Design Thinking is a framework created at Stanford University that is used to solve problems. This framework includes steps on how to look at the problem to solve it more efficiently. By looking at how a problem can impact yourself along with the others affected, this framework lists how certain steps can be taken to not only think of a solution, but to implement the solution. By using this form of thinking, entrepreneurship in those fields becomes a clearer path to achieve benevolent solutions to modern day problems.
In the case of a laptop, design thinking was used to determine the initial problem, and how to solve it. The original PC desktop was made for easier access to files and finances in a business setting, but the problem was the lack of portability. This made sales jobs especially very difficult to accomplish, with recognizing that problem, the idea on how to make computers mobile was put into place and tested to see the efficiency it would create. After prototyping the initial laptop and continuously improving on the previous product, laptops became more widely known and used. Through this form of thinking, businesses became more mobile and efficient.
Opportunities come and go, many times without even realizing they are there. However, planning often aids the process that opportunities can come and go, and they often complement each other when put together. In an example, when someone tries to attend university, opportunities to attend certain universities are slim when there is no structure to how they are getting there. When someone plans the roadmap ahead and tries to showcase the dedication and character they have, university acceptance opportunities tend to be more frequent and well received.
I have missed several opportunities to get ahead in certain fields because of my inability to plan or use a steady roadmap to get further in the field I was learning. Back in high school I found that I had a talent for acting and math, but I always took that for granted, and I got humbled when I went to try out to perform in one of the school plays. Not only did I not succeed in getting a good role in the play, but I began to slip in my math grades, and it became hard to understand the problems to bounce back from the low grades. If I had a roadmap of how I wanted to reach my potential in the fields I was talented at, I would be creating more opportunities in those fields for myself than I got.
A successful venture can be unethical if the success is done by the wrong person or for the wrong reason. It is a fine line to walk, since the whole premise of succeeding in a venture is to solve a problem that causes a struggle for people. When struggles are taken and used maliciously to gain capital without any real change to the problem, that is when the successful venture becomes unethical. Examples of these would be charter schools, check cashing businesses, and real estate businesses. Although in our society they are respectable and profitable businesses, the seek no answer to the problem they are “solving” with the business they output.