Michael Saba

I have really enjoyed this class. Throughout it looking back my favorite part was developing the idea. Although this may have been the hardest to others I found that it was nice to use creativeness within a course. As many courses don't require creativity, more logic. The troublesome parts for me were constantly making changes and edits to the idea I had originally came up with. Having an entrepreneurial spirit already, this class helped be clearly identify all of the stages of bringing an idea to a reality. By going through and getting social feedback and clearly clarifying our idea with others it has helped shape how I formulate other ideas I come up with in the future. One thing I will remember is the interviews and pitch that I had to come up with.While interviewing I got to really understand how others minds work when looking at an idea and how they come to a conclusion of if they will use it. As well creating the elevator pitch was super enjoyable as I felt I was on an episod...

The Development of more Lifestyle Shopping Centers where current "Dead" Traditional malls stand.  United States Online Shoppers and Consumers are continuing to shop online in an ever-growing commerce world. This resulting in the retail industry in the United States slowly declining caused by outdated and slowly dying shopping malls of the past. As a result of this Amazon and other online retailers are slowly taking a larger and larger market share of overall retail consumption.   As online retailers such as Amazon continue to grow, people find less of a reason to go to a traditional shopping mall. This results in declining sales and as the large anchors leave, it creates a “dead mall.” These leave gaps in what once was a town square and more than just a shopping mall, but an activity and common ground for all people within the city or town they are located in.   There are many people in the United States that are in areas where their malls and common shopping ...