Tuesday, May 8, 2012

$100 Challenge Project update

For the past couple weeks our group has been planning to run a home cleaning business directed at homes that have been forclosed and need cleaning to be presentable for resale. From the start, the whole group was sold. Blake had all the materials and supplies to start and we were more than happy to work. But as time drew on the vision became more fuzzy. the logistics were not as solid as we thought facing the fact that there wasn't enough business for all of us in that sector. Attempting to stay with the idea we visited real estate companies in hopes to gain more customers and homes to clean. The managers were nice and were willing to advertise for us if we were to leave brochers, but after noticing the 12 tall stacks of business cards we realized how unefficient that would be. Sarah and I had been trying to figure out this dilema but didn't want to make any changes till we could decide things as a group. With Blake constantly working and Trevor...just not showing up it seemed that our business wouldn't be functioning till the last week of the project. But after lots of coerssion by Sarah Jones and myself, we were all able to meet at the library and figure out a new path to trod. Realizing cleaning houses was not as profitable as originally discused due to issues with advertising and demand, we discussed a whole new concept of cleaning...cars. We pivoted into car detailing which allows us to still have the resources, but be much more flexible as more people have cars around here that need cleaning than homes. After discussing the fine details as a group it was late and time to split up. Sarah graciously offered to convert what we discussed into the plan. (I then suggested that when all was said and done with the project we should all take at least 1% of our grades and give it to her as she has been the hardest worker in the group.

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