Johnathan's Entrepreneurship Blog

As I was finishing my application to the University of Florida, I was in the process of applying to many other colleges. One of those colleges was the University of Pennsylvania, and that college’s application process included an interview with a local alumnus. I was contacted with an individual from my hometown (Tampa) who graduated from UPenn’s business school. I met with this UPenn graduate in his office near downtown Tampa and we discussed UPenn as well as business in general. This individual was the founder and CEO of a local private equity real estate firm. Specifically, the firm gathers a pool of investors, uses their money to purchase commercial property in Tampa, partners with an interested buyer, develops the property for the partner, and then sells the property to this partner or another interested buyer. The firm is small in terms of employee number (in the single digits, I believe), but manages millions of dollars in assets. Pictured below is the Aloft hotel in Tampa, wh...

1.      As a person with severe food allergies, when restaurants do not have an online/physical allergen menu Why: Restaurants are unwilling to put forth the to create an allergen guide. Why: Restaurants lack the knowledge/resources to create an allergen guide.] Why: Restaurants do not think it is necessary/beneficial to create an allergen guide. 2.      When my dorm room is muggy/humid relative to other buildings on campus Why: My residence hall is over 100 years old and the deteriorating windows do not keep moisture from entering the rooms. Why: The AC units in the building are inefficient. 3.      When UF transportation buses are not on schedule Why: Traffic on campus is unpredictable Why: Some bus drivers may not put in the effort to be on schedule Why: Some bus riders may slow the process of loading/unloading at each stop. 4.      When internet connection is sporadic when vi...

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