- My Interviewing Strategy: Like Dr. Pryor's email suggested, I wrote down my business plan on a piece of paper and handed it to the interviewees. For my business idea, it will be to 1) create a portable, light-powered outlet which well help increase the outlets in libraries and 2) develop an app that will identify which outlets are or aren't being used to let studiers know. Like my second set of interviews, I decided to interview not only the people who still go to the libraries, but the people who don't go the libraries because they might be the people the most annoyed with the outlet situation. Both viewpoints are good because even if it bothers them, some people will still go the library no matter what but some people find it ruining their whole library experience. The questions below I asked encompass what they overall think of the idea and if they think it'll be successful and also questions from my past interviews just to get a sense of who these people are.
- What do you think of this idea?
- Do you enjoy going to libraries to study?
- Do you think outlets are a problem?
- Do you think this will be a successful business venture?
- Conducting my Interview:
3. Reflection: What I learned from interviewing people, is that I'm realizing that it really isn't a big deal and that most of the time, people are willing to help you out. At the same time though, when people reject me, I don't take it as personally as I originally did. For my idea though, I'm really starting to think this is a possible business idea because the demand is obviously there. What surprised me though is that people really thought this could be successful especially if I can fine tune the logistics. Because of these interviews, I realized that there are unmet needs all over the place, but sometimes people don't pick them out and believe there is a business possibility there. I now know that mine definitely has some potential to it as well as many other ideas.
Hey James,
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea! I always have trouble getting to an outlet at the library. Usually, if it takes too long to find one I just head back home. I think it was a great idea to expand to those who don’t go to the library because they can still give really important feedback. I’ve also had trouble going up to people for interviews, but luckily all of them were willing to help. Overall you did a great job, now you can start thinking about how you can work with the libraries to set it up!
If you have the time you should check out my Interview No. 3 at:
http://entoni3003.blogspot.com/2016/02/customer-interviews-no-3.html
James, I like you business model/plan. I think the lack of outlets are an issue for a lot of students including myself. Like you said working with the libraries and figuring out the logistics is key to implementing this. Your interviews went really well I also just asked for feedback on my model after the interviewees read the business model. I found that a lot of people were very willing to help me out with with the interviews as well. Check out my blog http://carolinemurray4343.blogspot.com/2016/02/interviewing-customers-no-3.html
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