We met with Nancy Dauer on Sunday the 28th to go over a potential partnership with our sewing. She showed us a lot about how we can improve the quality of our product. We ordered more fabric and once it arrives we're going to pin and sew them. We're really excited to see the finished product and start selling! :)

Hi! We compiled the data from our last board meeting and found some interesting results. We have a lot of NOs for if they would buy our product ASAP, but the comments beside it were "I need to see a better MVP" so we are excited to get working on that! We got a lot of good advice and ideas also.
We have a meeting today with a potential partnership to outsource our sewing to. We'll let you know how that goes!! :)

We have been working hard to create the best possible product. We have been listening to comments and suggestions in order to improve our design and its functionality.
Many problems have arisen throughout this process and we still have not come up with the best way to create out product. We tried to sew the fabric with a handheld sewing machine,but the stitching is not strong enough and it continues to come unraveled. We are excited to hear what everyone has to say at our next board meeting.
Other than our mishaps with our sewing, our customer discoveries have been amazing!! EVERYONE says that they would buy one depending on the price. So far, the price they'd be willing to pay is higher than what we expected. The most insightful question we asked were about what colors they would prefer because we learned about preference and other design ideas. we are really excited to find our solution and start selling our product!! :)
Here is the link to our youtube playlist with all our customer discoveries on it!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIpKCX4DSlHgqXdf2ULz6D3gbWPtPbWRY

SoundsHoodToMe had its first board meeting last Wednesday, providing us with our first opportunity to showcase the backpack sleeve MVP to the Entrepreneurship class. We received many mixed reviews from our classmates, some believing we've caught on to something great while others were unimpressed, most likely due to the initial quality of the material used. Overall, the class pointed to some valuable suggestions. Primarily, it became clear to us that the hood attachment on the top of the backpack protector was unwanted by most. This proves beneficial to us, as the placement and conjoining of plastic to create the hood would likely be our greatest cost and effort. Secondly, we learned that the general lack of interest for our product came from the need for a visually appealing design, which could encompass various color schemes and images to depict individuality. Furthermore, it was suggested by many students to pursue the "elementary school children and parents" customer segment. This will allow us to create specific designs for each of our target markets: college students and elementary school students. If you want to check out the hard data, click the link below to view our Excel file from the board meeting feedback!

So we brought our ideas to the class and they told us what they thought! They liked all three of the ideas, but they think our biggest challenge will be keeping the cost down on making them. So we chose the idea that we think would cost the least to produce (hopefully we chose the right one):
A plastic backpack cover with a hood attached that can stretch over your backpack and your head. That's why our website is named "Sounds Hood To Me."
We are excited to get out on campus and talk to other students to see which idea they think will work best and be most profitable.