1. Jackson Rossi
a. Jackson Rossi is one of my good friends here at the University of Florida. He is from New Port Richie, a town north of Tampa. He grew up in a private Catholic school where his entrepreneurship class gave him the resources to develop his own company.
b. Jackson fits in the domain expert slot because he created the company called “Brij” which is an app that uses social media for advertising.
c. I met Jackson freshman year here in college and we ended up both pledging the same fraternity together. We now live together in the same house so finding and contacting him was not an issue.
d. There was no exchange because we are good friends and he enjoys talking about his company with others.
e. Having Jackson as a resource is perfect because we share the same target audience; however, the main difference in our companies is that his app promotes the use of social media while my app looks to diminish people’s use of it.
2. Joseph Kersanac
a. Joseph Kersanac is another one of my close friends here at the University of Florida. He is from Destin, Florida and is very active and involved on and off campus.
b. Joseph fits the slot of market expert because he works for congressman Ted Yoho at his office here in Gainesville. Joseph is part of Yoho’s marketing team and is charge of reaching college-aged students to get them informed on politics and Yoho’s values. Joseph’s experience in researching and understanding the market of college students coincides with my market.
c. I met Joseph freshman year when we both pledged the same fraternity. I had seen him around on campus but never met him personally until we were both joined under the same organization.
d. As with Jackson, Joseph enjoys speaking about his experiences and knowledge in working for Ted Yoho; therefore, there was no formal exchange of services.
e. Including Joseph in my network for my company will be beneficial because he will be able to give me guidance on how to target these college students that he has researched on.
3. Gabriel Guzman
a. Gabriel is a senior here at the University of Florida and is from Gainesville, Florida.
b. Gabriel fits the slot of supplier because he is a program developer for apps. He creates and designs apps for companies who do not have the ability or knowledge on how to create their own apps.
c. I found Gabriel through Jackson Rossi, as Gabriel is the developer for Jackson’s app.
d. The exchange with Gabriel was contingent upon the fact that if I ever took my company to the next level and actually went through with my business idea, I would use him as my program developer.
e. Including Gabriel into my network will be very beneficial as I have no knowledge on software development or how to create an app.
This experience was very informative because it was much more formal than my previous interviews and interactions with others concerning my company. While Jackson and Joseph are close friends of mine and their networking interactions were informal, my interaction with Gabriel Guzman was very formal. I gained experience in conducting myself on a business professional level.
Adam,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you did a great job finding people who would be beneficial in helping develop your app. Also, since you contacted people who have already done what you are trying to do, you have people who can give you advice later on. I agree that this experience of targeted networking was more beneficial than networking opportunities I have had before.