Customer Interviews No. 3

For this round of interviews, my card of my business idea included the following message: "Have you ever been running late and began to feverishly hurry to try to make it somewhere on time on campus, and then thought to yourself “Oh man I wish I had a bike right now to use?” Well, think nor further, because UFBIKE has a solution to sprinting across campus. UFBIKE is a designed program that consists of installing bike docking stations all across campus and replacing the normal clutter of dormant bikes racks.  UF bikes would be available 24/7 365 days per year, and would allow service at a quick swipe and touch of a button.  Rather than students having to rent a bike for a whole semester, to hardly ever use it, UFBIKE would give every student the opportunity to use a bike whenever most convenient for them, at a low trip, or semester price. On campus, bikes would be available at every docking station in which they can then be returned to any docking location.  For students, who already have a bike and do not live on campus, additional docking spaces will be available for regular bikes, so students would no longer have to bother with normal bike rack and locks. What is your reaction?"

Once again, I just asked random UF students to find out the general opinion of my idea. This time around, though, I just let the student talk and let them tell me their general thoughts, ideas, suggestions, problems they had with my idea. In addition, I added a few general questions to keep them on track, to see if they would be a potential customer.

Here are my interviews:

I learned that my idea for the most part seems to be pretty good. I also believe it has a lot of potential to be implemented here at UF. I was surprised because I also got my first negative feedback. However, i think by making a few tweaks such as figuring out a method of bike security and maintenance, the system can be much better.