Michael Saba

WHO : Much of the focus of the last opportunity that I brought up, regarding the redevelopment of traditional malls, is focused on younger generations. Generations of Millennials who do much of their current shopping online and not at traditional retailers. At first thought, I had hypothesizes, people who fall out of the boundary would be senior citizens and on the business side, the people who fall outside of the boundary would be solely commence businesses that have absolutely no retail presence. However, when conducting interviews, I had found that senior citizens would also appear to be inside the boundary. These leaving my conclusion on people outside of the boundary as solely online retailers and people who just need items on demand.   WHAT : The need identified is, the need to visit a real location, whether it be for social aspects, or lifestyle aspects. The need of going somewhere to socialize and to serve as something to do can differ from the need of wanting...

One problem I brought up earlier was the problem of Cold callers constantly calling relentlessly, even after telling them you would like to be placed on the DO NOT CALL list.   While going throughout your day this can become a bit annoying and a hassle. Although there are measures to take against this as registering on the national do not call list, it still does not seem to fix the problem. A product and service that would serve to protect this is a phone call interceptor. The service would provide to customers that the calls do not come through unless it is non robotic and not from landlines of calling centers.  The service would be provided to consumers on a monthly payment to prevent any cold calls from coming through their personal or work phones. When going over this service with colleagues many had agreed that they would pay for such a thing. The bases of the service would be an app that is downloaded on your phone that automatically detects callers th...

The Development of more Lifestyle Shopping Centers where current "Dead" Traditional malls stand.  The Who: United States Online Shoppers and Consumers The what: The retail industry in the United States is slowly declining. Amazon and online retailers are slowly taking a larger and larger market share.   The Why: As online retailers grow people find less of a reason to go to traditional shopping malls. As the large anchors leave, it creates a “dead mall.”   There are many people in the United States that are in areas where their malls and common shopping areas are closing due to online retailers. Many people in these areas are affected and share the need of areas needed for development.   Not all areas are affected, some areas are not currently experiencing as many closures. Although as malls close, people are seeing less areas of common leisure in their areas. In middle class areas retailers that heavily make up the malls such as boutiques, larg...

Michael Saba 1. Development of “Lifestyle” Centers in place of dying Retail Malls a.) An opportunity that is available right now in the Real Estate market is the development of Lifestyle Centers over the traditional mall.   https://www.businessinsider.com/what-will-happen-to-closed-malls-2017-5 b.) Over the past few years major retailers such as Macy’s, Sear’s, Kohl’s, and Toys “R’ Us, to name a few have shut down! The reason being is due to their incompetence to fulfill what people want and adapt to the massive change that is currently happening in our economy. Developing Lifestyle Centers over the traditional mall will provide a place that people will frequent everyday. A Lifestyle center is a shopping center or mixed use development that combines traditional retailers of the shopping mall with day-to-day leisure amenities such as Gyms, Art Galleries, churches, restaurants, medical clinics, Car showrooms, and event spaces geared toward more of upscale consum...

Key Schools computer system hacked   https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article218289740.html The Monroe County School District was recently forced to shut down its entire computer system for almost 3 days due to a cyberattack on it’s system. The goal of the hacker was to encrypt all files on the system and demand money to unlock the files.   In our growing digital age, many important files are stored on computers. This opens a bigger opportunity for hackers to steal and hack into this valuable information. Our data can contain crucial and important information to our day-to-day lives. Leaving this on. System that is susceptible to cyber attacks, puts all people at risk.   Any company, institution, or person that leaves important information on a. Computer system, or in a cloud based system can be faced with the problem of their information being hacked.   Rodent poop found on bacon. Mold-like stuff on coleslaw. Insp...

I believe that there is an opportunity that lies within the coffee market. While doing the Bug List Exercise one one thing that particularly bugged me was my   hot coffee drink getting cold quickly once being exposed to inside air condition over time. I believe that there is an opportunity to have warm mugs or cups to keep the coffee at an optimal drinking temperature.   When ordering a hot drink whether it be coffee or tea, it is particularly enjoyed better when it is warm not cold. An NCA Survey conducted in 2012 found that 62 percent of Americans 18 or older drink coffee on a regular basis. This means that about 1 in 2 Americans face this issue on a daily bases. The need to having a warm coffee drink existing since the creation of coffee thousands of years ago. Today many people are reheating their coffee if they have access to a microwave, if not just facing a Luke warm to cold coffee drink. At this point I would conclude that I am 90% sure that the opportunity t...

I would like to consider myself as a Serial entrepreneur. I had first started my entrepreneurship at a young age of 12 years old. At just 12 I had started to buy and sell trading cards and pokemon in school to friends, although the school had appreciated the hustle, this small business was shut down very quickly by the school as it was not allowed. Despite the set back I had never let my spirit down. At 16 years old, a friend and I had created an Instagram account amassing over 1 Million followers. Once having this large network, I had gone into the social media marketing business and started to sell promotions to businesses. Throughout the course of two years I had taken our social media account to over 3 million followers and over 500 clients paying us thousands of dollars. At 18 years Old, I decided to sell the network and business to work on a new project, BizChargers.  I had come up with an idea for having portable cell phone chargers designed for Restaurants and Hotels ...

Condensation on Iced Drinks/ Iced Coffee   It is too warm out compared to the temperature of the drink   Wifi going in and out constantly in certain areas   Not strong enough Wifi in certain areas of a building Searching for a specific channel on T.V.   Not clear enough of a directory for shows on specific channels   Junk Mail phishing for information showing up in my regular inbox   Not a strong enough firewall on phishing hackers getting through my mail   Being charged for extra luggage when flying   Airlines trying to make an extra buck from passengers   People who walk on the road and not the sidewalk   People feel that they don't have enough room on the sidewalk   People talking loudly in a movie theatre   People not having respect for people around them or not realizing how loud their voices are   Waking up in a cold room. Setting the air to be colder in the evening to ...