FIRST produces tons of entrepreneurs and founders, and has even more attracted to the program as mentors. I’m excited to be able to introduce a few of them through a collaboration with @Tyler_Olds and FUN! The show will feature a panel of FIRST alumni/mentors that have either started a side gig, or a full fledged company.
The show will take place on Wednesday, February 10th at 8PM EST on FUN!
We will be relating our real world entrepreneurial experiences back to the Innovation Challenge, and offering advice that will be useful for teams participating in the challenge. The content in this show will also be valuable showing students that the skills they’re learning in FIRST are directly applicable to real world opportunities.
Our panelists will include:
Tyler Olds (FUN) @Ryan_Dognaux (1720)
Trent Callan (1746/971) @JamesCH95 James Cole-Henry (95) @scottkdavis Scott Davis (2052)
Ryan Swanson (4607) @ShelbyA Shelby Anderson (1619)
If you have any questions for anybody on the panel about their entrepreneurial experiences, or any questions related to the Innovation Challenge please post them in this thread and we’ll attempt to answer them on the show!
From an entrepreneur point of view, how does @tcallan feel about the renting market in the different places he’s lived, and how has that influenced his thoughts on landlords?
Just to clarify real quick- my day job is with Auris Health/Johnson & Johnson, which is linked here since a lot of what I do is directly related to the innovation challenge.
I also helped to create Hayes Health, which is a pre-revenue project that we just went through this exact process with and I’ll also reference in the discussion!
@Tyler_Olds can confirm but I would expect it to be!
@waialua359 that’s super cool to hear! I’m honestly really excited to hear everybody’s answers to the questions we have lined up. Hopefully if this goes well we can do more of them with other founders/entrepreneurs in FIRST!
General promo: FIRST has become a fantastic hub for entrepreneurs. Join us live 8pm on Wednesday February 10th at Twitch for Founders in FIRST where we bring on entrepreneurs who are in FIRST to provide their stories and experiences of what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Live Q&A as well.
We have some awesome giveaways lines up including custom cookies, services and components!
Companies representing the panel: The Thrifty Bot, Auris Health, Hayes Health, COR Robotics, QONQR, Shelby Rose Baking Co, Grasshopper Machine Werks
These are component, mobile game, health, baking, education and manufacturing companies.
Nom Nom Nom. These look amazing and a dozen could be yours and customized to your liking if you check out our Founders in FIRST panel tonight at 8pm eastern at https://twitch.tv/firstupdatesnow . We have entrepreneurs that are all FIRST alumni/mentors on to talk about their business models, successes and failures with an open Q&A!
Other giveaways if you watch live including 2 $25 product vouchers to thethriftybot.com and a 2 hour gift card/voucher good towards any labor or services at grasshoppermachinewerks.com
Thank you to all of our panelists especially @Ryan_Swanson for coming up with the idea for last nights show. If you didn’t get a chance to watch our pilot for Founders in FIRST with our entrepreneur panel check it out at https://youtu.be/d_RcfpL9wyA
