I am choosing a segment of people that live in Florida, own
automobiles, and do not park their vehicle in a garage. Person one works eight hours a day at a
retail store in town. He parks in a
separate parking lot exposed to full sunlight during the day. Everyday after work, he has the need to be
able to get in his car without accidently touching the hot metal seatbelt. He has this need Monday through Friday. Person two is a mother who has three young
kids. She works at an elementary school
where her kids attend school. At the end
of the school day, the children are excited and jump into the car. They grab the hot seatbelt and often get
burned on the hands because the vehicle has been siting in the school parking
lot all day. Person three is a friend
who goes shopping on a regular basis, usually during the middle of the
day. Her seatbelts heat up to unbearable
temperatures every time she comes out of a store.
All three people had the same solution to their need; they
turn the car on with full air conditioning at the lowest temperature to cool
the entire car including the seatbelt. In
Google, they search solutions but cannot find accurate results because nothing
like my products exists yet. Two of the
people I interviewed had previously talked to friends and family about this
need.
I learned from these interviews that a need certainly exists
among this segment. The individuals have
a high recognition of need awareness. Their everyday lives prove the need is
significant, but the information searches have not been successful. As a result, the individuals I interviewed
have become accustomed to their own solutions but are open-minded for new
methods to satisfy their need.
Hey Adam! I feel this need so hard but with the inside of cars in general. It takes 8 to 10 minutes for the air conditioning to fully cool everything down. One solution could be using the wind shield reflector thing. For seatbelts in particular though maybe some sort of heat resistant cover. Whatever you come up with would be pretty novel and authentic.
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