Idea Napkin No. 1

1. I'm Tyson, just a guy with an idea. And a ginger beard. I excel at interpersonal relations, but I'm a perfectionist when it comes to task-related objectives. I've worked as a lifeguard, Christmas tree salesman, and project intern for a construction company to date, the last of which I'm currently employed at. I'm hoping my experiences will one day lead to the creation of my own construction/engineering (possibly Design-Build) firm. Although I believe learning technical skills is a must and highly important, I'm an even stronger believer in the phrase: "It isn't about what you know, and it isn't even about who you know...it's about who knows YOU."

2. The service I'm providing is a quick, easy way for students to figure out what entertainment events are happening around their university on at any given time, on any given day. From my interviews, I learned that students don't know what events are occurring every single night (whether they'd planned on doing something or not anyway). That being said, the majority of students stated they would at least like to know their options so they might have the choice to explore them if they wanted.

3. The niche of people I've trying to appeal to are students at college universities around the U.S. More specifically, young adults from the ages of 18-26. The purpose behind my app isn't to focus on people that are more social than others, or to focus on those that party, drink, etc.. In fact, it's a way for students of all kinds to be informed of the entertainment events of different genres in or around their college campus.

4. Adding more to the explanation of my idea: the app will have a feature designed for users (students/moderators) to post the events around the university. The moderators will be in charge of posting generic events the entire student body would know about (i.e. football games/ Gator Growl/ concerts). By contrast, the students will make posts dedicated to more specific interests or venues (such as movie premiers or lady's night at a local establishment)

They will pay for the pay because it's a quick, casual why to make plans without asking others, or making ambiguous Google searches. They could even promote their own events, assuming it applied to enough of the populace. Moderators would be in charge or regulating repeat/ un-welcomed posts.

5. Being is app form, this idea has the advantage of being only a couple thumb-clicks away from its user, aka accessibility. Not only that, it organizes the types of entertainment events/activities into tabs, this way the user can efficiently find the genre of entertainment their looking for (aka methodized and fluid). This app will almost act as a week-by-week schedule (or even database) for students seeking any form of entertainment.


Reflection:
I believe all of the aspects of my idea flow quite uniformly, you can't really have one of the aspects without the others...at least not if the idea is to succeed. This app doesn't necessarily have to solely appeal to young-adults, but for the sake of our class they seem the most likely to actively use the app and be familiar with its interface.