Assignment

Identify the “Why” Behind Successful Companies

You have identified a problem worth solving for the customer. You have empathized with the customer and
fleshed out the problem further. You have also come up with ideas to address that problem.

Before you proceed further in your venture creation journey, let’s find out if there are indeed entrepreneurs
who have started their ventures/companies based on a certain problem they identified and felt the need to
address.

Instructions:
1. You will continue to work in the same groups of five that you formed earlier.
Foundational Course in Entrepreneurship

2. Refer to the table below.

o Column A has already been populated with certain company names.
o Fill up Column B with the problem that each company is trying to solve.
o Fill up Column C with the solution offered by each company to address the problem.
3. You have 2 hours to complete this assignment.
4. You can submit your assignment in either of the following formats: handwritten on an A4 sheet/ typed
and printed/soft copy.
5. Get in touch with your facilitator if you need any help.

A B C

Company What is the problem that the What is the solution offered by
company tried to solve? the company?
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Bitly que cupiesen en un tweet
La solución es crear URLs cortas que puedan
entrar en un tweet

Freshbooks gestionar y organizar los gastos, pagos y
facturas que tienen las personas.
dificultad de algunos comercios para acceder
Square a formas de pago electronico.
Skype Comunicación por voz e imagen a larga
distancia de calidad.
Evernote La falta de una aplicación centralizada
para dejar todo tipo de registros, tales como cumple con lo descrito.
notas, horarios, ideas, etc
Un software de que gestiona las finanzas,
que consta con un servicio en la nube
diseñado para emprendedores.
Servicio y producto que a través de dispositivos
móviles masificados para brindar a los
comercios una forma de pago electrónico
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