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1) Who they are and what their background is.

The first person is Mike he is manufactured in the straw industry. He has been in the buisness of producing mass amounts of products for years. He has seen hoe the industry has changed over the years to adapt to be in favor of the public eye. 

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 expert slot with mike. Mike has lots of experience in knowledge in the industry so I believed he was a good fit. 

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.

 I did some research and have been contacting him throughout the week.

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? 

He gave some pros and cons on my idea.He thought it was a good idea as long as the public enjoys the product like the public enjoyed plastic straws.I do not know yet.

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity? Mike is a valuable contact in my network, he has experiences, knowledge, and the understanding in the industry that I do not have.

1) Who they are and what their background is.

The next person I met with is adam, who is a analysis/marketing for a small coffee shop in my home town. He has been working in the coffee business for about a year now.

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.

Adam is filling the market expert slot. This person fills the spot because he knows the market very well since he looks at it every day. 

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person. Bryan is my cousin. I went to local coffee shops and started asking if anyone had any market experience in the coffee business.

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? He was very helpful in answering any questions I had. He liked the idea as customers in his shop were frustrated with the recent decision to ban plastic straws. 

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity? Adding adam into my network helps me get more experience in the marketing scene and allows me to further branch my idea of avocado seed based straws.

1) Who they are and what their background is. 

Joshua is a  domain expert  in this field. He has been working in the supply chain industry for  20 years in italy and finally retired last year.

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot. He is a domain expert and his knowledge in the business will be a great tool to take advantage of.

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person. Joshua is a relative of mine and I asked it he could help me.

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation? I asked him questions about how the industry works and why it hasn't evolved from plastic straws.

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?

Including this person in my network helps me out by being able to ask questions about history, demand, and why the public eye is the only eye that matters.

This was a good experience for me to meet some many people . I believe it will be very helpful to have these connections. It made me search hard for people in the industry or people that had an idea that could help my idea.

19A

Hello my name is Ted Fernandez. I am a 22 years old student at the University of Florida. I am a SPM major. My talents include golfing and playing basketball. I have experience in the industry of sports. I have worked at a marketing group based in miami ,fl. So I have some knowledge in the industry of spreading new products. I hope to one day become a entrepreneur. I see this business playing a big role in my life if I were to start it. I have a lot of interest in the making the lives of people easier.

 I am offering the idea to replace paper straws with an eco-friendly material such as avocado seed based straws. This is solving customers' unmet needs because they will be able to conveniently have the experience of drinking coffee or a drink they used to have with plastic straws instead of sogg paper straws that get very soggy.The avocado seed straws gives the experience of plastic straw without the waste.

My demographic customers are people who have their daily drink with a sny straw that does not give them the experience that a plastic straw would give the user. The psychographic is people who have an interest in drinking anytype of drink with a straw. People who love they're drinks and have a preference for what type of straw they use. All my customers have in common an interest in drinking coffee with a good experience.

Customers will use my service because it offers convenience to customers to have their coffee. They will be able to find new experience with the avocado seed straw that they may not have known existed. It takes the worries away from them having to drive to the store to buy a drink and it to be ruined by the time it gets back.

What sets this business apart from everyone else is that no one offers a solution to paper straws that can be used at the commercial level. This provides convenience to customers to help them make there drink taste better and last longer. It will add pleasure to there life knowing they don't have to stress how fast they drink their drink. They will not have to worry which straws will be available when they order there drink and would not have to worry about cleaning a straw every morning.

I believe these five elements all fit together well. I think the elements of customers blends with why they care. My typical customer has a interest in there drinking experience so they care about this since it will help them make enjoying drinks easier. Some aspects that I see are weak is I do not know if customers will want a have drinks daily .They may only need a straw when they are drinking something. I also do not know if people have a need for this straws. The idea is flexible no matter how many drinkers may use straws in the more.

The two main points I took was that I should go into more detail about the idea. Another point I took away was that I should have to be more clear about what my product is and what i'm selling. It still maybe unclear to some that the avocado seed straws is the product that I am selling.Im fixed that with my idea napkin.

17A

What stood out to me most in my elevator pitch is my use of vocabulary. I think the most important is to demonstrate the magnitude.  I was surprised by all the feedback I got. I definitely have certain aspects to improve upon. I thought this was helpful to see what I was doing wrong. I tried to starts from nothing and rebuild my elevator pitch as I believe it would help it as a whole.

18A

The avatar I have created is a busy entrepreneur man or woman trying to stay moving and enjoy there drink . A entrepreneur who wants to collect there coffee in the morning and get back to work. He/She is interested in getting there next job or raise . They want to be able to have a nice drink using a reliable straw that will not fail them after several minutes of use.They want to go to work and have there straw still in there drink from the day before and still be able to use it. They do not have time to worry about the straw they use or if it would be good enough . I think this avatar looks like a lot of the people I know . They are the future of america.

16A

I believe what makes me different is the way I handle certain situations. I always try to have a positive and try to make the most with what i'm given. I think this is important aspect of me. I handle problems with trying to make a plan for every issue and how to move forward from it . I use my emotions and ambition to stay active. I try to be positive when taking on a difficult situation its not always easy but being optimistic makes me who I am.

https://soundcloud.com/ted-fernandez-1/mark-from-miami

Mark said I was a considerate guy and most people would be lucky to have 

https://soundcloud.com/ted-fernandez-1/dylan

Dylan, said I was a hard worker

https://soundcloud.com/ted-fernandez-1/bobby

Bobby said I would be a great person .

https://soundcloud.com/ted-fernandez-1/asam

Asam, in his interview went to talk about my people skills and selflessness.

https://soundcloud.com/ted-fernandez-1/hunter

Hunter went on passed experiences I had in his interview

I see myself similar to how others see me. I think people believe I handle my emotions better than how I think I do. I believe that the interviews do have correct assumptions about me in the aspect that I show values to be a good entrepreneur. I think the reason others believe I handle my emotions better is because I don't show my emotions around others. 

15A

After conducting several  interviews I came up with a variety of alternatives for my customers. My customers seem to not care about the price as much as they do the experience when using the correct straw. My customers are paying for the luxury and convenience which seem to be the most important factors when choosing a straw  . The two factors the quality and how well it can compare to a normal plastic straw. My segment is more likely to use my straw in situations where they are provided straws. Such as restaurants or food establishments that require them to enjoy your meal . They will be granted the product or could be bought like any straw today.

What helps the customer determine if changing their straws was a good idea is how much they enjoy the variation of the straw and, if they would rather keep it over the paper straws. . The type of things they would think the purchase was a bad idea was if they didn't see the benefit from changing away from the paper straw.  I interviewed five people from the ages of 18- 27. They all had some different views on what they thought would be important to keeping my idea of avocado seed straws ahead of paper straws. Many of them said that quality would be more important than price. If they were worried about anything other than the quality of they're drinking experience they would point to the fact that since paper straws are so new that there maybe a big fan base of paper straws that I may not know about. 

In my interviews I learned what the my potential customers would really want out of the service which is quality and convenience. They want they're drink to be enjoyable not soggy and un drinkable after 5 minutes. My customers are want the experience that the used to have and thats the point of my product as well as eliminating the use of paper straws in out daily drinks.