23A – Your Venture’s Unfair Advantage


1.     AS degree in General Science
V: It gives credit to my earned practical and technical skills in the STEM field.
R: rare to have people in the STEM field
I: hard to obtain
N:  other degrees are also part of the STEM field

2.     Current business knowledge
V: useful information to start/ run my business
R: rare because not everyone prepares for business projects
I: hard to obtain
N: resources can only increase knowledge

3.     Social network
V: connections with the business world
R: rare, not everyone has the same connections
I: hard
N: this type of resource is not limited

4.     Family funding- Father’s loan
V: valuable for financial support
R: rare
I: others can receive higher or lower amounts
N: loans can come from anywhere

5.     Work experience in two small companies
V: valuable to expand business knowledge and to study customer behavior
R: rare
I: each job gives a different experience
N: substitutable

6.     Communication and administrative skills as a secretary at the International Student Forum in Santa Monica College
V: administration skills
R: rare to become a board member of a club
I: these positions hold their own responsibility
N: other positions may have been more suitable for this project

7.     Language skills in English and Spanish
V: communication skills
R: rare
I: no
N: yes

8.     Team work skills, formed part of sports teams ever since I was a kid
V: working in teams and learning how to deal with different types of people increase personal skills
R: very rare
I: it is hard to copy because it comes from experience
N: sports team, band, groups can all form the same type of outcome

9.     Computer programming support
V: highly valuable to develop online network
R: rare for small businesses or start ups
I: hard to obtain and imitate
N: none

10.  Lawyer assistance
V: it covers our legal needs for the business
R: rare in most cases
I: hard to obtain
N: none

Top resource would be all of those that connect with personal and professional knowledge, our knowledge is what will make the company keep a competitive phase through our process and create products that hold market value.

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