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Forming An Opportunity Belief

Beginning point:  University Academy Charter School is located within a neighborhood and there are not enough available entrances and exits. Description of the belief:  University Academy Charter School is a elementary and middle school combined located within the neighborhood of SweetBay in Panama City, Florida.  The school is located within the center of the developed neighborhood which already causes congestion.  The neighborhood was poorly planned and there are only 2 available entrances/exits causing daily chaos in reaching and leaving the school.  I believe with proper planning for the additional phases of SweetBay there could be additional entrances and exits. I am with 100% certainty that the SweetBay planning board is already working on correcting the problem. Prototypical customer 1:  A mom dropping her child off at University Academy Charter School Q.  What do you think about the access to and from University Academy? Ans. ...

Identifying Local Opportunities

Inlet Beach Residents worried about impact of 2 developments https://www.newsherald.com/news/20200125/inlet-beach-residents-worried-about-impact-of-2-developments 2 new developments are coming to one of the more private areas left within Inlet Beach Fear of damage to the dunes, stormwater runoff, flooding, and increased vehicle traffic Current residents of Inlet Beach Panama City Beach floats job site concealed carry policy https://www.newsherald.com/news/20200124/panama-city-beach-floats-job-site-concealed-carry-policy Panama City Beach Council is considering permitting employees to carry firearms at work but wants input from the community The belief is that workplace shooting increases when employees are allowed to carry firearms The Panama City Beach council  High court nominee barred from serving under Constitution https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/01/24/finalist-florida-supreme-court-couldnt-take-job-six-months/4565196002/ A finalist for t...

My Entrepreneurship Story

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JP's Marine Service My husband had a vision of owning our own business but we were unsure what the business should be.  We knew that it would be a business based of a trade so we decided that because he is mechanically inclined we would open JP's Marine Service, his name is Jessie Parker so we just used initials for the name.  We wanted to grant access to the people within our boating community to quality workmanship at the independent man's price versus the marina prices.  The standard hourly labor rate for marinas start at $150 per hour so we decided to start at $100 per hour.  Business started to pour in at a rate that was not sustainable so we very quickly decided that we should raise the rate to $125 per hour to remain competitive but not get every piece of business in town.  The business leveled off and has remained constant so our plan is to follow the other guys when they have price increases.  Thus far it has been a great success. The ...

Bug List

1.   Internet drops offline constantly while working on my UF online classes Why:  After Hurricane Michael devastated my town (Panama City) WOW! internet did not replace a lot of their transmission lines causing slowness/offline. 2.  My cat meows all the time trying to get us to feed him. Why:  My family feeds him to get him to be quiet so he continues to meow. 3.   My dog moves constantly shaking the bed while I am trying to fall asleep. Why: The dog appears to have doggy restless leg syndrome. 4.  When people prep their boat sitting in the boat launch. Why:   People feel like they were there first and everyone is on their time. 5.   Moms in the drive thru drop off line get out and walk their kids to the door. Why:  The drop off line does not have anyone monitoring to enforce the rule that the line needs to keep moving. 6.  Every time I ask my husband a question he answers with "Why?" Why:  It is a subconscious re...

Every Post Needs a Title!

New to this blog thing, learning as I go.  1st rule of order, "Every post needs a title!"