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Former city worker agrees to prison deal https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200130/former-city-worker-agrees-to-prison-deal In this article, a woman who was a city worker in Gainesville indirectly stole $93,000 from taxpayers. She used the city card over a sixteen-month period and purchased items ranging from food to a television. The problem presented is that money was stolen from the city government. This problem affects the local government as well as Gainesville taxpayers. Although it may seem like a rare case, people steal from organizations quite often. A programmed auditing system that checks balances on a day to day basis then an opportunity like this would not exist. 4 injured in two-vehicle crash Friday morning https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200126/4-injured-in-two-vehicle-crash-friday-morning In article, there was a car accident between two cars by Steak N Shake on Southwest 16th Avenue. The cause of the car accident is currently being investigated. A frequent...

I was fortunate enough to have been exposed to entrepreneurship at a young age because of my parents. My dad used to be a banker in Colombia but we had to move to the US and he was left without a job. He started considering starting a business but he didn't know which industry he wanted to go in at first. He ended up getting his real estate license with my mom and after a few successful years, they were able to open up their own real estate firm. It was at this point that my dad wanted to test his abilities as an entrepreneur. My uncle proposed the idea of starting up a business in the car insurance industry with him and my dad was all for it. My dad was so excited but soon reality would hit him. After three years of not being able to generate enough revenue, they had to shut down. This was a learning experience for my dad because he used what he learned from operating an unsuccessful business to be able to start up another business in the oil services industry in Colombia a few ...

I do believe that an opportunity exists. The unmet need is universal self-checkout lines. Any business with a register would have a need for this. The reason being is that if all registers were self-checkout then the store could allocate more employees to stocking or reduce the cost of employment by firing inefficient workers. Although this requires someone to check receipts at the exit, but this cost is minuscule compared to the amount the store would be saving. This is a need that has existed, and certain corporations have begun their stride towards it. I am 80% sure that this opportunity exists. The prototypical customer would be an owner or manager of a store with a register within it. Due to a wide personal network, my father has a few friends that own their own stores. I spoke with a 7-11 owner and from my interview with him one of the key concerns is labor productivity. He has had this need ever since he opened this business. As of right now, to counter the lack of productivit...

1.  Getting sick for a prolonged period during the school semester. Why does this bug exist? Why it exists:   The change in the weather causes me to get sick and this leads to less energy which makes it easy to settle with being lazy when it comes to school. 2. Not being able to drive my car to class on a rainy day. Why does this bug exist? Why it exists:   Due to UF's parking restrictions for people who don't live on campus. 3. Having a ton of people try to hand me fliers whenever I walk through Turlington Plaza. Why does this bug exist? Why it exists:   Organizations at the university need to promote themselves and sometimes i'll get stuck talking to someone and I end up getting to class late. 4. Driving to Chick Fil A on Archer when they are closed on Sunday. Why does this bug exist? Why it exists:   Due to Chick Fil A being a Christian company that emphasizes religious ideals in their business practice and because of my constant de...