Sunday, January 31, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
World's Biggest Problems
1. People in the world not having enough food to be nourished for the day.
-Teaching agriculture to all areas of the world and support slow food movement.
2. Not having the basic medical care necessary for basic human survival.
-Implement traveling doctors on a wider scale for areas without care.
3. Prejudice and racism still existing in today's society
-Teach future generations all people are equal and our differences are what make us special.
4. Unavailability of education to all people on the Earth.
-Make education a standard and have educators move to areas where education is unavailable.
5. Women not being treated as equal citizens to men, and the prejudice against them.
-Teach future generations women are equal to men, and begin implementing women in all aspects of modern society.
6. The abuse of animals and testing on animals for human products.
-Making a law banning the use of animals to test human products, and make harsher punishments for people who abuse animals.
7. The lack of regulation for guns in the United States.
-Apply the same regulations of driving and car use, to the use of guns.
8. The abuse of workers in sweatshops and other low class work situations.
-Make modern companies pay fines and face punishments for abusing workers.
9. The major use of oil for power, as opposed to alternative energy.
-Eliminate the funding of oil companies to governments, and reward the use of alternative power.
10. The abuse of Earth and its resources, and the mistreatment of the Earth by mankind.
-Make more laws against abusing Earth's resources and harsher punishments for the laws already in place.
-Teaching agriculture to all areas of the world and support slow food movement.
2. Not having the basic medical care necessary for basic human survival.
-Implement traveling doctors on a wider scale for areas without care.
3. Prejudice and racism still existing in today's society
-Teach future generations all people are equal and our differences are what make us special.
4. Unavailability of education to all people on the Earth.
-Make education a standard and have educators move to areas where education is unavailable.
5. Women not being treated as equal citizens to men, and the prejudice against them.
-Teach future generations women are equal to men, and begin implementing women in all aspects of modern society.
6. The abuse of animals and testing on animals for human products.
-Making a law banning the use of animals to test human products, and make harsher punishments for people who abuse animals.
7. The lack of regulation for guns in the United States.
-Apply the same regulations of driving and car use, to the use of guns.
8. The abuse of workers in sweatshops and other low class work situations.
-Make modern companies pay fines and face punishments for abusing workers.
9. The major use of oil for power, as opposed to alternative energy.
-Eliminate the funding of oil companies to governments, and reward the use of alternative power.
10. The abuse of Earth and its resources, and the mistreatment of the Earth by mankind.
-Make more laws against abusing Earth's resources and harsher punishments for the laws already in place.
Top 5 World Problems (and Solutions)
Problems
1. People in the world not having enough food to be nourished for the day.
-Teaching agriculture to all areas of the world and support slow food movement.
2. Not having the basic medical care necessary for basic human survival.
-Implement traveling doctors on a wider scale for areas without care.
3. Prejudice and racism still existing in today's society
-Teach future generations all people are equal and our differences are what make us special.
4. Unavailability of education to all people on the Earth.
-Make education a standard and have educators move to areas where education is unavailable.
5. Women not being treated as equal citizens to men, and the prejudice against them.
-Teach future generations women are equal to men, and begin implementing women in all aspects of modern society.
Solutions
1.Implement traveling doctors on a wider scale for areas without care.
2. Teaching agriculture to all areas of the world and support slow food movement.
3. Make education a standard and have educators move to areas where education is unavailable.
4. Teach future generations all people are equal and our differences are what make us special.
5. Teach future generations women are equal to men, and begin implementing women in all aspects of modern society.
When I originally made the list I feel as my biggest problems were already ordered in most serious to least. World hunger is my top problem because without solving hunger, we have less population committed and able to fight the other battles. The most implementable solution would be having traveling doctors on a wider scale because further funding and action in the organizations that already exist would make it simple.
1. People in the world not having enough food to be nourished for the day.
-Teaching agriculture to all areas of the world and support slow food movement.
2. Not having the basic medical care necessary for basic human survival.
-Implement traveling doctors on a wider scale for areas without care.
3. Prejudice and racism still existing in today's society
-Teach future generations all people are equal and our differences are what make us special.
4. Unavailability of education to all people on the Earth.
-Make education a standard and have educators move to areas where education is unavailable.
5. Women not being treated as equal citizens to men, and the prejudice against them.
-Teach future generations women are equal to men, and begin implementing women in all aspects of modern society.
Solutions
1.Implement traveling doctors on a wider scale for areas without care.
2. Teaching agriculture to all areas of the world and support slow food movement.
3. Make education a standard and have educators move to areas where education is unavailable.
4. Teach future generations all people are equal and our differences are what make us special.
5. Teach future generations women are equal to men, and begin implementing women in all aspects of modern society.
When I originally made the list I feel as my biggest problems were already ordered in most serious to least. World hunger is my top problem because without solving hunger, we have less population committed and able to fight the other battles. The most implementable solution would be having traveling doctors on a wider scale because further funding and action in the organizations that already exist would make it simple.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Week 3 Reading Reflection
A pleasant surprise for me when reading this weeks material was the author being honest and acknowledging the large amount of failure entrepreneurs can incur. The authors view on failure went to the deeper level of psychological affects the failure can have. One of my confusions was if they author felt these psychological affects and failures or if the writing was based on research. One question I have for the author is if they have any advice on incurring failure and how to stop the affects it can cause in one's entrepreneurial career. The second question I would ask is what psychological affects do success in entrepreneurship have on a person.
Identifying Local Opportunities
1. Pre-Diabetes Prevention
http://www.miamiherald.com/advertise/sponsored_content/?prx_t=GPMBAXtAEAHicKA
The story is about preventing the condition of pre-diabetes. The story proposes screening people over 45 for both type 2 diabetes, as well as high-glucose levels in the blood that pre-diabetes shows. Pre-diabetes make an individual extremely more likely to get diabetes and there is no system in place right now to help monitor pre-diabetes. One third of Americans suffer from pre-diabetes, so this affects a large portion of people.
2. Airbnb helps fill gap when area hotels are full
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160124/ARTICLES/160129829/1002/news01?Title=Airbnb-helps-fill-gap-when-area-hotels-are-full
This story is about an online accommodation service that connect travelers with people willing to rent
out their extra room or entire home. The problem given arrived when Eric Gonzales and Chris Herbert were given free tickets to a Gator football game for their service in the military. They could not find anywhere to stay and were gonna be homeless during the football weekend. Many other travelers, besides Eric and Chris suffer from this problem.
3. Driver unhappy with synching of traffic lights
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160124/ARTICLES/160129827/1002/news01?Title=Driver-unhappy-with-synching-of-traffic-lights
This story is about drivers unhappy in Gainesville with the traffic lights on Northwest 16th Boulevard at 34th Street and 16th and 43rd streets. The lights are not long enough to support the heavy flow of traffic during rush hour. The lights are going to be monitored and worked on by the traffic department.
4. Taxpayers out $1.9 million to exit parking garage deal
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160121/ARTICLES/160129902/1003/NEWS?Title=Taxpayers-out-1-9-million-to-exit-parking-garage-deal
This story is about the city of Gainesville backing out of a parking garage deal with local business owners. The city voted to exit the 99 year contract made in 2003, causing taxpayers to pay $1.9 million. This affects the taxpaying citizens of Gainesville, and all the residents as the city is planning on constructing a new hotel.
5. Rock Gym faces unstable ground, buoyed by locals' support
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160119/ARTICLES/160119614/1003/NEWS?Title=Rock-Gym-faces-unstable-ground-buoyed-by-locals-support
This story is about a local rock-climbing business asking its patrons for help with expenses. The popular gym was closed after inspection found the building rest on cracked and sinking slabs. Affecting both the owners of the business, as well as rock climbing enthusiasts of Gainesville
out their extra room or entire home. The problem given arrived when Eric Gonzales and Chris Herbert were given free tickets to a Gator football game for their service in the military. They could not find anywhere to stay and were gonna be homeless during the football weekend. Many other travelers, besides Eric and Chris suffer from this problem.
3. Driver unhappy with synching of traffic lights
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160124/ARTICLES/160129827/1002/news01?Title=Driver-unhappy-with-synching-of-traffic-lights
This story is about drivers unhappy in Gainesville with the traffic lights on Northwest 16th Boulevard at 34th Street and 16th and 43rd streets. The lights are not long enough to support the heavy flow of traffic during rush hour. The lights are going to be monitored and worked on by the traffic department.
4. Taxpayers out $1.9 million to exit parking garage deal
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160121/ARTICLES/160129902/1003/NEWS?Title=Taxpayers-out-1-9-million-to-exit-parking-garage-deal
This story is about the city of Gainesville backing out of a parking garage deal with local business owners. The city voted to exit the 99 year contract made in 2003, causing taxpayers to pay $1.9 million. This affects the taxpaying citizens of Gainesville, and all the residents as the city is planning on constructing a new hotel.
5. Rock Gym faces unstable ground, buoyed by locals' support
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160119/ARTICLES/160119614/1003/NEWS?Title=Rock-Gym-faces-unstable-ground-buoyed-by-locals-support
This story is about a local rock-climbing business asking its patrons for help with expenses. The popular gym was closed after inspection found the building rest on cracked and sinking slabs. Affecting both the owners of the business, as well as rock climbing enthusiasts of Gainesville
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Week 2 Reading Reflections
This first reading was an introduction into entrepreneurship. My initial realization was that entrepreneurship isn't a duty or job its a mindset and lifestyle. I also liked the depiction of the integrative and dynamic states. Seeing the visuals helped better grasp the two methods and also begin my integration of them in this course and life. One question I have for the author would be what other comparisons of gazelles and the wildlife can be made to the business world. I somewhat disagree with the author on their skew that the United States are essentially the only relevant leader in entrepreneurship, when it is very diverse and comes from all over.
Bug List
1. When you're phone is low on battery or dead and you make the proper precautions to bring a charger but no outlets are available.
-All outlets in use or no outlets in area
2. When glassware over extended use gain unremovable spots and blemishes.
-Some stains are irremovable by common dishsoapn
3. Most umbrellas, even the really small ones are still pretty large and clunky for todays day and age.
-Umbrellas have to be a certain size to cover a human
4. Items being available in store but not online.
-Stores being in existence for a long time, do not want to forgo physical location
5. Shipping costs being more than the physical purchase.
-Standard shipping costs
6. Loss of luggage when flying.
-Human error and busy airports
7. Ice Cream melting too fast.
-The heat melts the cold ice cream
8. Restaurants not having delivery service.
-Restaurants are typically come in and sit down
9. Other than on campus, places not in buildings and outdoors without Wi-Fi
-Wi-Fi is fairly new and still being put to use in large scale areas
10. Cupholders sometimes not meeting the size of cups and sometimes not able to secure smaller drinks
-Cupholders can only be one size in a car
11. The smell of smoke after putting out the flame of a candle.
-No more flame heating the wax and the burnt flame smell is the only one
12. Not sure if it exists, and if it does then why is it not common, but all in one washer dryer.
-Water and electrical heating are not commonly mixed
13. Never being able to remove all sand from the beach off your person and items.
-Sand is small and sticks to you and your stuff
14. Earphones falling out of your ear.
-Different sized ear canals and standard earphone sizes
15. Sock pairs getting separated and lost during washing and drying.
- Not held together in spinning machine
16. Pots and pans gaining unremovable gunk and substance after extended use.
- Some cooking leaves stuff that cant be removed by common dish soap or without ruining the pot or pan
17. Water fountain spouts not squirting hard enough to leave distance from the spout to the mouth.
-Low pressure and common use causes damage
18. Having too much or too little cheese, sauce, or condiment when made for you.
-Standard processes to make item
19. Losing change and having change in a million and one places.
-Change is less regarded than paper money and is thrown everywhere
20. Leaving things in the freezer too long and gaining freezer burn.
- Enough cold freezes over the food
This was fairly simple to make. I thought of my day to day grievances I come across and wrote them down on this list. Towards the middle I got stuck as my college routine is relatively the same, so I thought to my high school and home routines.
-All outlets in use or no outlets in area
2. When glassware over extended use gain unremovable spots and blemishes.
-Some stains are irremovable by common dishsoapn
3. Most umbrellas, even the really small ones are still pretty large and clunky for todays day and age.
-Umbrellas have to be a certain size to cover a human
4. Items being available in store but not online.
-Stores being in existence for a long time, do not want to forgo physical location
5. Shipping costs being more than the physical purchase.
-Standard shipping costs
6. Loss of luggage when flying.
-Human error and busy airports
7. Ice Cream melting too fast.
-The heat melts the cold ice cream
8. Restaurants not having delivery service.
-Restaurants are typically come in and sit down
9. Other than on campus, places not in buildings and outdoors without Wi-Fi
-Wi-Fi is fairly new and still being put to use in large scale areas
10. Cupholders sometimes not meeting the size of cups and sometimes not able to secure smaller drinks
-Cupholders can only be one size in a car
11. The smell of smoke after putting out the flame of a candle.
-No more flame heating the wax and the burnt flame smell is the only one
12. Not sure if it exists, and if it does then why is it not common, but all in one washer dryer.
-Water and electrical heating are not commonly mixed
13. Never being able to remove all sand from the beach off your person and items.
-Sand is small and sticks to you and your stuff
14. Earphones falling out of your ear.
-Different sized ear canals and standard earphone sizes
15. Sock pairs getting separated and lost during washing and drying.
- Not held together in spinning machine
16. Pots and pans gaining unremovable gunk and substance after extended use.
- Some cooking leaves stuff that cant be removed by common dish soap or without ruining the pot or pan
17. Water fountain spouts not squirting hard enough to leave distance from the spout to the mouth.
-Low pressure and common use causes damage
18. Having too much or too little cheese, sauce, or condiment when made for you.
-Standard processes to make item
19. Losing change and having change in a million and one places.
-Change is less regarded than paper money and is thrown everywhere
20. Leaving things in the freezer too long and gaining freezer burn.
- Enough cold freezes over the food
This was fairly simple to make. I thought of my day to day grievances I come across and wrote them down on this list. Towards the middle I got stuck as my college routine is relatively the same, so I thought to my high school and home routines.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
My Entrepreneurship Story
I immediately knew the entrepenuership story I would tell as I read the description because I received an email reminding me of the story. In 7th grade, while waiting for the rest of my classmates to finish a test, I looked around my class that was covered in Time magazines. I decided, with my extra time I decided to make my own Time magazine, drawing at the time Senator Obama and Senator McCain respectively riding a donkey and elephant. My teacher liked it so much, he put it up next to all the magazines and decided to make it a project with my name. While I was reading this he emailed me the attached project and let me know after 7 years, my project is still going strong.
Introduction
Hi, I am Donovan Vazquez, a sophomore majoring in marketing focusing on graphic design at the University of Florida. I was born in Miami on December 26, 1995 and have one older sister. In high school, I swam, played volleyball, football and basketball. I love everything about cars and work on my own and help my friends when they work on theirs. My parents are Puerto Rican (Dad) and Italian (Mom) and always try to stay close to my roots. I am also pretty tall (6'5") so that usually is something people realize quickly, but online its not so quick. I'm always happy and try to make people laugh or smile and try to keep a light mood.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
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