I am William Garlock, a junior at University of Florida working on Bachelors in Business Administration. I am good with my hands as well as working with customers. My experiences are in customer service and finances, I worked at a grocery store in customer service for three years and now I'm currently working at a bank. If I were to start this business or idea, it would be helping out customers, which helping customers is something I enjoy doing.
2) What are you offering to customers?
A way to deter theft in vehicles with a simple steering wheel quick release that can be installed into cars from the factory.
3) Who are you offering it to?
This idea is for anyone really. As long as you have a car to drive, it is for you. Although, since it is more of an idea then a product, you would have to have a car that is new from the factory with the device installed.
4) Why do they care?
I think they would care, because nobody wants to get their car stolen and new cars aren't very cheap either.
5) What are your core competencies?
It would set any car manufacture apart from the rest, because nobody has yet to make this an option for a factory car right off the lot. There are aftermarket versions, but there are no version straight off the lot from factory.
I would have to say my beliefs fit together into my concept, because I like helping people out and this one way I could do that. There are some aspect of my business concept that are not as strong. Since this is something that would come from factory, it would mean it would only be available to new models of cars. A strong point to this though, is that they make aftermarket quick releases but none of them retain the airbag. So, if it were to come from factory with an airbag, it would definitely be a safer option.
- William Garlock
I think this is a great idea to protect our cars. Having something so simply sounds very beneficial to have, because any other theft avoidance concept is either minuscule (like the car alarm) or something so complex and expensive that no one has it. This sounds like a great and attainable thing for people to invest in, and as long as it is marketed right I believe it would be successful to sell. I also think partnering with a car company would be a good idea. If you want to check out my idea napkin the link is http://kyrstind.blogspot.com/2016/02/idea-napkin-no-1.html. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWilliam I really like this idea a lot. Every family usually has one care if not more. You certainly have a great target market. I also think this idea is something needed. I actually have never heard of anyone getting their vehicle stolen but when it happened to me I was completely stunned. The scary thing is that it happened on my parent property that is pretty isolated so that was even more of a shocker. I lost a lot of valuables considering I was moving and everything I had was in my car. If I would of had your product that would of prevented my car from being stolen. Great post! I really love this idea!
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ReplyDeleteI think that this is a really great idea. In order to make it big, I think that you should try to market your idea to car manufacturing companies. If one company really likes your idea and thinks that it would help them with their marketing, they may want to install your idea in all of their new models. It could become a part regular car manufacturing.
I also really love that you have made your idea so practical and applicable. It obviously matters to you, and I think it will matter to other people because of how useful it is and how passionate you are about your idea!
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I think this is a brilliant idea. With how many car thefts there are and with my mom being a victim of one of these thefts I think this idea would work very well. I agree with mb.vandepol that your best bet is going all of the car manufactures and seeing they would like to put this part into their vehicles.
ReplyDeleteHi William, I can really appreciate your idea. The product seems that the launch can really jet set a really great commence of a product. As an entrepreneur I can appreciate ethe need for this in terms of the economy and the increase of cars int he United States. I am looking forward to seeing where this product takes you. Best of luck on
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