Interviewee
#1
1)
Rafael Intraigo is my uncle who lives in Ecuador
and he is an expert in my business idea because he is the main provider to all
restaurants and any business that sell any product ranging from Coca Cola to
multiple other non-alcoholic beverages in Ecuador. He is the owner of a company
that basically middle mans the elite international beverages to all companies
that sell to consumers like for example super markets and restaurants.
2)
Domain expert in my industry.
3)
He is my uncle so I have his phone number on my
phone and gave him a call through What’s App in order to conduct an interview
over the phone.
4)
He does not expect anything back from me because
he is my family, all he would want back form me is to get good grades and excel
in University here in the United States.
5)
Including my uncle Rafael in my network would
enhance my ability to exploit my opportunity immensely because even though his
business is located in Ecuador he has many contacts here in the United States
that would be able to benefit my idea.
Interviewee
#2
1)
My best friend’s father Orlando Faroh is one of
the people in my life I consider very experienced in the field of consumer
consumption because he owns factories all across South America pertaining to
sea food products. He is a third-generation owner his grandfather started this
business in Venezuela decades ago and Orlando has now expanded to multiple
other countries throughout South America owning many factories that can tuna
and a bunch of other sea food products you can find at your everyday super
market.
2)
Market expert in my industry.
3)
I simply asked my best friend Carlos if I could
give him a call and to please shoot me his phone number. He did and I also
conducted the interview over the phone on What’s App because he spends most of
his time overseas.
4)
Orlando does not expect anything in return for
me he sees it as a favor he is doing his sons best-friend, the last thing this
man needs is money.
5)
Having Orlando in my network can improve my
business idea monumentally because of all the experience in the consumer market
he has obtained, he just turned 60 years of age and still working hard.
Interviewee #3
1)
My very close friend Valentina Dioguardi works
at a food distribution business owned by her father Marcos Dioguardi, I have
known her and her family since I was in elementary school. Her father is a very
successful business man that owns a food distribution business where he
distributes whatever he can get his hands on ranging all the way from popcorn
to chicken noodle soup in a can. He has been working in this industry for
decades and has built himself quite the empire. He now distributes to Publix
and Sam’s Club, along with multiple other supermarket chains and makes a living
from this industry.
2)
Important supplier for my industry.
3)
My very close friend from elementary school could
provide me her father’s phone number so I gave him a normal call not What’s app
because he works within this country. I conducted the interview through a brief
phone call because I did not want to waste this busy man’s time.
4)
There was no nature of exchange because like I
said Marcos has known me since I was a very little boy and he did not mind
answering a few of the questions I pertaining to the industry he is in.
5)
If I include Marcos Dioguardi in my network
there is no doubt he could help me find a way to distribute my product throughout
the country or at the very least Florida through all the experiences and people
he knows. He would be able to distribute my product as well once all the
licensing and legal matters that correlate to my product are sorted out.
Reflection:
This experience will help me in my future endeavors that pertain to networking
because I realized how all three of these successful business men have many
things in common. Not only because they all belong to the same industry but because
they are all very organized and strong willed individuals that have made their companies
grow through the efforts of hard work and dedication. I realized all three of
them being very successful value the effort people put in to work more than
anything else, therefore, in my future networking events I will be sure to
demonstrate I have the will power and am willing to put in the effort necessary
to complete any task. The main way this experience differs from my past experiences
is because of the fact I had to network over the phone and usually when I have networked
in the past it includes being face to face with the person I am networking with.
