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Existing Market What I need to do next is get prints out in circulation and then pace myself accordingly so that I can release a sequel in a timely manner. Of my three interviewees suggested that I should focus on trying to sell rights next. I'm not a fan of that idea. So on to interviewee number two, who agrees with my idea that I should focus on timing out my sequels so that they aren't too close or too far apart. Interviewee three believes I should focus on marketing book one rather than moving on to the next just yet. In terms of my plan in growing my future, I want to keep the sequels published in a reasonable and timely manner (because nobody likes waiting too much for something) and experimenting my storylines with other medias such as animation or cinema. New Market Since I'm in a literary genre, I could address a completely different media: cinema. Film versus literature, movies versus book, reading versus watching, words versus video. See, opposites! I thin...

Opportunity Those who are in need of new reading selections in the market are readers, consumers whose age or preference in genre have them fall in the category of the "young adult genre" target audience. Other people with invested interest are those writers who cannot enter the published industry do to the monopolized domination of the same overused ideas, as well as literary agents and publishing houses who could prosper with introducing some new material into the market. The latter, however, are more of a byproduct or side-effect beneficiary, and thus I will focus on the first. The prototypical customer in this scenario is anyone classified as a young adult (or people who are older than the age bracket and enjoy youth culture... or perhaps more mature children with an evolved reading level). This plagues any and every reader who doesn't even have to be an avid book-enthusiast. In fact, they don't even have to be readers (although those are the most impacted) sinc...

All of my past responses have been nothing but positive (yay!) So I kept the same lines, which by now I had engraved in my memory. I did improve on speed because of that. Maybe my delivery wasn't as good because my throat was dry and my voice was hoarse, but my hair has never looked better in these three elevator pitches than it did in this take!

* Creativity--my ideas. V: This is pretty valuable or else I'd have no product to start with. R: It's not rare in the broad sense but it's actually extremely rare when you come to specifics, so it can swing on either extreme. Like people; humans as a species is not rare or uncommon, but each individual being is completely unique and never repeated. I: It's not too easy to copy unless you go into copyright infringement, but as for jumping on a bandwagon idea, people tend to notice. N: Other people might like other types of art, so this one just varies. * Awesome efficiency--I can type super fast V: This helps me churn out material, so yes. R: Maybe at the speeds I go its a bit uncommon, but I wouldn't say rare (not that it really matters if other people are fast in reference to me) I: I don't think you can copy a speed. You can catch up to one, but everyone has their own pace. N: Maybe, if someone uses those voice things that just type the words for you...

 "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" by Scott Adams 1) What was the general theme or argument of the book? Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comics, and in this book he provides several lessons based on his own life struggles and climb to success that can be related to any aspiring entrepreneur. He teaches about self image, mindset, knowing when to quit and how to direct your energy, and managing the odds and formulas for success. 2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003? He basically shares his climb to success including the multiple pitfalls he faced. That's encouraging to first timers who understand there's no surefire path to success and each individual approach will be different and unique, but still this provides some reassurance that it's been done before and if you play your cards right, you can too. 3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the b...

Networking Experience A domain expert in your industry This would be someone who's engaged in the same type of business activity as you would like to be. They may own the same kind of company that you would like to own, or they may be a technical expert who knows a lot about the kind of product or service that you would like to produce. 1) Who they are and what their background is. A self-published author. Majored in Library Sciences in college. 2) Which 'slot' you are filling with each person (i.e., domain expert, market expert, supplier), and how the person fills the spot. They're an industry expert because they have a book out there that they have to self-market and be a constant entrepreneur for. 3) A description of how you found the person and contacted the person. My friend used to work in the library and she ran into this lady and exchanged contact information with her and then passed it onto me. I emailed her and got a response even though I wa...