Assignment 20: Growing Your Social Capital


1.       Tobias Dengel (CEO of Willowtree)
a.       Background – he has been a tech executive for 20+ years, cofounded Leads.com, was a General Manager of AOL Local and Yellow Pages, began as an Analyst at AT Kearney
b.       This is the domain expert.
c.       I found the person through a search of the top 30 app developers currently and I sent him an email.
d.       I mainly asked him to watch my elevator pitch and haven’t received a response yet.
e.       Including this person in my network will help me to know what opportunities hold water and what don’t through his potential feedback on my pitch.
2.       Rec Sports employee
a.       From Tampa, university of florida student, grew up playing sports, knows about the rsconnect app and information system.
b.       This is the market expert.
c.       I went to southwest rec and spoke to them about the apps they use to coordinate intramurals and other things of that nature.
d.       I basically just asked what kind of feedback they got from the apps that they used and most of the time they said that they got positive feedback but there was always a few people that said that they experienced a glitch in the system and gave some negative feedback to them.
e.       This will enhance my ability to exploit my opportunity because it will give me an understanding of what my consumers will think and things like that.
3.       Harnil Oza (CEO of Hyperlink Infosystems)
a.       Has an app development company based in the USA and India.
b.       This is the supplier.
c.       I found him on a site that lists the 30 best app developers right now.
d.       I emailed him and asked him to look at my pitch but haven’t received any feedback.
e.       I hope that he will respond to my pitch and let me know how my ideas is. This will give me an idea of how to work with people who are responsible for a lot of people and are in positions of authority at big companies.
Reflection:
This experience will allow me to grow in my business sense because it has connected me to other people who have a large influence in the business world. It has helped me conquer a fear of putting my foot through the door and now I feel more confident to do so in the future. This has differed from other networking experiences in the past because it involves people who are higher up than I am whereas my past experiences involved my peers.

Comments

  1. Duc HuynhNovember 1, 2019 at 12:19 AM

    Jonathan,

    I see that you have reached out to very important people in your social network even as an attempt to receive some feedback and I applaud you for the effort. I really hope that these CEO's will reply to your email as I believe that they would have some very valuable knowledge and information to offer for a college student like yourself. For the rec sports employee, I see that you also wanted to ask someone local in the area to really do research in your market. I believe that this is a very smart idea to do also. Networking is indeed a skill to be learned and it is a game that is played by the very most successful people in the world.

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  2. logansheffieldNovember 3, 2019 at 3:07 PM

    Jonathan,

    Wow. Your assignment was very informative, and you did a great job finding key resources to help you exploit this opportunity. Tobias Dengel was a great resource to come across and he will impact your network greatly. I believe that this assignment really helped you reflect on your opportunity and how you can grow it to fit your customers needs. Great job this week.

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  3. Benjamin NormanNovember 3, 2019 at 7:08 PM

    Jonathan,
    I like how you spoke with someone that has used a similar product to the one you want to make. That would give you a great insight into how you can make your app better. I think that reaching out to people that can help you develop your product will give you great advice. Networking with people that have a high status is a great way to get really good advice on things or help better understand things that you were unsure about.

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  4. Daniel SuarezNovember 3, 2019 at 8:33 PM

    Hello Jonathan,
    i have to say that i do believe that your post was really good and specific, you analyzed a good Industry Supplier, a good Market Expert, and a good Domain Expert. just as you i also thought that this experience expanded my knowledge on hoe important networking is and how your idea can be better is you have the right people helping you and by your side. great job on your post.

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  5. Anna Lauren WolfromNovember 4, 2019 at 7:21 AM

    Hey Jonathan,
    It seems like you already have great contacts and networking skills. You did a great job at finding people who will make your start up and your company as a whole better off. I think that by talking to someone that uses a product similar to your idea, you will gain insight on consumer tastes and preferences. Great post!

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