Who has this unmet need: Students who live in resident halls
Questions:
- Are you a student here at UF?
- Do you live in a dorm at UF and if so, what are your thoughts so far?
- Can you hear people in other rooms or pipes in the walls? (If yes, how often. If no, move on.)
- Would you like it if the hall had sound barriers in the walls that would diminish the sounds you hear from other rooms, thoughts?
- If not said, ask if they think more people would want to live in that hall?
Talking with customers:
Learned about the Opportunity: The opportunity, to place sound barriers between the walls, will increase the happiness of the resident but it wasn't the biggest issue for people living in dorms.
Learned about interviewing customers: I couldn't remember everything that I was going to say until the few last tries of the interviews. Customers were more likely to tell me other issues for residents, such as themselves, if I asked them more vague question like their thoughts on living in a dorm, for example.
JOSEPH! First off I wanted to say, nice interviews! I think you asked good and probing questions. I think your opportunity is a good one that could definitely improve the quality of life in dorms and apartments across the world. Currently trying to figure out how to turn your interviews into one of those “auto tuned” songs on YouTube. Just kidding. Nice work.
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Placing sound barriers between the walls of dorms is a great idea. Trying to get a little more privacy when in the dorms is usually a problem for a lot of people but soundproofing it will help give them a little more privacy. You shouldn't limit it only to dorms however because I am currently in an apartment complex that has paper thin walls. Great work! http://tonyclements90.blogspot.com/2016/01/customers-interview-no1.html
ReplyDeleteHi Joseph,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed watching your customer interviews! I never lived in the dorms so I never had to deal with privacy, bathroom, etc. issues however, I have lived in apartments before where the walls were paper thin. I think that having soundproof walls would be awesome! I really dislike hearing my current neighbor play her T. Swizzle music so I totally understand this opportunity. I think for your next interviews you should start off with a warm greeting such as hello or how are you then go into your questions. Other than that I think you really have something going here!
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I really liked the idea of putting something in the wall that would diminish sound. As someone who lives in the dorms, it is very annoying hearing everyone talking or taking a shower at all hours of the day. Although I do not think reducing sound would attract more people to the dorms, I do think it would greatly enhance the experience of living in them.
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Joseph,
ReplyDeleteThese interviews very incredibly entertaining! As someone who has lived on campus for three semesters, I understand the struggle of trying to take a quiz or sleep while your neighbors are deciding to party all night. I think that your idea would be great for the consumer, I do not think that it would be an efficient project for UF housing. There are thousands of rooms on campus and it would be a huge undertaking that I do not believe would bring in any extra revenue. UF housing has been completely filled every single year that I have lived in and worked for UF housing. You definitely had an interesting idea though! Maybe they could try it out on one building and see all of the benefits! If you get the chance, check out my post at http://mbvandepol.blogspot.com/2016/01/customer-interviews-no-1.html