Idea Napkin No. 1

1. My name is Jared Pape and I am from Longwood, Florida. I think some of my best skills are being able to adapt to most obstacles that are thrown at me, the ability to think critically and analyze situations, and the ability to get along with my peers in social situations fairly well. My aspirations more than anything are just to be in a place and a situation that makes me happy and to be surrounded by people that I enjoy and improve my life regardless of what my career ends up being. I think any business concept of mine, unless I eventually found something I was extremely passionate about, would be in my life probably mostly just as a source of income.

2. I planned on my product being an app that people can download on their phones that lets them organize recreational sports events for various different sports. I think it would be nice for people who enjoyed playing sports at a younger age for fun to be able to meet new people that enjoy similar things and have a great time playing sports without officially joining a team. I think it would be especially useful for sports like lacrosse, where it isn't as easy to enter the sport, and it's harder to find people that play it. So even if you and your friends don't have enough people to play a pick up game of soccer or kickball, you could find people that are interested in playing in your area.

3. I think the great thing about this app is it could cater to a lot of potential customers. I think it would most likely be used by men and women in their 20's and 30's to try to get out and be active and play a sport they maybe haven't played in a while. A lot of the customers would probably be people who had played a specific sport in high school or college.

4. I think customers would pay money to use this service because it would give them a great way to meet new people and get outside and get active. Not everyone likes going to the gym and running on a treadmill, so I think people could use this app to have some fun with people who enjoy a similar sport and be healthy at the same time.

5. I don't think there's currently an app like this out there. I think it would be important for the app to be able to separate people based on the degree of competition they want in the game because naturally some people are going to take sports more serious than others. I think it could be a great app because it could maybe have a group where locals just wanna meet up and drink and play kickball, and then it could also have a group where people play serious, competitive soccer games.

I think these elements work fairly well together. I think the biggest issue would be getting people on the app to begin with and getting it started. I think another potential issue could be safety, which is always going to be an issue when people are meeting up with strangers. I am also not sure the best way to monetize something like this would be, because obviously if there's a high price just to get the app it probably won't take off very fast.