What About Me
I'm Cheyenne Maury; a UF Business student with a knack for general problem solving and just about anything that can go fast. In fact, my proposed business idea has a lot to do with both of these things.
What am I Offering
What I have come up with is a general maintenance app for a mobile phone. It would have stored data on vehicles' maintenance schedules, up to date recalls, and forums on common problems. Each user's page would be specific to their vehicle and have set reminders for maintenance, as well as shop recommendations for any occurring vehicle problems.
Who Would Use it and Why do They Care
Anyone who owns a car, and cares enough about it to keep it running, would be interested in this app. It would mainly target the forgetful people, who don't necessarily have a lot of knowledge on vehicles or repairs. It would make the whole process of remembering maintenance easier for them, and keep their vehicle in decent shape.
Core Competencies
I have access to many people who are able to program mobile apps. I myself also have a large amount of knowledge on vehicles, and know many local mechanics in shops who would help fact check anything in the app.
I believe more or less, that all of these elements have the ability to come together as a business plan. Actually developing the app itself would be the difficult part, but finding the information to put into it would be a little bit easier.I also feel that my being in the Business school of UF will help me be able to manage the whole process a little bit more smoothly than if I wasn't.
Cheyenne I really think you are on to something with this idea. Although I think it would be popular with the younger generation and not so much with the older, above 40ish generation. I believe they are coming out with smart cars and this app may already be in the works. Great idea and you can check out my idea at http://jackiepanetta.blogspot.com/2016/02/idea-napkin-no-1.html
ReplyDeleteHi Cheyenne,
ReplyDeleteYour idea really has potential, and it would be perfect for most college students, as they often are not invested in their car enough to care about maintenance and their parents aren't around enough to remind them. I really think you could get backers easily as well, if you work with maintenance places like jiffy lube, Discount Tire, and Goodyear. Although they might be doing this already with newer cars, I think there is still definitely a large market for this for all of the older used cars on the road. Please check out my post here http://jdasher.blogspot.com/2016/02/idea-napkin-1-week-6.html
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ReplyDeleteHi Cheyenee,
ReplyDeleteThis an excellent idea. It targets both the automobile incompetent and the automobile literate. We do have a tendency on campus to be far removed from our cars so having a constant reminder is wonderful. Here's my link: http://rdavidshay3.blogspot.com/2016/02/idea-napkin-no-1.html