Your Venture’s Unfair Advantage

1. Work Ethic

V: Hard work is needed for success in a company.

R: Many people are lazy and not hard workers.

I: You either work hard or are lazy, it is not a teachable thing.

N: Nothing can replace work ethic.

2. Education

V: If you are smart then you will be able to do better with a company.

R: Not everyone is in college.

I: You can only gain it through going to school.

N: You cannot replace education.

3. Knowledge of the campus

V: Knowing the restaurants around campus.

R: Not everyone knows the campus well.

I: You either know the campus or you don’t

N: Can’t replace knowledge of a place.

4. Food Tastes

V: Knowing what people like to eat.

R: Not everyone has a diverse taste for food.

I: You can’t copy it, it is just something you have or do not have.

N: It is not something you can replace with another trait.

5. Friend who goes to Elon

V: He has knowledge about what I want to do.

R: Other people don’t have his knowledge.

I: You can’t imitate what he did for his school.

N: People’s knowledge from a bigger school doing the same thing could be better.

6. My Dad’s friend

V: He knows about the school’s food system.

R: Other people don’t have his knowledge.

I: It’s hard to get the experience he has.

N: This is not replaceable.

7. One of the Chick-Fil-A managers

V: On campus resource.

R: She is a rare find for information.

I: You can’t copy her experience.

N: Her experience can’t be replaced.

8. Leadership abilities

V: Important to run a company.

R: Not everyone is strong enough to lead a company.

I: You can’t copy someone else you have to lead and do your own thing.

N: You either are a leader or not.

9. Compassion

V: It helps you relate with both parties.

R: Not everyone can sympathize with their clients.

I: It is a natural thing that people cannot replicate very well.

N: You either have compassion or don’t.

10. Thoughtfulness

V: People will remember what you do for them.

R: Not everyone can do it for others.

I: You can’t copy it from someone else.

N: You cannot replace that with another emotion.

My top resource is leadership abilities. This is the most important because you need it to be able to run a company. You have to be able to show everyone how to do things and know the jobs of all the people.