What I appreciate most about this course's components is that they require me to think critically and expand my knowledge beyond what is common in my area. It is quite difficult; it is often difficult for me to imagine that I am working on this project by myself, but happily, I am surrounded by brilliant and skilled group members. We conducted our interview for our venture proposal two weeks ago and Our main idea is to create an app that allows all the stores on the CMU campus to provide online service for convenience and comfort. Essentially, it is an ordering app, but I believe it will solve the problem of the majority of students not to mention that It will really save them time, energy, and effort traveling to stores from their separate distant colleges.
The concept was undoubtedly subjected to analysis, and at least five people were interviewed by each member of the group. We questioned them about the five most prominent problems they could observe in the local area, how they would advise resolving them, and how they believed people may profit from their solutions. Technically, we asked them such questions rather than pondering them ourselves. According to those who participated in the interviews, our team developed an ordering application that addresses all of the needs present in the CMU market and primarily addresses the issue of the shortage of different kinds of establishments close to the colleges. The team came up with two options: delivering only food products or being versatile with various products included, so we chose the latter. As a result, we opted to incorporate other products to make sure that the app interface has a variety of product inputs. We six members of the team understood the value of following a methodical procedure for conducting a systematized interview and appreciated how important it was in terms of how it could support the proposal that was being suggested. Fortunately, it helped our team come up with a wonderful idea, which, despite the emergence of other ordering apps, I feel can still assist our fellow CMU students. Now that we had acquired information, we had an online group conference. In just one hour of conversation, we were able to determine the essence of the project we wish to pursue, and therefore we choose Tap&Go as our pioneering idea. Numerous considerations were made; however, we are nevertheless aware that our proposed notion is lacking and requires clarification and criticism for improvement. Then, when we presented it, I learned a great deal from Ms. Tumaroy; however, despite the fact that I always eagerly listen to her discussion, I missed some information that would have strengthened our output. When the moment arrived, I assumed it would only be bitter, but it ended bittersweet. We lacked data for our validation with store owners, motorela drivers, and many other factors that must be taken into account before we can declare this concept successful. In order to establish a successful relationship or cooperation with the stores within CMU, we are now creating, pacing, and attempting to construct the necessary information, questions, and proposal. Aside from the venture proposal, I also enjoyed doing rejection therapy, which was a bit awkward but truly enjoyable, and I was ecstatic to learn that, out of all the groups, ours was the only one to successfully construct a spaghetti tower, which makes me proud and perhaps reflects our group's effective communication, collaboration, and synchronized mindset.
After a two-year hiatus, I can say that my week was a blast, filled with learnings and new experiences. My brain is finally being mentally stimulated and endorphins are being released; I am pleased with what I am doing and learning at the same time and also we are hopeful that our project proposal will be accepted.
