bit...