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Economic Opportunity Identification

6A: (Regulations) Implementation of tariffs a) I found this regulation on businessnewsdaily.com where it discusses how tariffs can have affects on people by causing a strain on supply chains and affect material costs.   b) I believe that there is an opportunity here because the use of tariffs is going to affect our country and how we import goods. c) This regulation will affect business owners but more specifically, small business owners. d) I think that the problem would be moderately hard to exploit because there would have to be a way to help small business owners keep costs down. Potentially there could be a company to help small businesses with contracts, etc. 3. I believe that there is opportunity here because the decision on tariffs was not favored by everyone in America. It is going to affect the costs of products which is going to make it difficult for some businesses to stay up and running. I’m not exactly sure what the result could be from this ...

Local Opportunities

1. Chick-fil-A to open new, ‘first of its kind’ restaurant concept in Nashville https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2018/09/14/chick-fil-new-nashville-restaurant-open-new-concept/1301679002/ This article describes a new concept that the beloved Chick-fil-a chain will be implementing in Midtown. It will be focused heavily on deliveries, catering and a walk-up area so customers can quickly place to-go orders. That problem that led to this concept was that the company wanted to make a more convenient way for people to place catering and to-go orders. It will be the first ever store like this. The residents had the issue of not having a chick-fil-a located in the Midtown area of Nashville. In order to get to a chic-fil-a restaurant you have to drive about 15 minutes in different directions to reach one which is not convenient for a quick meal. 2. Nashville nurse wrote herself more than 100 prescriptions for 11,000 pills https://www.tennessean.com/sto...