Interviewing Customers No. 2

1. My overall opportunity was in the problems involving college life/experience in general. I fine-tuned my questions to then be based more on studying overall. Now, I think I need to fine-tune them even more, because my second set of questions did not give me enough in the overall assignment. If I work on them a little more, maybe then I can gain a wider variety of answers and responses.

2. I spoke with only people at one building. This time I picked people in my dorm area to branch out from the previous area. The students were by majority both first and second year students. I went to students and refrained from interviewing faculty staff members.

3. I specified my second set of questions to be based more on studying instead of general college experience/life in general. I did this to see if I could get a more specific opportunity I could handle with my own two hands instead of a large opportunity I would not be able to resolve on my own.

4. Videos are linked down below.

5. I still feel very uncomfortable going up to people and asking them for video-recorded interviews. If this was done through e-mail, it would be so much easier to do. I think I was less anxious and hesitant on asking people for interviews though, and I wasn't as nervous as I was in my first round of interviews. I think if I work on fine-tuning my questions just a little more, they can lead to me hearing interesting and more varied opinions.

6. Always say thank you instead of I'm sorry. This shows the person being interviewed that you appreciate their time and you're not seeing the overall experience as burdensome, so they in turn will treat the interview in a better light. Also, tell your interviewee that they are going to be recorded on video ahead of time. This prevents them from being nervous/startled when you pull out a camera and record the interview. Finally, give them space on how they want to look and where they want to be interviewed. Being recorded on video makes people more aware of their appearance and people generally want to look nice for the camera and be in a comfortable area.

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJvt-U4018

https://youtu.be/VoEha6qAvIY

https://youtu.be/7S2VskMBSQI

https://youtu.be/qUZRPKs32DA

https://youtu.be/AU5q6NsXrq8

Elevator Pitch No. 1

1. Link to my video:

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Y_MCC7C7hBU

2. Study Buddy is a company that provides for the needs of students everywhere. In college students struggle to find good places to study for their exams and upcoming projects because of lack of space, noise, etc. One major problem is lack of plugs for students to use for recharging their laptops. Since so many students complete their work and study through their computers, they will become unnecessarily stressed from the lack of plugs in the wall. The solution are portable chargers, able to rented or loaned out by the libraries. If a student finds themselves without a plug, they can simply head to the library desk and ask for a portable charger, one that can automatically recharge their device without the use of it being plugged in the wall. This has already been seen with phones that have chargers that don't require being plugged in a wall to recharge cellular devices. Why can't the same be done for computers?

Week 5 Reading Reflection

1. The biggest surprise for me in this chapter was all the legal jargon. There are so many rules, regulations, and laws that have to be kept up and maintained. If any of them are broken, you are liable to being sued and forced to pay heavy fines. I thought entrepreneurship in general was just a free-flowing, thought-based process that only rarely involved grounded routines.

2. Again, it was the legal jargon throughout the chapter. I'm more of an artistic minded person, and so reading about bankruptcies, corporations, patents, and so on just made my mind swim in confusion. I know the person who wrote the book tried their best to explain what was involved in the chapter, but it still came out as overloaded and complex.

3. Should entrepreneurs know about legal issues? This is to make sure if entrepreneurs should spend that time learning about the law or just hiring someone else to do it for them. Why are there so many rules in the first place? I ask this because it seems that the multitude of rules would inhibit people from starting and leading businesses instead of encouraging them.

4. At this point in the chapter, I don't see anything that I disagree with. If anything, I wish there was more of an easier and clearer understanding of the legal jargon read throughout the chapter. That would have made things easier to digest in my mind.