It’s been quite a while since I last posted. Since then, a lot has happened. Mentoring sessions officially began and we’ve visited Deloitte, LivePerson, and AlleyNYC. We had our first meeting at Warby Parker last night. All the venues were great and I really appreciate the food these spaces have provided us. I’m especially thankful for the backpack and notebook set from LivePerson—thank you so much for your thoughtfulness.
We have grown much stronger as a company and various changes have been instilled in the branding of our company. MTAlarm has finalized its logo and cover photo on social media.
On Facebook, we’re doing well with 219 likes and having reached 1,400 people through our posts. To help promote MTAlarm, we decided to launch a mini series of animated videos featuring each member of the MTAlarm team using MTAlarm in unique ways. The introductory video and first episode featuring Trina Dhar have been released on YouTube so dear readers, please take the time to support MTAlarm!
Introductory Video
MTAlarm Mini Series Ep 1
A big part of this competition is the business plan so my team and I have been working hard on perfecting the business plan with our mentors. For the most part, our business plan is solid except for a few issues here and there in the financials segment. Other than those issues, however, I can say we’ve accomplished a lot in this past month or so. I’m so proud of the MTAlarm team! Again, super thankful to be working with these wonderful munchkins.
I’m currently working on a wireframe that could serve as MTAlarm’s first working prototype via a cloud-based prototyping software called Proto.io. I’m not completely finished with the prototype but I work alongside Kelvin, our lead engineer, so I’ll make sure I do not lag behind Kelvin and delay our coding process. Our prototype has been well received by the people we have displayed it to so that’s a plus. I plan to gather more data tomorrow with a few other members as we survey people on the streets asking them to complete certain tasks using our prototype. Hopefully, the data we collect is useful as we’ll continue to develop from there.
With only less than a month left before competition night, I’m really looking forward to see MTAlarm’s birth as we continue to work hard through the remainder of this month. Of course, none of this would have been possible if not for our amazing AppNexus mentors so my gratitude to Carlos, Erin, Jared, Mark, Meg, and Sheri! And then there’s Hope, a rising sophomore at Barnard College, who’s been with our team since bootcamp and has devoted so much of her time to aide and guide us in the creation of MTAlarm. Thank you, Hope!
To end things, here's a picture of the MTAlarm team and mentors at Deloitte!
Happy travels!
- Michelle Zhou
