Capstone Reflection Kailani Montane

• What were your biggest takeaways from the course? Fail Fast Understand your problem Market test using minimal funds and resources

• How will this course impact or connect with your intended major and Duke and your future beyond Duke? Engineering Entrepreneurship Allowed me to focus on my two passions: Engineering and Entrepreneurship Engineering Going through engineering design process Entrepreneurship How to sell the idea I created How to test if it’s a viable product

• How did you apply methods for assessing the validity of these new ideas? Validation of need Advertised on Disability Groups on Facebook Problem tested Met with potential customers

• What technical skills did you gain and how might these be beneficial for your future goals? Cold Emailing Great for making connections Problem testing Great for saving money to test validity of idea Trello Management Helps organize a team and keep track of projects Sales How to sell a product effectively

• What challenges or failures did you encounter, and how were you able to learn from such struggles? Identifying the problem Difficult at first because we weren't sure what market to focus on Realized this is one of the most important steps because once we defined it everything went more smoothly People didn't respond well to our initial FB page Need to be able to be flexible and try other ideas Need to be aware and understand the market we are dealing with