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What’s Next? Existing Market: Based on feedback, what seems to make sense for growth in the existing market is to start with making allies among business and political elites. Marketing as a solution to partisan bickering that all sides can find palatable is essential. The single greatest threat to this venture is stifling regulation at either the state or federal level, preempting this by making well placed allies will prove invaluable to long term success. Any existing legislation and regulations that stand in the way will also need to be removed, making it all the more important to drum up support within the government. Naturally this will also require significant popular support, gaining the support of well known and respected persons that can help to bring the idea before the public will be even more essential than acquiring legislative and regulatory support. Once the necessary support has been drummed up it will be necessary to get the administrative resources in place ...

Venture Concept No. 1 Opportunity: Healthcare in the U.S. is an unmet or undermet need for the vast majority of people. And even those that have nothing to fear in terms of healthcare could still benefit from a cheaper option . It is also important to note that the elderly, even with the benefit of Medicare, are facing mounting healthcare problems as the system fails to adapt to new realities. As such the potential customers are all Americans, even the wealthiest or those on medicare/medicaid. Some potential customers will need this more than others, but the customer base can only be restricted artificially so long as the service proves more cost effective than its competitors. This opportunity primarily exists, not as a result of changes in the market, but because there are no sufficient changes in the market . Those that are particularly vulnerable live in poorer areas, especially rural and in the more conservative states. Also vulnerable ae the elderly because of the incre...

What Makes Me So Special The Idea; V:  It’s as intrinsically valuable as any other Idea R: While this structure, or something like it, is present in credit unions, it does not yet exist in insurance. I: Like any Idea this could be imitated easily as long as the specifics are known, though the originator gets the advantage of being first. N: Technically there is a substitute, single payer health care, but that's not happening here any time soon, therefore there is not viable alternative. Myself: V: I’d like to think I am pretty valuable, but that hardly matters to anyone else. R: There is only one of me, so I am pretty rare. I: Haven’t found a doppleganger yet, and human cloning is a ways off yet, so no imitators for now. N: Steve Jobs and Bill gates come to mind as viable substitutes, but I don't think that is very realistic. My connections: V: I dont have the most valuable connections, but I could probably get something out of them. R: I can...

Elevator Pitch Lets hope this works... Honestly, I do not own the necessary tools to get a good video done, and I have not been in a position all semester to really get high quality audio recorded at all. And I, for one, am not going out of my way to buy the equipment to make a really swanky video. I am already paying thousands for the pleasure and I'm not spending a penny more just for an assignment.  As for why this is my first instead of third video, that's a purely technical issue. I literally could not get this done before. At least I seem to be the only person that had trouble with these elevator pitches. If you have made it this far down, then may I suggest ignoring the video entirely, the script will be bellow the video itself and will convey the information with much less static and background noise. If, however, you insist on subjecting yourself to my creation here, you were warned... YouTube link... Le Script... Healthcare, and how to pay fo...

Growing Your Social Capital John Janclaes; President/CEO of FCU (Federal Credit Union) Domain Expert: Runs a credit union, a kind of cooperative member owned bank, very similar in principle to a cooperative health insurer. I looked them up and emailed. Advice in return for some groveling. Besides being a high ranking executive with contacts of their own, Janclaes is running a coop and would have valuable insight in the day to day operations of such a business. Important supplier: This one does not really work, as I see it (and I may be wrong). As a health insurer the closest thing to a “supplier” would be, maybe, a pharmaceutical corporation, and even that does not really work as pharmaceuticals tend to sell directly to doctors. Thus, I instead went with a doctor (one of the many who my dad built houses for, there are tons in florida) even though they are technically more of a customer or employee than a supplier. The name of said doctor will not be shared as per u...

Reading Reflection No.2 The Theme of the book can be summarized as “sweep your own doorstep, before sweeping someone else's”. It proposes an, at first glance, selfish ideology of putting yourself and your resources first. But the end goal is not pure self gratification through conspicuous consumption. The purpose of looking after yourself first is to ensure you are not a burden to others, once you are in a stable position you can then use your excess resources to help others. Success is not about having the biggest paycheck, it is about having the freedom to pursue the things you want. This books spends some time on ways to help you succeed, but its most important lessons are in what to do with success and what it really means to be successful. Everyone can’t be billionaires, but everyone can get to a place in life where they like what they are doing and have a reason to get up in the morning. Success and wealth are not an end unto themselves, but a means to the higher end ...