Idea Napkin No. 1

1. Who am I? I am a second year psychology major with a minor in innovation. I am a Florida native, and I come from an extremely big family. I don’t really enjoy going out, I’d much rather stay in, and sleep, read, relax (by watching tv, going on social media, or listening to music.) I hope to one day become a criminal profiler, but I would also like to use my minor, and maybe have a small business on the side. I have limited experience when it comes to being an entrepreneur, and the business world. But the little experience I do have comes from my mom starting her own business when I was probably a freshman in high school. I don’t really know any details about the process, but I was able to see her do little things such as; maintenance, dealing with customers, adjusting prices, etc. l believe that the business that I have come up will play a huge role in myself because I could potentially benefit from the service, it could help financially, and it could also be a way for me to build status/recognition.

2. What am I offering? The plan that I came up with is partly a product, and partly a service. I want to bring the dating world off of apps, and back to reality. I want to make an app, this app would allow people from parties to connect before or afterwards. Additionally, the app would allow the users to connect with my team, and I, also it would keep them updated on the different date parties being offered. But the product part of this business plan, is less electronic. I hope to either use different venues to host a sort of speed dating party. It would be hosted on the same day every week, and it’ll be different every time; like location, and themed. I want to offer my users a variety of date options, with different people to hopefully help them gain a life partner. The party would be larger than a typical group date, but smaller than an actual party to help provide a sense of intimacy.

3. Who? I’m hoping to receive people who are serious about finding love. So they would have to be single people, no matter the age. I don’t have a specific racial group or socioeconomic group that I’m focusing on. With this non specific group, I hope to attract a wide variety of people to increase diversity, and offer a higher chance of love connections. 

4. Why? I think because my service would be inexpensive helps people be more attracted to what I’m offering. Additionally, I think people will want to use my service, because I think its an easy, fun way for people to date. It has less restrictions as a normal date, and a whole lot of opportunities. Along with those points people will be able to get out, and just meet new people, and gain new experiences and will hopefully help break the ice between new matches. 

5. Difference? I think what sets me apart is that things are mostly happening off of electronic devices. My service will be more than a dating app, and it’s more tangible. Another thing that sets me apart is the fact that the parties aren’t geared to one person, and their interests. Along with that, the parties aren’t centered around one person, everyone in attendance are all vying for love, and it’s an equal playing field where everyone is important. 


I do think everything comes together nicely, and each part is beneficial and instrumental to the service and product working smoothly. I do think that a weak part of my business is not having an exact customer that I’m looking for. I say this because I can’t necessarily customize my business to a certain group, but rather I would have to go on and play things by trial and error. Along with that, I would need more research about the single population in whatever city this business will be in, and I would also have to move to an area that has a big population of single people. With all this being said, I think that my business in some aspects just have weak legs, because it won’t be popular all year round, and it’s solely dependent upon people actually wanting to participate in the service.