Opportunity 1
Article Title: PINELLAS TRAFFIC STOP FALLOUT
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15CECF775A191378?p=AWNB
Story Description: An off duty female sheriff''s deputy was driving radically and was pulled over by an officer. It appears that proper protocol was not taken to handle the situation. Instead of a DUI test the arresting officer decided to cite the impaired woman for reckless driving. The arresting officer is under investigation for his conduct.
Problem: Keeping our police force accountable for their actions and determining when their own discretion can and should be used and when the letter of the law should be applied.
Who: The population that the police protect and serve have this problem.
Opportunity 2
Article Title: CUSTOMERS AGAIN RATE DUKE NEAR THE BOTTOM
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15CECF778A42B968?p=AWNB
Story Description: Duke Energy, local energy company in the Tampa Bay area, has continued its low rank of customer satisfaction. Duke has been consistently ranked has one of the worst energy companies in the state, by satisfaction. Generally satisfaction is based on price of energy and the disruptions in service. Duke has claimed it is trying to meet customer needs, but again this year their customers are dissatisfied.
Problem: Duke Energy has low customer satisfaction.
Who: This is bad for Duke Energy but essentially power companies have a local monopoly so that customers do not have another source of energy. This is also a problem for the customers of Duke Energy because they are continuing to receive poor service even after years of appeals to Duke energy to change their methods.
Opportunity 3
Article Title: LIVING IN A FLY ZONE
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15CEDF4FE04EA140?p=AWNB
Story Description: Steve and Barbara Miller are two new resident of a fly-in community. Literally they live in a community where planes taxi down the streets and almost every house has its own hangar. The article goes on to describe the difficulties the Miller's faced to live there. They moved from New York City where Steve saw first hand the attacks of September 11. They eventually bought a house in a fly-in community and had to do many renovations.
Problem: The difficulty of entering into a fly-in community, and the cost of joining the aviation community.
Who: The Miller's specifically had this problem, but it applies to anyone interested in aviation.
Opportunity 4
Article Title: STATE FINALLY PUTS PRESSURE ON FRONTIER
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15CEE21040A13970?p=AWNB
Story Description: In the Tampa Bay area Frontier took over the services once provided by Verizon for cable and internet. Since the regime change there have been outages of services for months now. Residents have not only complained to Frontier but they have also brought their complaints to the State Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Frontier has promised to refund users for the outages and create U.S. based call centers. Another major shift of cable services is on the horizon and hopes to avoid the same problems.
Problem: Poor cable services provided by a change in cable providers.
Who: Residents of the Tampa Bay area are dealing with this.
Opportunity 5
Article Title: HURRICANE EXPO AT MOSI TODAY
Link: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15CE8DD1B45CCCE8?p=AWNB
Story Description: Museum of Science and Industry held a hurricane expo. It has been a couple years since Florida has experienced a hurricane, but experts at MOSI say we should still be prepared. Tampa Bay is considered the most vulnerable to hurricanes. The expo went over how best to safe during a hurricane.
Problem: Hurricane season starts in June. Potential problems are flooding, property damage, and loss of life.
Who: Residents of the central Florida area would be directly affected.
Caleb, you definitely found some interesting articles. I can’t believe that problem with the off duty sheriff raising the question of special treatment for law enforcement. While the articles were perfect, I had a hard time seeing how you could form an opportunity from each of the stories that were shown.
ReplyDeleteCaleb, I thought you picked some great articles, but it seems that it is hard to find opportunities in these articles. Most of them have to do with current companies that just need to do their jobs with better quality and attention to detail. The best article in your list was actually the first one, where there seems to be an opportunity for better officer accountability methods.
ReplyDeleteCaleb, I thought you picked some great articles, but it seems that it is hard to find opportunities in these articles. Most of them have to do with current companies that just need to do their jobs with better quality and attention to detail. The best article in your list was actually the first one, where there seems to be an opportunity for better officer accountability methods.
ReplyDeleteCaleb, I thought you had an interesting selection of articles but the one that stuck out to me the most was the traffic stop passage. It was interesting to see that an officer did not follow protocol and was being correctly punished for it. Hopefully, the incident with this officer will serve as an example for other officers of what they need to do when they are in the line of duty. The other articles were not as interesting because they just required a business fixing a local problem but they still delivered the same point.
ReplyDeleteHi Caleb, I thought you made a great choice with the articles about Duke Energy and Frontier. I used to live in the Pinellas county areas and hear endless complaints from friends and family about problems with both producers.' The underlying issue is that within the area, both companies are either already holding a monopoly in the area or were given one by contract. Both companies are under no particular incentive to improve the quality of their services or reduce prices.
ReplyDeleteI think your articles were really interesting-- I have never heard of a fly in zone! I can imagine there must be so many problems that arise especially since fly in zones aren't that popular. With that being said-- there is probably great opportunities for businesses to cater to these types of communities and make a lot of money. Thanks for sharing!
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