One person must be a domain
expert in your industry.
1) Who they are and what their background is.
a.
Alex Rivera is a University of Florida senior student double
majoring in agriculture and business. She is part of many agricultural clubs
and movements like #UnLitter dedicated to keep the environment clean. She has always
been passionate about the environment and he goal is to start a non-profit
organization that will help the environment.
2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each
person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills
the spot.
a.
She would be my domain expert because she has done a
lot of research about the environment and ways to help it. Her classes have
also helped her gain knowledge about the topic and her passion for the
environment also contribute to her filling this spot.
3) A description of how you found the person
and contacted the person.
a.
She is one of my co-worker’s sister and when I
commented this project to my co-worker, he gave me all of her info and I was
able to meet up with her and talk about the topic.
4) The nature of the exchange you have with
the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return
expectation?
a.
She went out of her way and showed me more research
about the topic. She showed me other attempts people have made of starting
similar movements and why they failed. She gave me advice on how to fix the
issues they had so my wouldn’t fail too.
5) How will including this person in your
network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?
a.
As someone who doesn’t
know a lot about the environment, having her on my side would help me make well-informed
decisions. She would be able to help me take smart approaches.
One person must be an expert on
your market
1) Who they are and what their background is.
a.
Pablo Nuñez was in charge of changing from plastic
straws to paper straws at the W South Beach Hotel. He used to work in Human
Resources in a Marriott and he was always in charge of the going green project
and now he goes to various hotels and gives his ideas and the hotels decide
whether or not they want to make the change.
2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each
person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills
the spot.
a.
He would be filling the market expert slot because he
has the experience and knowledge required to help me on this project.
3) A description of how you found the person
and contacted the person.
a.
My mom works at the W South Beach hotel so she helped
me get in contact with him and I just talked to him through the phone.
4) The nature of the exchange you have with
the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return
expectation?
a.
He said that he was happy to help and that he’s just
doing me the favor for free and that there was no need to give him something in
return.
5) How will including this person in your
network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?
a.
Having him on my side would help me understand better
the product. Because he has experience with a lot of different compostable
products, he would be able to help me decide which type of material is better
to use for the new compostable cups.
One person must be an important
supplier to your industry.
1) Who they are and what their background is.
a.
Paola Perez works along with Pablo and she is the one
in charge of supervising the quality of the products that they sell and filling
out the paperwork and put in the order to distribute their products.
2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each
person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills
the spot.
a.
She would be filling my supplier spot because she
already has experience with supplying and distributing her products
3) A description of how you found the person
and contacted the person.
a.
When I talked to Pablo about my idea, I mentioned that
I also needed a supplier and he told me about her so he gave e her contact info
so I was also able to talk to her over the phone.
4) The nature of the exchange you have with
the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return
expectation?
a.
She was also happy to help with my project without
expecting anything in return. She talked about the process of distribution and
how she supplies her product to everyone.
5) How will including this person in your
network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?
a.
Her expertise on distributing and supplying products
will help me because I would have absolutely no idea in how or where to start. She
would be able to educate me in that area.
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Reflection:
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This experience helped me practice reaching out
to potential partners and investors. If I was to actually go along with this
project, I would have enough practice to reach the necessary people I need to
grow my product. I think it definitely differs from experiences in the past
because in past assignments, I only reached out to friends or co-workers, but
this time I had to reach out to actual professionals.
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