Recreating Silicon Valley

admin · Site Admin Joined: 28 Mar 2011 Posts: 3

Dear Team,

in order to jump-start collaboration, I'm posting a small assignment that will benefit both our Russian and American members. (Russian team: please watch the lecture online, in case you didn't do it so far.)
In week 2 we discussed barriers to team projects and ways of overcoming them. Assignment for the next few days is the following:

Given your project, list at least 3 barriers you see your team or project needing to overcome before the final presentation of the product, and discuss possible solutions for overcoming them.

Teams: I'm looking forward to reading your responses. Also, I am reminding you to post here on the forum, as this is the ground for our assessment of your progress in the class. Additionally, it seems that Group 5 has been lagging in communication, at least forum-wise.

-Pawel

rsantana · Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Posts: 2

Some of the barriers for the pitch I can see are:
1) Clearly identifying the pain point
2) Defining a clear business plan (how do you make money)
3) Identifying a niche application. Who needs this solution the most.