Brittany Traynor Entrepreneurship Blog

Brittany Traynor ENT3003 – My Entrepreneurship Story Due: 09/01/17             Since pre-school, my best friend has always been a girl named Lauren Biegun. One day in 2005, Lauren’s dad Jeff bought a 1975 Corvette that did not have seat belts in it. He researched ways to install seat belts, but soon realized many parts were of low quality or overpriced. He saw this as an opportunity to manufacture seat belts himself, and he set out on a mission to take advantage of this opportunity. After about 6 months of researching, he finalized his product which was a 1974-77 dual retractable Direct Fit seatbelt set, and started his company called Seatbelt Solutions. With time, he eventually had a full-functioning shop in a small building right on his lawn. He showed his product to aftermarket Corvette distributors, who saw the quality and potential in the product. After years of hard work and expansion, Jeff now has warehouses in ...

Brittany Traynor ENT3003 – Bug List Assignment Due: 09/01/17 1. My car is a 2004 Honda Accord. This car, like many others, has the automatic lock feature that bothers me. ·       I feel it is there because it is a safety feature, but it is annoying because I have gotten locked out of my car multiple times. 2. The 2004 Honda Accord also has a touch screen that controls the radio and air conditioning, and this screen takes about 20-25 seconds to activate once the car is turned on. This bugs me because I am impatient and do not want to wait in the heat to turn the air on. ·       I am not sure if it is intentional or not since it is an old car, but I do not see any purpose as to this feature. 3. The Steak & Shake on Southwest 13 th Street in Gainesville always has the longest lines and the slowest service. I cannot stand to go there because of this. ·       I guess since it is a college t...