Growing My Social Capital

Brian Taylor:
-Taylor is a Wells Fargo banker who also works as a financial adviser doing freelance work. Taylor graduated from UF with a bachelor's in business management and has been with Wells Fargo for eight years. Taylor currently handles business investments.

-Taylor fills the spot as a domain expert because he works in the business field by handling customers' investments and funds. He also works with many students due to the bank's location.

-Taylor and I work at the same bank location and I've been able to see him execute many deals. I spoke with him during lunch about his experiences as a financial adviser so far in his career.

-Taylor agreed to help me put together workshops and outline for the teaching seminars of the student investors. Taylor thought it was a great idea and he wanted to know if there was anything else he could do to help. In return he is able to refine his skills and contribute to youth education.

-Taylor has a lot of valuable knowledge that he can contribute which will bring more credibility to my business. He has first hand experience helping others invest, which is directly relevant to my objective.


Daniel Colpas:
-Colpas currently works with the student investment group on the UF campus. He is a sophomore finance major and plans to pursue a career in investment banking.

-Colpas fills the spot as the market expert because he is well educated in student investment and also works to educate others about student investing.

- Colpas and I went to the same high school and after talking to him recently, I discovered his involvement within this organization. We decided to have lunch to further discuss his experiences obtained through his position in the organization.

-Colpas said he is willing to reach out to his contacts and also promote my business on campus. In return all the members in the organization would receive a discount on the services my business provides.

-Colpas allows me to broaden my network and he also has a student perspective of how investments work. He would be a vital source of marketing and promotion on campus.


Trevor Fortner
- Fortner is third year student at the University of Florida. He studies information systems and also has a passion for coding. He also has a professional background. He is a brother of Alpha Kappa Psi.

-Fortner fills the spot as supplier because he is well-versed in coding products and has even worked on multiple application designs.

-Fortner and I are both members of the professional fraternity. I reached out to him because I was aware of his involvements. I approached him to assist me in designing the app, which he was thrilled to do.

-I would pay Fortner for his services designing the app and keep him as a part of the company to help with any technology problems that may arise later.

-Fortner's expertise in web design would be an asset to me because I am not familiar with the technology industry myself.


Final Reflection: this networking stradegy was very differnt from what ive used in the past often times theres a middle man that puts you in cinnection with the peron they know or bests fits the idea your trying to get across. this time i just went up to to people i thought would fit the description. this helped alot because i have to cultivate the relationship on the spot and really sell my idea to make it relevent to them.