20A- Growing Your Social Capital

First person

1. My first person would be a man by the name Fred Garvett. He owns his own law firm and is very big on entrepreneurship.  He has been very successful in his field and will be a great addition to my company.

2. He would be my domain expert because he is probably the person I know that has the most experience in the field and can give me some good advice. 

3. I met Fred through my uncle who is an architect. We talked on the phone and met in person and ever since, he has been one of the people I look up to the most because of how involved he is with his work. 

4. He has a lot of potential for the company and would be a great addition. We would have no exchanged of favors because of the fact that we are friends. 

5. I’ll be able to exploit an opportunity by receiving advice and wisdom from a man who has years of experience in this area. 

Second person

1. My second is a woman named Josie Weston who owns her own company and has also had a very successful company. 

2. She would be a market expert because she has experience dealing with the business aspect of the company and finding places where I could sell my product. 

3. I met her through my little brother’s elementary school because her daughter and my brother are friends. 

4. They are no exchanges or favor between her and I because she wants to help in any way possible. 

5. I’ll be able to exploit this opportunity by having connections to getting my product out there. 

Third person

1. My last person is Jake Jacobs who is someone who works with Amazon. He is also very experienced in entrepreneurship. 

2. He would be a good supplier because since he has close ties with Amazon, he would be able to be my bridge to get Amazon to approve my product with prime. 

3. I met him through my friend because he is her dad and he has always been very involved in his job. 

4.  By being a company which makes money off of other companies, this would be beneficial to both him and I because we can both make money off of the partnership. 

5. I’ll be able to exploit this opportunity by being able to find a company that will sell my product. 

Final Reflection

This exercise helped me establish connections that I’ve had but have never used. In the future I will learn how to make more connections and establish more partnerships that would be beneficial to both of us.