Growing My Social Capital
Jenna Parker – Market
1) Jenna is a mobile
hairstylist. She is a one woman show and travels to her clients instead of them
coming to her.
2) Jenna was chosen as my
market expert because she owns a similar business. She has taken her clientele
and started to serve them in a mobile on-call fashion.
3) Jenna was a mutual
contact through friends from high school. I was able to find her on Facebook.
4) Taking the time to
respond to my message was a big deal to me. In previous assignments, that was
the hardest task. The conversation was friendly and ended with her wanting an
update on whether I ever truly would consider implementing my idea.
5) I think Jenna is
someone that I would bounce ideas off of. She seems to be pretty successful
with her own business and has battled some areas that I would struggle with as
well.
John Crisalli – Industry
1) Mr. Crisalli is a
former salon owner and now a guest stylist that travels.
2) I consider Mr. Crisalli
an industry expert for sure. He has been in every facet of the cosmetology
business, even having a line of beauty products.
3) I had the pleasure of
knowing Mr. Crisalli quite a few years ago. I never maintained contact so it
was difficult for me to find him. After failing on social media fronts, I ended
up having to call around to several salons where I knew he had contacts with.
4) It was a little awkward
at first as Mr. Crisalli is older now and not really available as he once was. The
exchange was short and to the point. He didn’t really like my idea but did note
it was more because his resistance to change in the industry.
5) I don’t think future
contact would be as beneficial as I’d like. Mr. Crisalli is very anti social
media and technology. However, he can add a lot of advice on client
relationship building. That would be what I would be specific with in future
conversations.
Maruscha – Supplier
1) Maruscha is a full
service cosmetologist.
2) I considered her a
supplier option.
3) I met Maruscha after
seeing her advertisement on Facebook and looking at her LinkedIn page. From
there I actually went into the salon she worked at to speak with her.
4) Maruscha was so
gracious in giving me a trim while we talked about my idea. She thought it was
a great idea and really would like me to research it some more.
5) I think Marushca would
be a great option as one of my providers. She is highly connected and could
easily build up my provider base in this area.
Reflection
These are really cool people that you've found, it's exciting to find people who are so perfect for what you want to do. I feel like all of these people can really help contribute to the creation and growth of our idea and networking is so important and it seems like they'll be good for that too. These people all seem very inspiring and I agree that this exercise really does a great job of opening our eyes and showing us really how much potential there is out there for networking and meeting people. If you are interested in checking out my blog the link is http://kyrstind.blogspot.com/2016/03/growing-my-social-capital.html. Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThey sound like really cool people you met. Jenna sounds like she has a really interesting job. I never would have thought of having a hair stylists/ cutter do house calls. I sure it is a great business. You can check out my blog at http://mercerwill.blogspot.com/2016/03/growing-my-social-capital.html
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ReplyDeleteHi Deanna!
ReplyDeleteI have to say I really like your venture idea. It would be a hit in the Gainesville area. Also, I would like to add that I find the people that will help you with your venture very excited and interesting. I have to say they are very critical people for your business idea to work. Also, don't forget that the effort and passion you put on it would be the most important thing for this to be a success. Great job and keep it up! I have to say I wasn't able to complete this assignment, but please feel free to check out my post on my Unfair Advantage http://cabuawad.blogspot.com/2016/03/my-unfair-advantage.html
Hi Deanna!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with this assignment! I thought you put a lot of effort into finding the right person for each category. It sounds like you learned a great amount from talking to these people and now have a better idea of how to connect with people to make your idea come to life. I could not find the time to do the assignment so I can't share a link. Good luck with the rest of your semester!