EXPOSED: Flint Hill student Tim Rupli...

Joins a small business class at school. He is a multi-sport athlete who plays lacrosse and golf at his high school. As noted by my "about me" section, I dabble in the outdoors, and do have a recurring tendency to wear Hawaiian shirts upwards of three times a week. Tim's favorite brands are Patagonia and Yeti. #sent

Week 2 Successes

The previous week we have focused and refined our pitches, working more on how we are going to present Pack My Lunch to the public. The initial pitch on Tuesday to some of the faculty of Flint Hill School went very well and it has helped us work on trimming it down. We have also designed a canvas on Leanstack, which is essentially a layout of what our product does, who we are selling to, and how we will gain revenue. Moving forward, we will focus on getting the programming for the app done and we will move to survey our idea at local grocery stores.

Preparing to Pitch

Since our last post, the Hungry Huskies team has been preparing to pitch to administration. We have experimented and discussed various business models and have reached a consensus in terms of our plan. The walk-up and buy method, along with the form submission will both be included in our pitch. As a team we believe that this is the best option due our uncertainty in the model as a result of lack of time/manpower to run our business and the feasibility in terms of the way we will sell our product. We are looking to receive helpful feedback from admin, so we can use their opinions to pursue our ideas and start our business.

Once we have our method of selling product figured out, we plan to immediately jump onward to purchasing inventory and establishing the nooks and crannies of our setup. Although the last week has been challenging, we are optimistic about the future and moving forward.

Our Pitch Presentation:

https://docs.google.com/a/flinthill.org/presentation/d/1ZiV3EiaaITFOtzjtWRg__7QXLIeV-Z5MOI3K0lBgsQs/edit?usp=sharing

Candy Express

     Out of complete distress, Candy Yes has now turned into Candy Express. Creating a start-up business is a lot more work than we had anticipated. We didn't hit the ground running, we just hit the ground. What was once an elective taken simply for a senior year credit has now turned into a much more personal endeavor; something we have begun to invest our own time on and that now consumes most of our (academic) lives. 

     Our idea was not the problem; executing it, now that was something else. We struggled (a lot) with our presentation. The information was not hard to put down, agreeing on a logo and well, everything, was the problem. Thankfully, as always, our determination and stubborn drive got us through and we were able to work out the kinks. Looking forward, tomorrow is our pitch to the Flint Hill administration to get approval (and money) for our business. So there's that. Fingers crossed, wish us luck! 

- J & H