BUS477

That was fun, wasn't it!

Thanks for participating in "the dating game". We have eleven (11) teams going into the semester. Assuming there are 3 cash prizes in the Ken Spencer competition, you have better than a 1:4 chance of putting some cash in your pocket in this class.

There are a couple of engineering teams that did not pair-up with a business team.  If you are in BUS477 and are not in a team as of tonight, please contact me and I will assign you to an engineering team.

Apologies if your name is spelled incorrectly... it was a bit hectic!  I wasn't able to get all of the names of the engineers. Please review briefly to make sure this accurately reflects your team.

Here are teams and the ideas as John (ENSC 201) and I understand them.

Team 1 (2 Eng) - Safety Rope

Engineers: Mike Tyson, Jason Cheung, Brandan Fairs

Business:  Chris Snow, Scott Mackay

Team 2 - Homing Device

Engineers:

Business:  Dylan Hrycyshen, Sandy Lai

Team 3 - Road Safety Sensor

Engineers: Pranav Gupta, Daniel Naaykens, Victor Chen, Ali Sedighi-Mosh

Business:  Annie Wong, Vivian Teng, Jay Rolston

Team 4 (#9 Eng) - Helicopter

Engineers:

Business:  Jahanzeb Khan, Sascha Belagamage, Shan Shan Fu

Team 5 / 16 - LCD on Window

• disbanded and merged with Team 7

Team 6 / 7 - Recording Hearing Aid

Engineers:

Business: Donald Lai, Raymond Leung

Team 7 / 6 - Security Touchpad

Engineers:

Business:  Ania Jurczak, Daniel, Sonny Wan

Team 8/11 - Whistling Kettle

Engineers: Kyle Balston

Business:  Ali Alsamaraie, James King, Rob Wallace

Team 9 / - Home Security Monitor

Engineers: Titus Cheung, Kelvin Ho, Peter Zheng, Jack Qiao

Business:  Aeron Kawakami, Aidin Niavarani

Team 10 / 10 - Intelligent Glass

Engineers: John Berring, Jeremy Yoo

Business:  Tony Chow, Farha Dharamsi

Team 11 (3 Eng) - Soccer Bag

Engineers:

Business:  Gagan Singh, Sachin Jhanghu

Total teams:  10

If you are hoping for an "A" in this course and a good crack at winning prize money in the Ken Spencer competition, you should have by now:

• exchanged names, telephone numbers and email addresses with your team members
• taken an inventory of skills by team member with an aim to assigning functional responsibility
• confirmed the dates you will meet as a team during the season. (Recommend you meet at least twice per month!) come up with a short list of names for your venture.
• come up with a draft executive summary and elevator pitch that describes what business you are in and why it is a good business
• make sure your engineering partners are involved in Assignment #1
• I don't care if you change your idea from what is indicated above, but if you do, make sure it is approved by John Jones of ENSC 201