14A- Halfway Reflection

1. The behaviors that I have used and developed to keep up with this course making sure to look at the assignments in advance because these assignments are more than what I thought they would be. Especially the ones that call for the interviews. Another behavior is making sure to get your reviews done early if you have plans for the weekend. This class is definitely time consuming. 
2. I felt like giving up when having to do the interviews and I could not find people to participate in them. What pulled me through was my desire to get a good grade in the class. I'm trying to improve my gpa so one day I can go for my masters. Yes I would say my tenacious attitude has been with me for awhile. The experiences that most contribute to this would be my military experience.
3. Three tips would be work ahead as much as you can, make sure to set time aside for all the assignments, and finally make sure you use the right link when submitting the assignments. 

13A- Reading Reflection No.1

1. What surprised me the most was how many times they had to try before succeeding at flying. What I most admired about them was there dedication and commitment to flying. What I least admired was that we never hear about the sister who helped contribute to helping them fly. Yes they encountered adversity and failure. When this did happen they just came together and pushed through and kept chugging along until they were finally able to make it work. 
2. Some competencies that I noticed the entrepreneurs uses were the mechanical skills and being able to make things work with little money and not having big funds from donors.
3. A confusing part to me was why nobody wanted to invest in the wright brothers. After reading the book it seemed like why would you not invest in them. They were extremely smart and mechanical inclined.
4. I would ask what made them want to invent that? Also how scared were they each time they flew a new device?
5. I believe that they had a strong opinion on hard work and thought that they would not be where they were if it was not for all the hard work they put in. I would have to agree with their opinion. I also share it. 

12A- Figuring Out Buyer Behavior N0.1

1. After conducting the interviews for this assignment I was able to get lots of information and found out the that most of the consumers from the interview would go on google too find out more information about solar panels and compare pricing for them. Some search terms would be price for solar panels and investing in solar panels. Some sources of information they look for our other people that have had solar panels installed and what kind of affect it has had on their power bill. 
2. In my interviews I found out that lots of people did not know that you could get solar panels put on their houses and really had no clue what the cost were associated with them and what kind of money you could save in the long run with them. 
3. In terms of need awareness and information search I would describe this as a strong need for awareness and information search. Lots of people do not know much when it comes to solar panels. I was able to conclude this after conducting my interviews. 

11A- Idea Napkin No.1

1. My name is Clayton Patton I am a junior here at the University of Florida working on my bachelors in Food and Resource Economics. I plan to graduate next spring. Some talents that I believe that I have include performing well under high amounts of pressure or stress. Some skills and experience that I have come from my time in the Army. I pride myself on motivating all types of people to work and accomplish the task at hand. With this comes good communication skills which I also have. If I were to start this business then it would definitely take up most of my time and keep me from farthing my school. I hope it would grow and give me direction for my career.
2. I am offering customers clean energy for their house that will one day pay itself off by installing solar panels to their house.
3. The demographics that I plan to sell to is government buildings and upper to middle class families that can afford the solar panels. These people will want to buy because of the investment opportunity and wanting to help the environment. 
4. The reason why they would care is because they care about the environment just like people pay extra for organic food people will pay extra for "organic" energy such as solar panels hopefully. 
5. Some core competencies that I will have will be professionalism that sets us apart such as always being on time for instillation, making sure that the area of installation is properly cleaned up and that the customer is always treated with respect. 

10A- Elevator pitch

Here is my pitch for my opportunity hope you enjoy!
https://youtu.be/SXAyaCfCdQE

9A-Testing the Hypothesis

Who: After conducting my interviews I had quite a few people tell me that they are on board for the opportunity except for the financial cost. One in particular was a lower class worker who stated that they like the idea of solar panels on their house but are already struggling to make ends meet so they do not want to invest in solar energy.
What: During an interview I had a person explain to me that my idea/ opportunity was a good one just that it might be a little ahead of its time. Some people just would rather pay for cheaper energy and that is something that we have to accept until we can make solar panels more affordable.
Why: I personally believe that the need has changed some. Not all people that I interviewed cared about solar panels. Some people just do not think that we are eventually going to run out of fossil fuels one day so have no desire to invest in solar panels.
Inside the boundary: Government buildings, such as court houses schools etc. Also upper class people who can afford the solar panels.
What the need is: The need is reusable energy that one day can pay for itself.
Why the need exist: The need exist because some people do not like paying for an electric bill and want to be self sufficient and care about the environment.
Who is not: People who are not concerned about the environment and lower class individuals who can not afford the solar panels.
What the need is not: To completely get rid of other forms of energy and too separate financial classes.
Alternative explanations: Alternative energy forms are on the back of most everyday people, the price can be very scary when first looking at it.

8A-Solving the Problem

As previously discussed in other blogs I strongly believe that there is an opportunity in the renewable energy sector. As stated before as technology continues to advance it makes the chances of being self sustainable in renewable energy very possible. The product I personally believe that shows an opportunity in the future is solar panels. The way I see us being able to solve this problem so we can take advantage of the opportunity is through federal grants. If we can convince the government, even state government to invest in solar panels then the company who installs those panels can take advantage of that opportunity. So the solution for this problem would too start a petition and end up getting it put on the state senate floor so it could be voted on. The petition would contain that all government buildings in the state of Florida be fixed with at least 4 solar panels. So at the bare minimum you at least get the opportunity to install on government buildings. The public will continue to come around when they see more solar panels.