My Secret Sauce ;)

1) Describe five ways in which you think you have human capital that is truly unique. What is it about you, exactly, that makes you different? Write this up in a detailed list. 

1. My drive for helping other.

2. Loyal follower/good listener

3. Hard working

4. Independent 

5. Caring 

2) Interview the five people who know you the best. Ask them what they think makes you different -- remember, focus on your knowledge, skills, abilities, emotions -- in other words, your human capital. Try to stay away from discussing your other types of capital (such as who you know). Record each interview. In your blog post, please post each interview, as well as a two-three sentence summary of each interview, explaining what your key takeaways are.

I had a lot of things going on this week and an exam so I couldn't record anything but had to text and email all the questions to everyone.

Kind, sweet, dependable, hard working

Caring, hard working, friendly, helpful

Quick on his feet, nice, goes out of his way to help others, funny

Reliable, dependable, kind, great heart

3) Reflect on the differences. How do you see yourself, and how do others see you? Are there differences in how you assess yourself compared to others? What do you think causes these differences? Do you think your interviewees are correct about you? Finally, going back to your list from part 1, would you make any corrections to the list? How? 

There are things that others noticed that I didn't consider myself. I think this is because others can see what you are like I don't really pay attention. I think that they mentioned other good qualities and would probably change caring to funny or quick on my feet.

Idea Napkin No. 2

You

My name is Garrett. My talents include organization, attention to detail, quick learner. I have worked for multiple companies on short term basis and I am just graduating this year. If I started this business I would need to find someone who could help implement it for not a lot of money and find someone who has connections to the carriers. 

What Am I Offering to Customers?

I am offering something that helps people save time in their day to day lives and makes it more convenient. Instead of spending time on the phone or internet or in the store rerouting packages or trying to set up when to pick up my product will be streamlining all of this in one location on your phone. This way it helps customers in that everything is conveniently in one place. The businesses gain help in the “Last Mile” which is where they strive to get better the most.

Who am I offering it to?

I am offering this not to one specific demographic but to anyone who ships packages or business who ship packages as well. It is two fold in consumer and business applications. 

Why do they care?

On the customer/consumer side it saves them hassle and time by rerouting a package or getting updates as to where it is or where they left it. In business this helps streamline shipping and if its going B2B it is even more critical that they stay on time.

What are my core competencies?

It is more of a core competency in the way that we will help streamline and shorten length times. We also deal with customer service so we help save the businesses like USPS, Fedex and UPS by saving them from paying more customer service providers.

I think that everything is very cohesive the only weak spot is figuring out the logistics about developing an app or something of that sort since I do not code.

1)    The idea goes over well with people

2)    Work on explaining it in more detail about the business end

3)    Use it on the business side like amazon etc

4)    Good service industry application and customer service

5)    Day to day operations are important