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Identifying Local Opportunities

That cushy work-at-home job can lead to social isolation, mental and physical health risks https://www.gainesville.com/zz/lifestyle/20200123/that-cushy-work-at-home-job-can-lead-to-social-isolation-mental-and-physical-health-risks There are more people who consider themselves "lonely" because of remote jobs. Jobs where people can stay at home cause people to have less human interaction and social isolation. However, there are people who work in offices who also feel lonely. According to the article, people in the entertainment and music industries are the loneliest. Senior executives, Hispanics, and younger workers also tend to be the loneliest. Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200125/xi-calls-situation-grave-as-china-scrambles-to-contain-virus China and Hong Kong are in a state of emergency because of the new deadly virus. There are confirmed cases all over the world now like Japan, ...

Forming an Opportunity Belief

1.      I have a belief that there are no great, healthy alternatives to pasta! 2.      Healthy eating has definitely become more of a trend/lifestyle in the past decade, especially among millennials. With that the creation of vegetable noodles (like zucchini noodles, sweet potato noodles, etc.) have risen! Another popular alternative is whole wheat pasta. While both of these have some benefits over regular pasta, I don’t think they satisfy most people. In my opinion, vegetable noodles are extremely healthy, but in no way resemble pasta. They just taste like pieces of vegetables. Whole-wheat pasta on the other hand, is very similar to regular pasta, however the nutrition facts only slightly differ from regular pasta (higher fiber and lower carbohydrates by only a couple grams). I would say I’m about 60% positive this opportunity exists because perhaps I’m just too picky with my pastas since its my favorite food, however I hav...

My Entrepreneurship Story

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I think the most entrepreneurial time of my life was high school. I created an after school program called "S. T. E. A. M. for Kids" which stood for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.  It was a way to introduce the normal STEM subjects to underprivileged kids, but I also wanted to include art. Every Friday, after school, I would go to The Boys and Girls Club in Tampa to bring home-made projects/games to elementary kids in hopes to spark an interest in these subjects. We did activities like code robots, make volcanos, draw Fibonacci sequences, etc. I created this project on my own and even recruited a couple of my friends to help out some Fridays for community service hours.  Honestly, the reason I enrolled in ENT 3003 is that it is apart of my curriculum. I didn't really know much about the class until I read the syllabus. I'm not quite sure what I hope to get out of this class, but I am excited to see where it takes me! I do really like crea...

Bug List

1.       I often ask restaurants for extra sauce on the side and the waiter always says yes and then forgets. Specifically, this happened to me at Bento and Just Salad recently ·        Waiters think its impressive to not write stuff down, but I’d rather them write it down than forget it completely 2.       My roommate listens to her TV super loud until like 1:30am every day and her TV is mounted onto the wall that we share ·        She listens to everything on max volume and I prefer to listen to things on a soft volume with subtitles  3.       Pots are really clean after you make something messy like spaghetti  ·        Im not sure if it’s the food that makes it tricky to clean, or maybe the surface of the pot isn’t smooth enough 4.       When my avocados get too ripe befor...

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Hi ! My name is Alexa and this is my blog for Entrepreneurship (ENT 3003)