Bruce Kendall

Bruce Kendall came as a guest speaker for our class. He proved to be a very though provoking speaker. I found it especially interesting the topic of the importance of a location for a business. Not only do you need to consider the tax's, cost and rental of the location, but also the availability of good dependable employees to hire. In reference to Tacoma the ladder has been a major downfall were Seattle with the university of Washington has had much success in the department. With the introduction of UWT this has changed and made the Tacoma area a much more competitive market for new businesses to look into.

Brian Forth

Last Wednesday Brian Forth came to class as a guest speaker unfortunately I was forced to go home earlier that day due to some kinda of stomach illness. From talking to some classmates and reading a few of the current blog post I have a small understanding of what he talked about. Brain talked about how mobile technology is huge and has a many entrance points. You would have to be living under a rock for the past few years to not see how huge the marked is for mobile technologies. Just look at how the IPad has taken over the market and created a huge demand for portable tablets. Businesses are always looking for new and innovated ways to run their companies, advances in mobile technologies are creating endless new possibilities for companies. Even with my business idea of creating more efficient software for logistic companies already up to date hardware. Mobile technology is huge in this industry and is needed to keep the companies as a efficient as possible and get this companies closer to the common goal of never over looking a package.

what is a entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is any person that is not afraid to take a opportunity and create a lasting value and business freedom from the said opportunity. An entrepreneur is not a individual who is fearful to the extent of not being able to perform activities that are needed to produce connections. Entrepreneurship is not for the lazy, but is intended for the go getters. There are many positives and also many negatives. Entrepreneurship creates a freedom and a unique lifestyle for those who choice to follow a entrepreneur path.

Erik Hanberg

Recently we where visited by Erick Hanberg. The interesting thing about Erick that changed my view on what exactly being an entrepreneur. Before the talk with Erick I viewed being a entrepreneur as a person who creates a business and makes massive amounts of cash from the business. Erick on the other hand is a a lifestyle entrepreneur. Meaning he does what he needs to survive and live the way he wants too (like sleeping in in Tuesdays). One way he is achieving this lifestyle is by putting books that he has written and published online to be downloaded as e-books. By selling his books in this manner he is creating an income that he doesn't have to work for in the same sense of other incomes, the e-books are self sustained. I found Erick's take on entrepreneurship very interesting and eye opening.

TINST 475 First Blog

I currently work at FedEx to pay for tuition and living cost. As a logistics company the key to their success is being fast and efficient. Currently both FedEx and UPS use similar handheld devices, that contain all the current technologies such GPS and high quality touch screens, but the software on these devices is extremely out of date. My first idea for a business is to create a software company that focuses on creating software for these logistic companies and the portable devices used by them.

Another idea for a business is by using interactive technology over the web or through mobile apps to create a paint/automotive customization shop. Where customers can select their vehicle and preform any customization to the vehicle and see not only what it would look like, but the cost for parts and labor.

A third idea would be to take advantage of the possible shift from gas to electric cars and create a business that offers recharge stations at various parking locations. For example have charge stations in the parking garages for major companies, so when employees come to work they can park in one of the designated spaces and plug their electrics cars in to charge for the work day.

These business ideas are all very broad and just focus on the basic products/services that I would be interested in following up on.