Miami-Dade's unemployment rate
inches up in December amid Latin American woes
This article discusses the recent numbers on unemployment for the Miami Dade County and what they really tell about the
county’s economy. According to the article although unemployment rate has
increased for the third month in a row, the news is not all that bad
considering some of it is caused by high growth in labor force as more people
join the workforce. However the same increase in unemployment rate does not seem
to happen to more northern counties. One of the causes of this increase in
unemployment rate is seen the high economic growth of central and south American
countries. Ironically, the opposite, an
economic stagnation of the same countries is also seen as a threat for it would
damage the tourism industry and decrease number of visitors from these countries.
I believe an unmet need is employment for the young people joining the
workforce. There is an opportunity to start a Human Resource company, a private
employment entity that would not only make it easier for employers and
potential employees to match but would also offer training that would teach
people versatile skills to be able absorb economic shocks more easily and gain adaptability skills for the new economy. This would be monetized by charging
hirers a fee for providing adequate labor force for their needs, and also by
charging for training services.
Lauren Vagelakos: Health
insurance help available before deadline
This article is
basically a alarm bell for those who haven’t enrolled yet for Health Insurance
for the year yet, as the deadline is 31st January, and after that
date penalties may apply. It warns local residents (Gainesville Sun Article)
about the consequences of not enrolling before the deadline, the benefits of
enrolling (possible financial assistance from Marketplace) and it enlists the
available resources to help people out figure out the entire mess. I am not an
international student, and I thought no country can more bureaucratic than where
I come from (Kosovo). The kinds of complications that health insurance
companies have come up with are simply sky high. I wish one day I can one
day be as creative at anything in life, as they are in milking more money away
from the average citizen. There is an unmet need of being able to understand
all the tricks and hidden pot holes of health insurance system and companies.
Let us create an app that breaks down every offering, and compares them between
different providers in a way simple enough that anybody can understand, that
would also simply claim filing for every health insurance provider, and lets
start milking them back, to especially help financially deficient students decrease
living costs.
Snazzy Springtime
Snack Suggestions
This article
aims to provide some help to people who are interested in eating and staying
healthy during stressful semester times, by making a list of products that are
in season in spring, hoping to decrease your cost because of in season
shopping. According to the article some of in season fruits/vegetables for
spring are: strawberries, avocado, and the ingredients for “ants on a log
snack” and for a simple fresh salad. All of the suggestions sound great, but it
is quite difficult for anyone to keep track of which places offers what
products and what price, and how fresh they are. For now there is several
markets that claim local, organic products offerings, however they are
scattered around town and getting the right mix of products means a lot of
shopping time that people do not have. There is a need for an integrated
marketplace in form of a web or app where you could from home order buy any of
these products from whichever provider, and have it delivered home. So the
proposition here is a unified locally grown food offering, delivered to you. This
would meet the need of all health conscious people who find it frustrating or no
time to do a thorough research on local markets.
Anti-Procrastination
This article is
a how to guide for battling procrastination, a problem every college student
faces a at some level. The major points the article makes is you should invest
in a planner, sync your iCloud, get in your ZONE (a place where feel physically
and mentally at peace), set memory triggers, know when to take a break and
lastly to try to keep yourself inspired. Where I related with the article is
the importance the author gives to the planner and its functionalities. There
is a need to have a planner that is neat and has all the information that need
be brought to your attention on daily bases. However, just posting all the
deadlines and events in it can a quite frustrating process, and updating it
even more so. The opportunity I see here is offering a printer, smart enough to
understand your calendar, automatically migrate all your events and deadlines
from your school site, and wherever else they lie (Facebook events etc), and
print them in your planner. This machine would be capable of undoing the
spiral, printing and reinstalling the spiral that holds the pages in your
planner. You could use the same machine for crossing out the past events, and
updating the planner with new events, below your current one, and that is
achieved by it having a memory of what parts of your planner has it printed on
prior. This would be a convenient way to customize your printer, and basically sync all of your scattered online information into one physical planner.
Car2go pulling out of Miami on March
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This article
reports the withdrawal from Miami of the mobility company Car2go , a subsidiary
of Daimler North America Corp. Car2go is an alternative to city commuting, once
you are become a member, you can just hop into one of these cars and go around,
at a price calculated based on both time and mileage used to make for more fair
pricing. The company itself blames their lack of success in Miami to car rental
tax, which doesn’t reflect the value their bringing to the market. They also
complained that other mobility companies that have entered the market are not
subject to the same tax. I think the need to move around a huge city like
Miami, with an especially large number of tourists will always be there. The
opportunity I see here, is offering the exactly the same service, just instead
of cars, make it with scooters. Number one it would bring the cost much lower,
for two given the weather people would happily cruise around in an open scooter
rather than an inside an enclosed car and also space-wise, car2go cars only fit
two people as well. Also the car rental tax would have be avoided, not to
mention that this this alternative would benefit the alternative as well. Space
wise, car2go would only fit two people anyways.
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