Week 2
This week we talked a bit more about Market Research and the factors involved in finding the right market, and estimating market size for a product. We worked on team building and looked at some more patents and product ideas. My team looked at a fan that orients itself by detecting people around it.
Looking at different patents gave me some ideas on what kind of product I want to look at. I'm interested in more technical products, preferably software related because I'm in a better position to understand software patents than other kinds of patents. I also found energy related patents to be interesting, because the market for sustainable energy and environmentally conscious products will grow massively in the next few decades as we run out of fossil fuels and cut back on carbon emissions.
I'm looking for team members who are passionate about similar patents/fields. I'd preferably like to work with 1 more engineer, 1 business major, and 1 person from a different major entirely. I'm looking to form a team with people who are interested in taking responsibility, but are also willing to balance workload and demands in the team. I'm looking forward to more team building activities in the coming weeks

Week 1
I'll be using this blog to document the class IEOR 185. I'm a sophomore Physics and CS double major, and I'm taking this class because I'd like to learn more about how a startup team runs. I'd also like to learn more about how to develop ideas and pitch to investors. I'm particularly interested in learning about product-market fit.

I hope to explore these concepts through the class with a project that is technically-oriented, requiring some depth in computer science, but is also user-oriented. I'm interested in ideas that have application to the masses and not just businesses, although I find those ideas interesting as well.

First Post! This will be my blog for IEOR185: Challenge Lab.