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1) The industry expert I chose to contact is an audio engineer who has produced for popular bands in the 80s and 90s, and currently volunteers at a local high school theater program helping run sound and other tech services. He is a domain expert in the field of audio production. I met him my freshman year doing audio for their productions. He was contacted via Facebook. I asked him for his general first thoughts on the idea, and while he said it would be a lot of work for not much money he strongly supports the idea. He contests that if it is something I am passionate about, I will put fourth the effort to ensure a good result. This will help my network because he has a very good reputation in the classic rock music industry.
2) The market expert I chose is a Gainesville local producer. While he charges a bit more for his services, his market remains largely the same, young and inexperienced musical hobbyists and anyone else who wishes to create a song. I knew of him via a few friends who had enlisted in his services professionally, so I emailed him. I asked him to review a couple of songs I had made to evaluate how professional they sounded, and asked if he had any advice on my startup idea. I received no response. This would have helped my network because he happens to work with a lot of other local artists.
3) The market supplier I chose is MXL, because I happen to regularly use their equipment. I have an MXL microphone and a mixer board. They make a wide variety of musical equipment. I emailed their inquiries inbox with my business idea, some fluff about their products, and asked that they thought of the idea. I did not receive a response. This may have helped my network, but it seems unlikely as MXL is a massive musical technology company with lots of customers.
This made me realize that my network is rather limited. There is a lot of human capital out there, local and not local, that is within my grasp of contact and I should take advantage of that way more often.
2) The market expert I chose is a Gainesville local producer. While he charges a bit more for his services, his market remains largely the same, young and inexperienced musical hobbyists and anyone else who wishes to create a song. I knew of him via a few friends who had enlisted in his services professionally, so I emailed him. I asked him to review a couple of songs I had made to evaluate how professional they sounded, and asked if he had any advice on my startup idea. I received no response. This would have helped my network because he happens to work with a lot of other local artists.
3) The market supplier I chose is MXL, because I happen to regularly use their equipment. I have an MXL microphone and a mixer board. They make a wide variety of musical equipment. I emailed their inquiries inbox with my business idea, some fluff about their products, and asked that they thought of the idea. I did not receive a response. This may have helped my network, but it seems unlikely as MXL is a massive musical technology company with lots of customers.
This made me realize that my network is rather limited. There is a lot of human capital out there, local and not local, that is within my grasp of contact and I should take advantage of that way more often.
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