Growing Your Social Capital 20A

Person 1
1)  Katsumi Adachi, Ph.D- Chief Specialist, Center for Semiconductor Research &
Development, Storage & Electronic Devices Solutions Company. Member of Bluetooth Board of Directors and works for Toshiba.

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

Domain Expert- Dr. Adachi has served as a member of the board of directors for Bluetooth technologies for several years. Combined with his experience at Toshiba, he has a large wealth of knowledge about the bluetooth industry.

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

I found Dr. Adachi on the Board of Directors list on the official Bluetooth technologies website: https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us/board-of-directors. I sent him a brief email detailing my business plan and asked about his thoughts and if there are any corrections that I could make.

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

Dr. Adachi did respond to my email and he basically just sent me a list of licencing information for if I would like to declare my product as an official Bluetooth product in the future.


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

This information was helpful because if I were to implement Bluetooth technology in the future, I now know the exact steps for doing so.

Person 2
1) Jack Hanania- President/CEO of Maserati of Jacksonville

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

Market Expert- Mr. Hanania has been targeting a similar audience to mine for years while building up his car dealerships.

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

I found Mr. Hanania on the Maserati of Jacksonville web page: http://www.maseratiofjacksonville.com/about-jack.htm. I sent him an email asking about my target market and how to reach them more efficiently.

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

I never received a response from Mr. Hanania


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

N/A

Person 3
1) Hiroshi Shimizu- Executive Director of Takata

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

Supplier- Takata supplies many products that are used in automobiles, one major example being seatbelts. Mr. Shimizu knows the ins and outs of supplying safety equipment for automobiles.

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

I found Mr. Shimizu on the Takata corporate summary webpage: http://www.takata.com/en/about/company.html. I emailed him a copy of my business plan and asked him to share his thoughts.

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

Mr. Shimizu unfortunately never contacted me.

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

N/A

I'm glad I got at least one of the three to respond and hopefully the other two will get around to it, I'll update this post if so. But for now it was at least nice to receive some feedback from Dr. Adachi. He outlined the steps for implementing Bluetooth technology in my product which was really nice. I have definitely learned from this experience.