Idea Napkin No. 1

1) You. My name is Domenica DeYoung. I am first year management major. I tend to be a very passionate, driven, and dedicated individual. Whenever I participate in an organization, event, etc I put my whole heart and soul into everything I do and never miss an opportunity to help others out. I have experience with many different leadership positions. Most of my positions have revolved around ensuring there is constructive communication within the organization and outside of the organization such as communicating with Alumni. I aspire to be successful and learn as much as I can through all my experiences. I can see Gator Book Exchange consuming a large portion of my life, but it aligns with my values of service and passion.
2) What are you offering to customers? College students around the world spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks that they only use for a semester. Many of those textbooks sit around and go unused. I want to change this and hopefully reduce the amount spent on textbooks with a give a book get a book program. The Gator Book Exchange program would occur at the end of each semester when students are registering for new classes and finishing up old ones. Each participant will donate old books and receive books for their next semester in exchange. Let's work together to cut down the cost of college!
3) Who are you offering it to? I am specifically targeting returning University of Florida students across all majors and minors. In order to ensure success I might start on smaller scale and with college I know best. Therefore I would start out with a business student Gator Book Exchange and then learn from my mistakes there and bring it to a larger target being the entire campus.
4) Why do they care? As I college student I understand the cost of textbooks and how loans are not fun to take out. I also understand that majority of college students no longer are focusing more on supplements instead of textbooks and I want to change that mentality.
5) What are your core competencies? My passion and drive sets me a part from others. I am not one to quit when times get hard, I persevere. Being a college student myself I am able to connect with my peers and know how to bring their attention to my program through social media and word of mouth.
I believe that a great leader is someone that knows when to ask for help and knows how to utilize a diverse set of strengths. I love to organizing events, but there are still logistics and kinks that others may have creative solutions for. For that reason I believe it important to find others that have a similar passion with different perspectives that could ensure a stable program.With that being said I feel like my core competencies and my passion for this program with make sure my business opportunity is successful and has an impact on UFs campus.