A. Domain expert: Paul Kath
Mr. Kath was my little sister best-friends father. Being her older brother, I was in charge of dropping of my sister at Mr. Kath's home. Because of this, Mr. Kath felt it be safe to leave his number with me in case of emergency. Mr. Kath was the manager of the local Publix back home and could lead to information about sales and the target market. I contacted Mr. Kath through text message to see if he liked the idea I had.
B. Market expert : Michael from G2G
This one seemed a little challenging at first because I did not who I could contact. Then my hunger drove in and I ordered a pizza. Behold an opportunity. I asked the delivery guy what he thinks about delivery services in Gainesville. Then I gave him my pitch. He gave me his managers number and told me to contact him in order to talk more. With more information about delivery services I will be able to determine which zones are worth limiting my product to
C. Supplier : Tom Puma
I met Mr.Puma when I worked for an ice cream shop on Sanibel island. He is a resource supplier for the ice cream shop and would have to contact his supplier to have the proper shipments to our local business. He would come into our shop a lot and would love to make small talk. One day our conversation lasted longer than usual and it ended up in an exchange of contact information. I emailed Mr. Puma because he has the contact between a large supplier, Cisco.
Reflection:
I thought this assignment was worthwhile. The people I contacted were not exactly close to me so it took a lot of confidence to reach for the phone. However the way each contact handled the situation made it seem like this has happened before. It showed me that other people are just as willing to grow their circle as I am.
Kevin, good job on going out of your comfort zone for this assignment and reaching out to these people. It seems like you didn't even realize you had all of these resources until you were working on this assignment. I think it's cool that when you saw the delivery man you were able to utilize his service to gain more information on your business idea. It seems that you gained a lot of good information on this assignment, great job! You can check out my blog here: http://buschuf.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteYo Kevin. Wow, the pizza guy story is pretty impressive. I would've never thought to use a delivery guy as a market expert so props. Other than that pretty good job on the project. I was most definitely uncomfortable contacting these people, but hey, grades. I am actually pretty impressed with the connections you already have so good luck in your venture! Here is my blog http://joebestblog.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI think you did an awesome job with this assignment and it is so great that your contacts were so willing to answer you and give their opinion and advice. I think they will be very valuable to your project. It is great that you went out of your comfort zone to contact people that you weren't necessarily that close to. I also was very successful gaining contacts for my business idea here is a link to my blog: http://courtneydscott.blogspot.com/2016/03/my-ventures-unfair-advantage.html
ReplyDeleteKevin,
ReplyDeleteWow your connections were really impressive! You really put yourself out there, especially asking a complete and total stranger like the pizza guy. I was not nearly as gung-ho about the assignment as you, so kudos to that, you did a great job. I didn't do this assignment so I can't link to a post but feel free to check out my blog at taylorjnoe.blogspot.com. Overall, great work!