FI orientation

Assignments

Greenville Summer 2015

Founder

Name:
Jason Bulsa

Orientation (Edit)

Requirements:
1. (Founder Guide) Read the Founder Guide here (http://FI.co/guides/1). Write 1 sentence on the theme of the document that you remember most. (20 Minutes)
2. (Assignments) Read each of the Assignments for all of the upcoming sessions. Write 1 sentence on your reaction to the work, and write a second sentence on something that you think is missing from the assignments. (40 Minutes)
3. (Vision) Do your own research on vision and mission statements. What is the difference between vision and mission? Create a draft vision statement for your new company and product/service. What problem do you intend to solve? How are you different than current solutions? Why should a customer pick you? Why should the customer do anything? Where do you see your company in the future? Why would the best talented employees want to work at your company and for you specifically? (20 Minutes)
4. (Personality) Write 1 sentence on 3 personal Strengths and on 3 personal Weaknesses. Email your Working Group with these traits as part of a longer introduction email. Include a copy of the introduction email. (20 Minutes)
5. (Entrepreneurship Strengths) Write 1 paragraph about how you will leverage your Strengths to be a successful entrepreneur. (20 Minutes)
6. (Program Accomplishments) Write 1 paragraph about what you hope to accomplish by being in the Founder Institute. (20 Minutes)
7. (Mentors) Identify three local Mentors in the semester that would be most helpful to your particular business idea or passion after doing research on them. Do not pick the most famous Mentors. Pick the most appropriate Mentors. Write their name and one sentence on the reasoning that you want to ask the three Mentors for help. (~30 minutes)
8. (Motivation) Write at least 2 paragraphs that explain why you are prepared to earn significantly less money, work over 80 hours per week and endure extreme stress to build your dream company. (~30 minutes)
9. (Cofounders) If you are looking for a Cofounder and are interested in potentially recruiting someone from the program, click “Edit Profile,” and write a phrase on what you are looking for under “Public Contact Settings.” Check the “Founders” link in the navigation to read what other people are looking for. Continue to check this page over the next few days to see what things that people are looking for. (20 Minutes)
10. (Survey) Complete the Founder Institute Entry Survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FI_entry_survey. This allows us to improve our pre-semester operations. (5 minutes)
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Assignment Title:
Orientation
Assignment:

Orientation

1. Create one product people want.
2. The assignments look great but, there should be a place on here to post the Executive summary and the pitch deck.
3. Vision is the overall what you will create for the company. Mission is the smaller steps to a achieve the mission and the changes made to fulfill the vision. My product will make the customers brain and body healthier. It is better than anything on the market.
4. My 3 strengths would be not giving up, innovating daily, and working with a team to solve problems. My 3 weaknesses would be working late, at times lack of focus, and not proof reading all my work.
5. I’ll see this idea through to the end. It’s something the world needs. I try to keep up with the latest clinical trial results to make the newest, healthiest product.
6. I hope to accomplish bring this product to market to help people be healthier and successful. I will be the starting of products that will improve conditions of patients that have Fatty Liver Disease as well as, weight loss reducing health care costs.
7. The Mentors I would like to work with is Jason Premo to see what his life is like. Is it a goal I would like live? He is distant. I’m sure people would take advantage of his kindness. What ever happens is has been a joy to meet him. Michael Bolick would be another because of a similar field and Michael Lee who startedhttp://livelongsupplements.com.
8. (Motivation) – This is a problem I have been with for a long time. I am a retired, injured military veteran. My motivation for working is the same for joining fi.co – to bend the universe through my actions. People have a right to be healthier and work. If I can create an environment for that through creating a system to bring it out that is the highest good. I will help sick, poor, food addicts live better lives while creating jobs. Stress… it’s what I’m use too.
Due:
2015-07-14, 05:00 PM
Added (Updated):
2015-07-13, 10:42 PM (2015-07-15)

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