20A – Growing Your Social Capital
Interview 1:
My girlfriend’s father
used to be an electrical engineer. he will fill the slot of my domain expert. After
telling my girlfriend about my assignment she advised me to speak to her
father. My girlfriend’s father said that a device such as mine sounds very interesting
and that he will try to find out if there is a way to create it.
Interview 2:
My brother’s partner
is an expert in marketing just like my brother. He will fill the slot of my
market expert. I knew that my brother partner is in marketing like my brother. My
brother’s partner said that my idea sounds interesting and after my idea will
gain more substance he would take a second look into it.
Interview 3:
I have decided to
interview my second cousin, who I have never talked before. He is a car distributor.
I was able to reach this person after asking my mom if she knows anyone who deals
with cars. My second cousin said that he is very busy but if I want to meet up
and talk about my idea he could explain to me the whole car market.
This “networking experience
was different than the rest because for the first my I interviewed people who I
never met before. Such an experience allowed me to better reflect on my idea.
Hi Uri,
ReplyDeleteThe car salesman and the electrical engineer sound like key people to hammer out your idea before creating a prototype. It seems that having further conversations with them could help you create a solid product. I like the idea about the air conditioner powered through solar energy gathered during the hottest hours of the day. I wonder what the effects on the car battery would be. I also wonder if the AC would be apart from the car’s regular AC or use another AC for cooling the car for hours. Those are a couple of things to talk about with your contacts. You did a good job in finding relevant contacts. The marketing contact is also a good one to bring in later on in the project.
Hey Uri, I find that all of these people would be very important contacts to have in the event that you do pursue this opportunity. I believe that the marketer and car distributor will be the most useful to you. It doesn’t necessarily matter how great a product is unless you have a good marketing strategy and someone who knows someone to get the product out there.
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