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5-18-21 Final Practice Pitch
Today our teacher was nice enough to allow us the chance to present our pitch in front of the class and receive critiques from our fellow classmates. It was an overall experience as Tom manned the slides, Zach spoke, and Jolie was moral support. The pitch went very well overall, with positive feedback and some important critiques. Ms, Matuzack recommending a few changes to the pitch and the slides, but otherwise, it went pretty well. Following the practice run our classmates had written down their own critiques and comments. And the feedback was very helpful, it gave us a good insight into a few things we needed to change. Like addressing how our project meets the theme of this years Expo Fest.
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5-12-21 Pitch Perfect
With the window to improve our launch over we've moved on practicing the pitch, editing the pitch slides, and doing some last-minute research to prepare for possible questions. Tom was on slide duty, adding in more slides and images to create a better visual aid for the pitch. Also acting as the timer while Zach practiced reciting, memorizing, and improving the overall tone of the pitch. Jolie did some further research into the study and other works on dogs' behavior in relation to technology applicable to our product. Adding to the research document, and documentation accordingly.
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4-6-21 Fixing up the Little Things
With this being our actual last class day to edit the launch profile a large part of our time has been spent revising and editing things that we got docked points on. We had a team meeting deciding who needed to do what. With each of us splitting off and doing our own things to fix up the profile, Jolie has been working on the research paper adding and editing to it to ensure that it's as good as possible. Toms been spreading out the info on the launch making it easier to navigate, as well as implementing many of coach Gary's suggestions. And Zach has been working on similar things to Tom, adding new sections and better mapping out the Launch Profile, and designing a thumbnail for our project trailer. As well as making a slideshow to better visualize the progression of our product.
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5-4-21 Meeting With Coach Gary
Today we had a google meet with coach Gary outlining what we needed to focus on and work on to make sure our project is ready for Expo Fest. Coach Gary offered us a lot of good advice on how to improve our launch Profile. One of the big things he highlighted was an elaboration and expanding how our information is displayed and where it is on the Launch Profile. To help make it more friendly to be viewed by the judges. He also suggested some new ways to display our information.
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4-7-21 Pitch and Profile
With our time getting down the wire we've been doing our best to wrap up everything that needs to be done. With Tom working further on slides for the pitch as well as making edits to the script. Jolie continued her work on the research paper, as well as getting together some infographics to show data. And Zach has been working on filling out the Launch Profile sections, as well as practicing the pitch.
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4-5-21 Home Stretch
Today was once again a day for working on bigger projects. With Jolie and Tom adding their parts to the about section. As well as Jolie continuing her work on the research paper, and Tom doing more work on the presentation slide for our pitch. As well as shooting an email to our new potential mentor, as it seems the one we were hoping to talk to still hasn't replied after their initial response. Zach worked on completing the final parts of the product pricing. And Zach and Tom finishing up the pitch script.
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3-31-21 The Final Projects
Today has been a day of tackling the remaining big things that need finishing. With Tom finishing up the model he's moved onto working on the presentation for the pitch. Jolie messaged our mentor again, so far they haven't responded back after their initial email saying they were willing to help. She has also gotten to work on our research paper, editing things and adding in information. And Zach finished up working on the focus group questions, moving on, and finishing the price estimate for building the product.
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3-25-21
Today has been a day of finishing, continuing, and beginning some of the remaining things we need to get done. As a team, we took our photos for the about section, on the team's members. Individually Tom has been working on our 3d model, Jolie has been setting up the dates for meeting with our mentor hopefully. And Zach finished up the proof of concept app as well as set up our second primary research survey.
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3-23-21 Entering the Home Stretch
As we enter into the home stretch, with the deadline fast approaching we've been mainly trying to finish up on the big tasks remaining. Tom has been hard at work continuing to create the 3d model. Jolie organized our remaining tasks and began work on our research paper. And Zach is continuing work on the app adding to it and finalizing the design.
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3-19-21 Tackling Bigger Stuff
Today has been a day to mainly get into the more advanced part of our project as the design process is now underway. Tom's been hard at work on the 3d model of our project, working to get our prototype finished. Jolie finished up her part of the marketing section on the Launch profile, moving on to sending some emails out to our potential mentors. And Zach finished up his work on the icon for the marketing section, moving onto App development for our project.
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3-17-21 Meeting Day
For the beginning of class today we were on a call with coach Gary, He offered us some advice on where our product should be heading, though overall he said we're doing well. In the time we had left afterward Tom got to work on our 3d model, testing things out and laying the groundwork for our prototype. Jolie has been working on the website, for now, updating it with our new logo and making sure it fits the current brand. Zach worked on adding to our marketing page on the launch profile (as linked below), as well as the starts of a new icon for our Marketing section.
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3-15-21 Finishing Up the Little Things
Today was a day mainly focused on just making sure all the little groundwork things we needed to be done were finished. Tom worked on research, further looking into potential things to be mindful of in the design process. As well as Launching our companies twitter, and adding the logo to our social media. Jolie finished the redesign of our logo (as linked below), and it is now 100% copyrighted material free. And Zach designed a new logo to replace the placeholder one on our posts, as well as making some edits to the launch profile in the Problem and Social media link sections.
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3-11-21 Research and Reworks
Today was mainly a day for wrapping up a few things and really getting into the research portion of our Product. Tom finished up setting up the form for collecting primary research data, then moving on to beginning work on further competitor research, as well as putting out a new Instagram. Jolie continued work on the logo redesign finishing up the basic shape and moving onto coloring (as pictured below.) And Zach made some edits to the launch pad profile and then proceeded to continue further research into the product design and potential things to look out for.
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3-9-21 Laying the Groundwork
With our continued work on Stylo, we've begun to finish up with all the initial work that needs to be done before we can move forward. The whole team converged to determine a slogan for our company, settling for now on "A more comfortable connected crate." Jolie has started work on redesigning our logo to ensure it looks quality and that it doesn't contain any copyrighted material. Tom and Zach worked on starting out the base outline for our research paper. Individually as well Tom has started working on developing a rough draft google form for collecting primary data. And Zach has started work on further research into the competition as well as things to keep in mind once we start work on a prototype.
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3-3-21 First day
For our first day working fully on Stylo, we all branched off to begin work on some of the starting tasks. Jolie started out updating the color and design scheme of our launch profile, as well as beginning the research process. Looking into competitors and potential feedback already out there from the public. Tom set up our companies Instagram and Facebook. Also beginning work on our company website. Zach drew up the initial design plans for the project, linked below. Also writing this blog post you're reading right now.