Hey everyone! We’re back for week 2 of building AnyMeans, a community platform for entrepreneurs, from scratch! For anyone that missed our first post, AnyMeans will be a place where current and aspiring entrepreneurs can collaborate with people that share their interests, share projects and motivate each other, and get connected to vetted mentors for 1-on-1 coaching sessions. We're fresh college graduates and this is our first entrepreneurial journey, so come along for the ride!Week 1Last week we began by creating a business plan and personas, talking to our network of entrepreneurs and learning their frustrations, building a barebones placeholder website, and building out our MVP and social media presence. It’s been an incredibly fun and eye opening experience so far, so without further ado, here’s what we accomplished this week!Last Week (Week 2)Building the MVP*Please excuse the placeholder images and text\*Added functionality to the profile page. This includes being able to upload a profile picture, edit your bio, add social links, and your skills.Coming soon: A "projects and experience shelf" where you will be able to showcase experience you have, add a portfolio, or show past and current projects. This will show others at a glance a) that you aren't lying/ exaggerating your expertise or experience and b) if a potential partnership, mentor relationship, or networking opportunity would be mutually beneficial.The ability to create posts. Right now, this just encompasses text posts with attachable media such as photos and video. However, we are looking at being able to showcase projects through posts and short term posts wherein you can post daily/ weekly goals (allow your network to hold you accountable and support you).Ability to follow people and see their posts. If you are impressed by someone's entrepreneurial experience or some projects they have built, you can follow them. This will allow you to see posts they make, invite them to join your network (form a private group to talk, motivate each other, exchange resources, talk about short and long-term goals and more) and schedule video calls.Search function. This allows you to search for other users on the platform to follow.Building Interest From EntrepreneursReached out to around 100 entrepreneurs on social media. This includes people on LinkedIn, Youtube, and Instagram. Most entrepreneurs the last two platforms had between 1000 to 10,000 subscribers or followers. Told them about what we're building, asked them for feedback and features they'd love to see, and asked them if they'd like to beta test when we launch! We received around a 50% response rate, and the vast majority were positive and open to trying it out. Great!Next Steps: Continue building out the roster of interested entrepreneurs, work with them and communicate features and progress and receive feedback. This week we are hoping to drastically scale the outreach and talk to hundreds more.Next StepsContinue building out the MVP. Build the features discussed above such as a showcase section, the ability to share projects through posts, and a private group functionality. Let me know if you guys have any suggestions for other features as well!Create a sign up system that is passed to us so that entrepreneurs and mentors signing up can be vetted. We want to ensure people are looking to add to the community, and will verify experience.Talk to more entrepreneurs, garner interest and get feedback. This is so important to ensure the platform is useful to those that use it. Furthermore, we are hoping to host AMA's from entrepreneurs on the site where you'll be able to learn and ask questions about their journeyForm a cohesive social media strategy. Plan out posts and themes, and commit to a regular schedule.Build the main landing page and blog page. This also entails diving into UI and graphic design.If you are still reading, thanks so much! It has been a great two weeks, and we're so excited about seeing the MVP start to form. Talk to you all next week! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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