Domain Expert: David Flores
For this I decided to interview a family friend who is involved with tech and start up companies. Over the past several years, he has been a part of many teams who created and coded new applications. When I told him about my idea for the DrinkSmart app, he seemed to be extremely impressed. However, he did insinuate I would have trouble with developing some of the features that make it significant. He insisted more research would need to be done in order to get the ball rolling on an application like this.
Market Expert: Shane Fitzpatrick
I was in luck by having a few dear friends work at 101 Cantina in mid-town. I interviewed one of the managers who targets the same individuals as myself. Numerous questions we're asked regarding the media needed to target these individuals. He suggested creating a free survey by walking around the bars on a busy night and informing individuals that this app is potentially life saving in dangerous situations.
Supplier: N/A
I was unable to interview anything regarding a supplier. This is due to my product being an application with technology that has not yet been invented and/or is currently being worked on.
Reflection:
This experience differed from previous ones because I actually was communicating and networking with real professionals. It was insightful to interview individuals who had at one point been in my shoes.
Hey Emmalee!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of getting out there and talking to people about your product. Sometimes, it is hard to break past your fears of talking to people and just do it. It is awesome that you have a connection through a family friend that can offer you advice. Keep working on those connections! I was not able to complete this assignment, but I enjoyed reading about your experience!
Hi Emmalee, great job on finding resources for this assignment. I think sometimes we forget all the resources we have in the different areas of our life and it takes an assignment like this to utilize those resources. It seems like you gained a lot of valuable insight into the development of your app that you can use going forward. Great job on this assignment. You can check out my blog here: http://buschuf.blogspot.com/
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading your blog post and your reflection I think you did a great job on the assignment. I couldn't agree more with your reflection. I too believe that this assignment stood out from previous ones because it takes students into the real life of a business entrepreneur. An entrepreneur who goes and finds suppliers and negotiates with them. Great work Emmalee! Check out my blog post here:http://floridagirlss.blogspot.com/2016/03/growing-my-social-capital.html
Hey Emmalee, I really enjoyed reading your blog post. I think you did a good job approaching people and getting to talk to them about your product. You did a good job utilizing the resources in your life to your advantage. I tried to do the same in my blog post, which I think you should check out over at http://jlopez3003.blogspot.com/2016/03/growing-my-social-capital.html. Thanks!
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