Sunday, March 20, 2016

Growing my Social Capital


Domain Expert:
1. (The last name of this individual has been censored to protect his identity, for personal reasons.)
Michael—Founder of Thrasker Solutions, coder, manages a team of programmers with App development, Web development and SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) skills.
Michael will be able to help me develop this app idea into a reality.
I met Michael at the Entrepreneurship awards banquet called the Gator 100 at UF.  He approached me with an offer of being his marketing director and leading a team of people. Since he and I will possibly be doing business together, I plan to help him and also gain insight and professional skills as well.

Market Expert:
2. (The last name of this individual has been censored to protect his identity, for personal reasons.)
Arielle has a business background with a concentration in marketing. Her marketing expertise along with my advertising will produce a strong product.
Arielle has been in e-board positions in various marketing clubs. I had the chance to travel with Arielle to a conference once. I believe with her business insight, she can lead my idea into a grand vision.

Supplier:
3. (The store’s names and owners are censored to protect their identity)
Since the app involves food, it would make the most sense to go ask restaurant businesses if they would personally want to join in on the app community, offer discounts or prizes for most deliveries from the store and to have the store be available on a geo-locator map for people to see what’s open and available for food.


Reflect:
I believe that this experience goes to show that wherever you go, you should take the opportunity to meet people, because you never know if your paths will cross again.
I can personally say this experience differed a lot. After coming back from my New York internship, I immediately realized that I love meeting new people.

This experience allowed me to understand the value behind quality vs. quantity.

3 comments:

  1. Lauren very good work in finding your resources. It sounds like you are a real people person. I think you can do much more after you app idea. Your people skills are very valuable for a successful business. Unfortunately I did not do this assignment so I don't have a link for you. Great job!

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  2. Hey girl, how are you today?

    I thought you did a very good job, and congrats on actually seeming like you could take this idea to a realistic next level. All of your resources are great, you both have something to offer each other which leads to a better working relationship and more benefits. Going the extra mile to form these relationships helps you find out more about your product and yourself and how you synergize. Keep up the good work! and...well, If you ever want to get lunch sometime, just hit me up :)

    Check out my take on this assignment!

    Hi! Here's your personal Link to my slightly above average blog

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  3. Lauren, I really like your idea of delivering food to people. I think this idea, along with your team of skilled professionals will help your bring your product to fruition and I’m really excited to see what will happen. I wish you could’ve been able to use their identities, but I understand people are sort of picky with their private information. Here’s the link to my team I’ll be using for my product. http://jacobembuscado.blogspot.com/2016/03/growing-my-social-capital.html

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