Testing the Hypothesis Part 2

      This past week I conducted 5 more interviews with people who should have the unmet need that I am trying to fix, but do not have it. For these interviews, I talked to people close to Heavner Hall, the UF Business School, and asked them a variety of questions related to my opportunity in order to gauge whether or not they fit the criteria of someone who has my need and whether or not they actually have the need. For the interviews I talked to three men and two women.

Who?
       After conducting the five interviews something was quickly apparent to me. I found that of the five that I interviewed, all of them should have fallen into the group of people that have the need of needing a personal assistant. This was true because two of the men I interviewed were aspiring to one day create a start up company, the other male and one of the females were marketing majors hoping to one day work for a large business, and the last female saw herself as a financial advisor in her future. All of these occupations fall under the category of possibly needing a personal assistant. After conducting the interviews I concluded that not everyone that fits the criteria of the need necessarily has the need. None of them said they ever pictured themselves needing a personal assistant, however, they were all intrigued about the idea. I found that all of these interviewee's shared a belief, in that their own time management and organizational skills would be enough for them to achieve their goals in their careers.

What?
       I found that the point where my need differs from another need all comes from the individuals ability to complete tasks on their own. Some people are better equipped than others to accomplish all of their tasks on their own. I also found that my need differs from the normal need of having a personal assistant because mine would be designed around the use of college students in order to earn more field experience. This was the most intriguing part of my idea to the five that I interviewed.

Why?
       The underlying cause of the outsider's need is different than the group inside the boundary. This is all a result of ones ability to get their work done on their own. If one has the ability to accomplish everything without the need of an assistant, obviously their underlying cause for the need would have to be different. This is the beauty of my idea, not everyone has the same path to the need, but it is a need that both the personal assistant and the person who needs the assistant can fulfill with my opportunity. The outsiders may not share the same need as the people within the boundary, but even the people outside the boundary could one day find themselves on the inside.

Inside the Boundary                          
- Anyone who has a lot of work for their job and needs help accomplishing their tasks, or college students are inside the boundary
- The need is someone who can help a working man or woman accomplish their work tasks, stay organized, schedule meetings, etc... Or, any college student looking for work experience in the field that they are studying
- The need exists because not everyone can get work done in a timely manner on their own and need the help of a personal assistant. Or, the need exists for the college students because there are only a handful of opportunities to get field experience for your future profession, while earning pay.

Outside the Boundary
- Anyone who can get their tasks done on their own without the need of a personal assistant
- The need is not for a personal assistant, however the need for a personal assistant is something that can change over time depending on your job, workload, and other factors.
- Alternative explanations for the lack of a need for my idea could be that they don't work in a profession that requires the use of a personal assistant.