Blog Post #23: Assignment 23A - Your Venture's Unfair Advantage

Resources

1. Drivers
1. V: Yes because they provide an easy and quick form of delivery.
2. R: No because a lot of people know how to drive.
3. I: No because it is easy for similar companies to hire drivers.
4. N: No because there are other ways our products can be delivered to customers, such as drones.
2. Cars
1. V: Yes because they provide an easy and quick form of delivery.
2. R: No because many cars are used and manufactured every day.
3. I: No because it is easy for people to purchase cars.
4. N: No because people can use other forms of transportation, like scooters or bicycles.
3. Access to Marijuana Dispensaries
1. V: Yes because drivers will be picking up desired products for customers from the dispensaries.
2. R: Yes because dispensaries have regulations that only allow certain people in.
3. I: Yes because it can be difficult for some people to access dispensaries.
4. N: Yes because dispensaries are the only places where the products our customers desire are legally sold.
4. Outside Investors
1. V: Yes because their investments were able to get the service off the ground.
2. R: No because anybody can become an investor.
3. I: No because other companies can gain investors.
4. N: Yes because only they can invest in my service.
5. My Own Investment
1. V: Yes because it helped start my service.
2. R: Yes because I only invested in my service.
3. I: Yes because I will only ever invest in my own service.
4. N: No because I can replace my investment with an outside investor.
6. Bill, my father's friend, from GrubHub as an Advisor
1. V: Yes because he can provide advice on how to improve my service.
2. R: Yes because not many people have his level of expertise.
3. I: No because other people can get advice from him.
4. N: Yes because few people have his level of expertise.
7. Knowledge of Marijuana Product Trends
1. V: Yes because we can market certain items more to customers if we know they really want them. 
2. R: No because other people have this kind of knowledge.
3. I: No because other people can gain this type of knowledge.
4. N: Yes because you cannot replace this kind of information that we know
8. Loyal Customers
1. V: Yes because they make up a large amount of our sales.
2. R: Yes because must customers are not loyal to only one service.
3. I: No because all companies and services have some loyal customers.
4. N: No because we can replace customers with other ones.
9. Excellent Customer Service
1. V: Yes because customers appreciate quality customer service.
2. R: Yes because not all companies have good customer service.
3. I: No because any company can have good customer service.
4. N: Yes because you cannot replace excellent customer service.
10. Low Costs
1. V: Yes because customers don't want to pay a lot of money.
2. R: Yes because most services of this kind are costly.
3. I: No because other companies have low costs.
4. N: Yes because you cannot replace low costs.

My Top Resource

My service's top resource is my access to marijuana dispensaries because without access to them, my service would not be able to deliver products my customers desire.