20 A - Growing Your Social Capital

Expert in my Industry - 
1) Who they are and what their background is.
This person work at a VA office helping retired military veterans they work in rehabilitation helping curb various addiction and issues.

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.
- She works professionally to help people fight off bad habits they developed over time just like im doing to stop Juul use.

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.
 A previous person I interview needed a ride to the VA office for a check in and asked them some question for the assignment.

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation?
I casually spoke to them, then remembered this assignment and thought she would be a great fit. She just listened to my business idea and gave me her thoughts.

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?
 I got to learn how they handles people with cigarette and drinking problems and the way they got them to accept there was a problem and that they needed to quit.

Expert on my Market -
1) Who they are and what their background is.
This is also another worker from the VA I met that day, they periodically make checks ins with some people to make sure they are doing alright.

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.
- They make sure that people addiction don't regress or that people take up new ones.

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.
Met at VA too. Very friendly, wanted to help me with my hw.

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation?
Exchanged ideas for a bit before I had to leave.

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?
-Gives me an idea of how my program could offer a support group for student get help to stop their nicotine addictions and get advice and wellness visits.

Supplier to my Industry -
1) Who they are and what their background is.
 This is one of the employees at the local smoke shop behind my neighborhood.

2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot.
 They deal with those who are using their products to curb cigarettes or just selling to those interested in vape.

3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person.
 Figured it would be a good place to visit and gather info at.

4) The nature of the exchange you have with the person -- what favor did they do for you? What is the return expectation?
 Asked if they would answer some questions for me to help with an assignment. I listened to them talk about all their products and whats popular.

5) How will including this person in your network enhance your ability to exploit an opportunity?
They gave me an inside view in college kids coming in to buy nicotine proucts with no issue or thought to the damage of their health.

Finally: Reflect. This experience requires you to do a little 'targeted networking.' How will this experience shape how you participate in any future networking events? Did this experience differ from your networking experiences in the past? How?
- This will let me be more confident, talking to strangers who have been in the field longer then I have wasn't as scary as I thought. They're real people with lives and sense of humor not out to judge me for every fault. Trying to talk so forced doesn't work it has to be casual.