November 26- 30, May 7-11
Week 15
Monday Final Presentations to Class (See below for possible presentation layout.)
HW: Blog #5, due Friday (Blog #5 for Spring Semester)
Tuesday Final Presentations to Class
HW: Blog #5, due Friday
Wednesday Final Presentations to Class
HW: Blog #5, due Friday
Thursday Work on MVP
HW: Blog #5, due Friday
Friday Work on MVP
HW: Get last 10 Interviews done, due Monday
Blog 5 Carpe Diem
Final Slideshow Presentation:
Title Page:
Pitch: Define the Problem Here
Customer Archetype page:
Value Propositions page:
Competitors:
BMC- Week 1 or 2 or early stage example
BMC- Most Current Form
Customer Relationships and Channels
Key Partnerships, Activities, and Resources
Costs and Revenues
Evolution of the MVP or Prototype
The Science Behind the Product
What We Have Learned So Far
Next Steps
Final Hurrah
Week 15
Monday Final Presentations to Class (See below for possible presentation layout.)
HW: Blog #5, due Friday (Blog #5 for Spring Semester)
Tuesday Final Presentations to Class
HW: Blog #5, due Friday
Wednesday Final Presentations to Class
HW: Blog #5, due Friday
Thursday Work on MVP
HW: Blog #5, due Friday
Friday Work on MVP
HW: Get last 10 Interviews done, due Monday
Blog 5 Carpe Diem
- How far along would you say you are in finishing your project? Is it necessary to fully finish the project to having a working prototype? What is the difference between an MVP and a working prototype?
- Describe an opportunity that came along to advance your project that you took. How did taking that risk pay off in the end?
- Describe an opportunity that came along to advance your project that you did not take or did not fully advantage of. Why did you make that decision?
- What have you personally done to contribute to the advancement of this project? What could you have done more or better?
Final Slideshow Presentation:
Title Page:
- Start with “Good Evening/Morning. Thank you for coming to hear our presentation. We are….”
- Include all of your names and introduce yourselves.
Pitch: Define the Problem Here
- Just use the Title page while you talk through your pitch
Customer Archetype page:
- A list of who you are targeting with your product (max 3 bullet points)
- A Customer Archetype page describing your customer segment
- Use an image, tell a story about this “person” to set-up what the problem is.
- Tell the audience the number total of interviews conducted
Value Propositions page:
- A list of what value you are bringing to the customer (max 4 bullet points)
Competitors:
- List at least one competitor with an image of their product and the cost of purchasing their product
BMC- Week 1 or 2 or early stage example
- Just show the chart with all words in black.
- Do not go over the chart, but highlight a few items that you know experienced the most change in time
BMC- Most Current Form
- All items that are added or changed from above should be in red.
- What was the two or three most important things learned that changed or evolved your BMC
Customer Relationships and Channels
- Bullet points of the most important items
Key Partnerships, Activities, and Resources
- Bullet points of the most important items
Costs and Revenues
- Bullet points of the most important items
- Audience should see dollar signs on both cost per unit and revenues from a sale per item
Evolution of the MVP or Prototype
- Call it a Minimal Viable Product if the product is not working.
- Call it a Prototype if any part of it functions as it should.
- Should include a picture of what your first attempt looked like and then another picture of what it looks like in its current state.
- You should show off your prototype and have the audience see how it works.
- If you have a video of it working instead of pictures, then just show the video and don’t do pictures.
The Science Behind the Product
- Explain the science. Should have bullet points and an image.
What We Have Learned So Far
- Talk about four main things that the group has learned through being in SEARCH class.
- This can be individual (one person per learning point) or four things that the entire group learned about each other, working on a team, bringing an idea to life, prototyping, business, science research, speaking in front of people, writing, grit, innovation, and/or how you have changed in the last semester.
Next Steps
- List out three things that need to happen next for your product to go out to market.
- Make an ask to potential investors. How much money will you need to begin your business? If you can determine a startup cost (actual $ needed to become a real business) then ask for it publically here. “We will need $4 million dollars to begin manufacturing and distribution of our product.” OR “We will need $4 million dollars to finish designing and prototyping our product before it is ready to market.” OR “We need $4 million dollars to finish prototyping, advertise, manufacture, and distribute our product.”
Final Hurrah
- Get someone to restate how awesome your product is and bring it home.
- If you have a tagline on your website, this might be a good time to say it aloud.
- A “Thank You for…..” is appropriate at the very end of it all.