Hugo da Cunha Cabral
IE-382-M01
Assignment 1#
On Campus, ride sharing of bicycle
1- Describe the opportunity that attracts you and why you think it is a new
venture opportunity.
Nowadays, people have some difficult to find a place to park their cars, and
they need walk long distances to where they need to go. A good solution for this
problem would be an on campus, ride sharing of bicycles. Indeed, walking from class
to class in a short period of time is sometime impossible due to the long distance
between buildings. Also, teachers don’t like when students get late in class. Another
fact is that it might reduce the number of parking lots in the university. Students,
teacher, and faculty staffs may park their cars in a big parking lot and go to their
classes or jobs using the ride sharing of bicycles system. It would be an easy and
cheap way in which everybody could use.
2- Describe the competencies and skills you and your team members posses.
First and the most important skill is teamwork. A new business without
sharing ideas or information to achieve the goals probably will fail; therefore, our