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- Expert in industry:
1) Who they are and what their background is: The expert in this topic is my Introduction to health disparities professor. 2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot: She fills this spot as she is an expert in health disparities which is the main issue I am trying to address when it comes to the purpose of my innovation 3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person: I found this expert through class and contacted her in this way 4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? She provided me with a lot of key information regarding food deserts and health disparities and different methods of combatting them. She also provided me with information regarding rural healthcare which directly is impacted by my idea.2. Expert in Market 1) Who they are and what their background is. My second “expert” is one of my peers who is a sustainability major. He has done extensive research on food deserts and thought of similar project based solutions in class 2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot. I am filling the spot of market expert as my classmates has created similar entrepreneurship based projects. 3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person. I found this person through my connections within the Innovation Academy here at UF 4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? We discussed existing solutions and he provided me with additional measures for research purposes. 3. Industry supplier 1) Who they are and what their background is. My third person is an entrepreneur who now works in sales 2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot. I am filling the supplier as he has felt with marketing projects through work in the past 3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person. I found this person through other business related contacts and we spoke 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? The exchange was very positive and he gave me great advice on sales and the pressures of the marketing industry. This experience in networking was really beneficial to my growth as an innovator and an entrepreneur. I was forced to get out of my comfort zone and talk to new types of people.
Hey Megan! I think its great that that youve been able to get out of your comfort zone, I've similarly been not the best communicator and think that activities like this are better as a form of character building than actually trying to move an entrepreneurial endeavor forward in my case at least. Effective networking is a powerful skill, keep at it!
ReplyDeleteHey Megan, I’m happy that you got the opportunity to speak to all these members of your industry. Do you think that they would be helpful to you in the long run? Are your classmates interested in the sam industry topics as you? Strong network are critical to starting a business and these exercises help a lot with that when you have little market experience.
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