ENT Blog Emilia Gschossmann

1) My beginning point I am a Vegetarian for a already 4 years now and I never have a problem with my diet when I am able to cook for myself. But as soon as I am on the go and I have to get food in restaurants it oftentimes becomes kind of difficult. Since I am in the US (maybe you should know that I am an international student and originally from Germany), I think about vegetarian food quiet often, because it is really difficult to get vegetarian food in fast food restaurants. That is why I think, there might be an opportunity for more vegetarian food in fast food restaurants or maybe even a vegetarian fast food chain. 2) Describing my belief The unmet need is vegetarian or vegan food in form of fast food, like vegetarian burgers. I think most of the people who are conscious about their nutrition or eat vegetarian/vegan would wish to have more vegetarian alternatives at fast food restaurants. Simply, because it’s more healthy than the fat meat provided by most fast food chains. A...

My first entrepreneural experience When I was younger, my sister and I wrote a newspaper magazine for our neighbourhood. We thought that a newspaper which is customized for our neighbourhood would be definitely something everyone wants to have. So we included news from our neighbourhood, but also interviews with different persons from the neighbourhood as well as a page with jokes and riddles. After we finished the newspaper we went from door to door and asked our neighbours if they would like to buy the newspaper. And it worked out better than we had thought (although that might be lead back to the aspect that we were children and looked way cuter than we do now). That was my first entrepreneurial experience. Source: http://www.hrlact.org/stay-date-hrla-news-q3-newsletter/good-news-newspaper-headline-25776802/ Why I enrolled in ENT 3003 I enrolled for ENT 3003, because at my home university, we don’t have courses like this. We always learn a lot of theory but never a...

Bug list Bug #1: Opening hours at the Florida Pool on Campus (it is only open for one hour in the morning and then it opens at noon again) Why it exists : In order to keep the pool open the recreation center needs lifeguards, which costs a lot of money. There might be not enough guests in the morning, so that it won’t be worth paying a lifeguard. Bug #2: Long queue at Walmart (2900 SW 42nd St, Gainesville, FL 32608) in the evening Why it exists: A lot of people buy groceries before they return home from work. Although this Walmart has a lot of check-outs, there are still not enough for rush-hour and in addition checking-out takes a lot of time. Bug #3: Empty shelves at Walmart (2900 SW 42 nd St, Gainesville, FL 32608) in the evening Why it exists: There are so many people going to Walmart during rush-hour that the employees do not have enough time to fill the empty shelves again. In addition there might not enough employees engaged during rush-hour. Bug #4 : Poorl...

Hey to all of you, I am Emilia Gschossmann, 21 years old and an International Student from Germany. This is my blog for ENT3003 Principles of Entrepreneurship at the University of Florida. I hope you enjoy reading it! Cheers, Emillia