Idea Napkin No.1

    Its hard to staple a napkin to the internet so here is my metaphorical idea napkin:

Me: On several earlier posts on this blog, I told you about myself. For those of you who don't spend hours checking my blog to see what the newest and hottest is, first of all shame on you, and second of all here is a quick summary. My name is Niamh Clancy, I am an IA sophomore at the University of Florida studying Biology on the pre-med track. I aspire to one day be a pediatrician and have since I was three years old. I am stubborn, hardworking, suturing (to the point of nagging my friends), I like mom jokes and dad jokes, and I am not a quitter. As a future doctor I predict that I will have a busy schedule and no time to wait for long restaurant ques, similar to many other professions.

The offer: The Waiter, an app that tells you the current waiting time at your favorite restaurants. The app will also give the customer and option to call ahead to order their food to go, in case all the lines are long.

Who: Everyone who likes to eat! Which if the world was like me would be EVERYONE! People are busy, restaurants are busy, this app will at least solve for one of those problems.

Why does it matter: If you don't like food than this app doesn't matter to you, at all. But for the rest of the population eating out is a part of our culture. At the same time however we are a community based off of instant gratification. Waiting in lines does not fit into the equation of our lifestyles. With the Waiter people will know where they can get there food as soon as possible while still enjoying the process of going out to eat.

Core competencies: I have already told you about me, my skills, and why I think this app will be a success. But alot of people can say they are hard workers that don't quit. This difference in me is that I am passionate about this idea, because food is a good portion of my life. When something directly affects you people are more likely to do something about, make a move, change in some way. For me the fact that I am a busy college student, and hopefully one day a busy med student means that this app will become a sort of life line for me.

Success is putting the puzzle pieces together, so the real question than becomes do I think that these parts of my idea mesh together to form one cohesive concept. And the answer is complicated. I do think that these specific components are a good start to completing this idea but there are definatley pieces missing. For instance my lack of computer skills and financial planning abilites hinders me in the programming and funding of the app. I can compensate with my people skills but I will have to outsource some of the work to other people with different skill sets.