Growing My Social Capital

Person 1)

1) Who they are and what their background is.

Elio Navarro Went to USF and has been a solutions cod developer for the past 8-9 years.

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 domain expert slot with Elio because he is a programmer coder and I need someone who knows how to build an app.

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

I know Elio from working with him and he also worked with my dad in the past so he is a family friend. I just connected him through Facebook because we were already friends. 

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

Im not sure what this point is but there isn't a return expectation because we get along already and he helped me in high school so he mentored me a little. 

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

Well including Elio to either personally help or use his network to meet other coders would help me in building the actual product. 

Person 2)

1) Who they are and what their background is.

Carl F. Downing has worked with USPS for a while and worked up the company to manager in the Gainesville area.

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 market expert because he is a manager for usps so he is in the field I would work in or even directly with. 

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

Honestly I wasn't sure how to find this person so I just went online and found out and then went to the local post office and got his contact info. 

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

Again this doesn't really apply I just spent a few minutes with him to satisfy the requirement and make an establishment together.

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

Hopefully his knowledge would help me with USPS in general and the market. 

Person 3) Honestly this is hard because I am providing a service so there isn't really similar things out there currently.

1) Who they are and what their background is.

Mason Padgett works for one of those self shipping services in a strip mall. He worked for a couple other shipping companies before getting close to retirement and starting his own store.

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

Supplier slot because he offers a similar shipping service although it is a physical store.

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

I actually used the store last week so I went in and he's a very nice older man who was willing to talk to me a little because he wasn't busy. 

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

n/a

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

Like i said it doesn't really help much but it was interesting to see a similar style of business. 



This experience was more like prospecting where you have to do research on a potential client or customer to see who fits your bill. It helped in that aspect of research and development.