11A – Idea Napkin No. 1

11A – Idea Napkin No. 1

1) You

I am Drew Lindbeck, a freshman Business Management major at the University of Florida. I am originally from Tampa, Florida where I have lived my entire life. I had been involved in multiple organizations such as Student Government in high school, and continue to stay involved in college. This goes beyond the business school as I participated in UF’s Young Leaders Conference where I had the opportunity to go through several workshops with high school students teaching them about different aspects of leadership and what it means to lead others. I want to live a life full of financial freedom and have a healthy and loving family along my side. I also strive to serve others around me who are in need; this being said, my business idea is to spread the privilege of online education to a country or city that is financially unable to access them.

2) What are you offering to customers? 

The service that I intend to offer to “customers” is the unique opportunity to be provided an online education in cities that have high poverty rates. In my eyes, the only way to really help the youth in these poverty-stricken areas is to give them a chance to learn and grow. In some places, education is poor and not up to the standards of others, but with a little help of using apps and access to the internet that can be provided to these children, they will be able to develop into smart young kids and hopefully get a chance of attending further education. I will have tutors from experienced backgrounds to help them in all subjects, while most will speak multiple languages to break that barrier if needed.

3) Who are you offering it to? 

The few traits that all of my customers have in common is their inability to access online education due to financial reasons, and the age range I am targeting is specifically from around 6-18 years old. These children and teens will be provided chances to learn further with the help of my service.

4) Why do they care? 

I believe that customers will find my service valuable because it allows children and teens from poor areas to receive an inexpensive online education on top of the education they may already be receiving. I also think this service could be extended to parents and adults who feel they may need additional education as well. Most parents believe that education can lead to a greater life, so providing additional resources of online education to parts of the world that need it can be extremely helpful in my eyes and theirs.

5) What are your core competencies? 

All my life I have had a passion for service, whether it was helping and interacting with the special needs students ay my high school, to giving out scholarships to students who wanted to attend the University of Florida’s Young Leaders Conference, I have always been one to reach out to those in need. I believe my business concept is good, and can provide the underprivileged youth in today’s world with an inexpensive and effective online education. I know companies like this may already exist, but there are always places that could use a little more help with a little less money being used, and I believe with the proper plan and technological support I can make this happen.

In addition to these five elements, please spend a paragraph evaluating whether you believe these elements fit together or whether there are aspects of your business concept that are weaker / out-of-joint with the others. 

Before, I said my business model is good, which I truly do believe, but I do know that my concept needs work and there are a few things that I have yet to figure out. I think my intentions are good and the elements that my services provide will make the world a better place, I just need resources and investment behind me so I can get the ball rolling. I am excited to see what I can do, and with time I think I can truly make a difference.