I've worked in retail and consumer electronics for 10 years, in areas of sales, service, management and operations. I have a passion for technology and innovation, and want to be able to share and spread this enthusiasm with the wider public.
2. What I'm offering:
For the public, I'm offering access to, and experience with, new technological innovations. For business, I'm offering access to customers, by means of a public facing showroom of in-development technology, and an environment facilitating their development of new products.
3. Who I'm offering this to:
Target audiences will initially be middle to upper class, young to middle aged. "Gadget" technology tends to first be adopted early by males, partially driven by the heavily male development teams creating experiences appealing to males. Over time, this demographic will broaden as the technology becomes more widely available and lower in cost, and the variety of experiences increases.
4. Why they care:
People are always curious about the newest technologies, and most want to at least experience something they've heard about, even if they aren't interested in purchasing. Achieving that initial interest is the first step, and once you have the customer actually trying out a product it becomes much easier to convince them of the actual utility. Much of this utility will be unfolding over the next several years, due to how new the technology currently is.
5. Core competencies:
Passion for the product, experience in retail, sales and customer service, technical knowledge, the ability to demo products for customers before sale.
I believe my experiences and knowledge are greatly beneficial to this type of venture. One area I may struggle with, I tend to be great at putting together an overall big picture and making "large" decisions, but the normal minutia involved in day to day operations becomes a drag and I have no interest, so I'm liable to overlook these.
I only received one comment, which recommended I elaborate on how to provide access to customers for the developers.
You seem to be extremely well qualified for your idea. Several other people, myself included, would need specialized training or assistance in order to move forward with our ideas where it seems like you have the ability to do most of the work for your idea. I didn't get any good feedback on my original post either, so I didn't change much at all.
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