Idea Napkin No. 1

1.    My biggest talent is that I rarely ever get embarrassed. I love who I am, I am true to who I am, and I never stray from it. This ties into how I enjoy being on camera. Funny enough, my job now actually involves me recording film of other people. My aspirations in life are to be happy. Comparison is the worst thing you can do in today’s society. It is so hard not to compare when all we do all day is scroll through Instagram and Twitter. It’s cliché, but all I want is to truly be happy. Money and fame and all that sounds nice, but at the end of the day as long as I have my health, my loved ones and a job I love to keep me occupied, I’ll be perfect. If I were to start this business, I see it falling into that category of “keeping me occupied.” My brain moves at one hundred miles an hour, so having something to constantly pay attention to and tinker with, like this business, would be great. However, I don’t think it is a job that I would love to handle each and every day. 

2.    I am offering people a chance to get rid of their vape addictions all while saving them money on every insurance payment they make for the rest of their lives. Right now the customers have an unmet need: a way to benefit from getting rid of their, now almost entirely banned, vape addiction. I am giving them that option completely free of charge, and even giving them a discount in the process. Why quit vaping for free when you can quit and receive a benefit?

3.    I am offering my service to vape users who did not previously smoke cigarettes, specifically the young Americans between the ages of 13-25. The one thing all my customers have in common is an addiction. An addiction that is now banned by the US Government. Helping people get recognition for their efforts to quit vaping and giving them a reward will be enticing enough for people to want to use my service. 

4.    While the customers aren’t paying me money to take their vapes away from them, I will be making money on the resale portion of the vape parts/repurposed vape product. Why do customer’s care about my service? As more and more fatal vape related cases pop up in the news each day, more people are abandoning their vapes. Instead of quitting for no compensation, why not turn it in to my company and get a discount on your health insurance? We’re helping people get rid of a bad habit and essentially paying them to do so. 

5.    My core competencies are helping young Americans with addiction and keeping the next generation of Americans healthy and somewhat less poor. My free service is what sets me apart from everyone else. The customer doesn’t have to buy anything. They simply hand in their vape, register their name and give us their insurance information. That’s it. It can even be done through the mail. The customer can save money by doing almost nothing. One thing I have that no one else has (well, besides maybe GoodWill) is free inventory. The more vapes that are turned in, the more free inventory I have to repurpose/break down into parts and sell for 100% profit. 

6.    I believe these elements do fit together. Young Americans in school and college don’t have a lot of money, so giving them a free service is ideal. They have to get rid of their vaping addiction and my service is the only one in the world that will compensate them for doing so. An on top of that, helping get young Americans away from vapes improves the overall health of the nation and keeps us moving forward as a unit as time moves on.