Thesis Defense
I'll probably get a new blog once I've graduated because only then will I actually have the time to maintain a blog, but for all it's worth, I just wanted to mark yesterday, Feb 15, in history.
I had my thesis panel defense.
We hardly practiced and I came up with a script only an hour before the actual presentation, but our panelists loved the product so much that they spent majority of the hour just praising us and giving us suggestions on how we can make the business grow. I've lost count of how many times I said thank you, and was pretty sure my mouth was gonna fall off from smiling so much.
One panelist, president and CEO of a logistics company, exchanged contact details with us and gave us his business card because he wants to set up meetings with us and his clients. Another panelist, a businessman specializing in IT, said that out of all 14 years that he's been teaching Strategy Formulation/Implementation (thesis class for business majors), ours was the best product he's ever seen. The first panelist also said that it's among the top 3 products he's seen as a panelist for the last 3 years.
The second panelist complimented me in particular, saying I have an eye for design, as I designed our product. They both suggested we patent it (imagine, me, a patent holder?!), and get people investing in our start-up. They said they were both willing, even, to do that.
I am beyond thankful and beyond amazed at how well it turned out. That's another notch under my belt! My baby for the last 9 months has come to life, finally!
In the post-defense celebration at ROKU, we also divided some of the profits. :P I hope I'll forget about them so that I'm not tempted to spend anything until my Japan trip in June.
For you, Ria of the future, who forgot what you did these last months of your college life--you slept a lot, you ate a lot, you did a lot of job hunting (congratulations on your pre-graduation job offers!), money earning, and youtube watching. And you decided to reward yourself with a rather impulsively bought ticket to Japan. Haha. May this be the first of many self-funded (or not) trips to come!!
11 SCHOOL DAYS LEFT!
I had my thesis panel defense.
We hardly practiced and I came up with a script only an hour before the actual presentation, but our panelists loved the product so much that they spent majority of the hour just praising us and giving us suggestions on how we can make the business grow. I've lost count of how many times I said thank you, and was pretty sure my mouth was gonna fall off from smiling so much.
One panelist, president and CEO of a logistics company, exchanged contact details with us and gave us his business card because he wants to set up meetings with us and his clients. Another panelist, a businessman specializing in IT, said that out of all 14 years that he's been teaching Strategy Formulation/Implementation (thesis class for business majors), ours was the best product he's ever seen. The first panelist also said that it's among the top 3 products he's seen as a panelist for the last 3 years.
The second panelist complimented me in particular, saying I have an eye for design, as I designed our product. They both suggested we patent it (imagine, me, a patent holder?!), and get people investing in our start-up. They said they were both willing, even, to do that.
I am beyond thankful and beyond amazed at how well it turned out. That's another notch under my belt! My baby for the last 9 months has come to life, finally!
In the post-defense celebration at ROKU, we also divided some of the profits. :P I hope I'll forget about them so that I'm not tempted to spend anything until my Japan trip in June.
For you, Ria of the future, who forgot what you did these last months of your college life--you slept a lot, you ate a lot, you did a lot of job hunting (congratulations on your pre-graduation job offers!), money earning, and youtube watching. And you decided to reward yourself with a rather impulsively bought ticket to Japan. Haha. May this be the first of many self-funded (or not) trips to come!!
11 SCHOOL DAYS LEFT!