Assignment 23A - Your Venture's Unfair Advantage

1)Effective Communication Skills

Valuable: Yes

Rare: Yes

Inimitable: No

Substitutable: No

2) Connection with CEO of company that already does what I need done

Valuable: Yes

Rare: Yes

Inimitable: Yes

Substitutable: No

3) Determination to see the project through

Valuable: Yes

Rare: No

Inimitable: No

Substitutable: No

4) Presentation Skills

Valuable: Yes

Rare: No

Inimitable: Yes

Substitutable: No

5) Leadership Skills

Valuable: Yes

Rare: Yes

Inimitable: No

Substitutable: No

6) Time

Valuable: Yes

Rare: No

Inimitable: No

Substitutable: No

7) Other social connections

Valuable: Yes

Rare: No

Inimitable: Yes

Substitutable: No

8) Support from different UF resources

Valuable: Yes

Rare: No

Inimitable: No

Substitutable: Yes

9) Firsthand experience of the issue

Valuable: Yes

Rare: No

Inimitable: Yes

Substitutable: No

10) Nothing to lose (not having a fear of failure)

Valuable: Yes

Rare: Yes

Inimitable: Yes

Substitutable: No

My top resource right now is my social connections. Without these connections I am unable to obtain the necessary resources to see this project through. As a college student I don’t have the finances or the power to conduct this project solo, so having friends in the right places is important for this.