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		<title>Comment on RIT48: Postmortem by Rob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like an interesting experience!  I also love the logo, would like to hear more about the business.  I run a roommate matching software company through Facebook and always looking to get to know others in the field.  Let me know if I can be of help if you decide to move forward with the project.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like an interesting experience!  I also love the logo, would like to hear more about the business.  I run a roommate matching software company through Facebook and always looking to get to know others in the field.  Let me know if I can be of help if you decide to move forward with the project.</p>
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		<title>Comment on RIT48: Postmortem by Lee Drake</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee Drake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You guys did a great job.  What made your team really shine was a clear concise layout, a thorough business plan with financials and a clear monetization strategy, and the CORE FUNCTIONALITY of the website was DEMONSTRATED THOROUGHLY.  You personally did a fantastic job with the overall branding and design.  The thing that I hope all the teams learned from your success is that an entrepreneurial product is made by not just a programmer/designer, and not just a business person - but a thorough and equal contribution from both sides of the team.  

As you also pointed out - you guys solicited feedback, and asked for help.  Too often developers creating a product believe that only they can solve it - getting help from the outside room, doing research and tapping into professionals outside your field of expertise are key parts of building a great entrepreneurial product.  No one person, and no one team can possibly have all the answers - you need to be humble enough to step outside when you need additional information or assistance and ask for it.

Hope you all had fun, learned some stuff along the way and made some friends for future endeavors - that&#039;s what college is all about after all :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You guys did a great job.  What made your team really shine was a clear concise layout, a thorough business plan with financials and a clear monetization strategy, and the CORE FUNCTIONALITY of the website was DEMONSTRATED THOROUGHLY.  You personally did a fantastic job with the overall branding and design.  The thing that I hope all the teams learned from your success is that an entrepreneurial product is made by not just a programmer/designer, and not just a business person &#8211; but a thorough and equal contribution from both sides of the team.  </p>
<p>As you also pointed out &#8211; you guys solicited feedback, and asked for help.  Too often developers creating a product believe that only they can solve it &#8211; getting help from the outside room, doing research and tapping into professionals outside your field of expertise are key parts of building a great entrepreneurial product.  No one person, and no one team can possibly have all the answers &#8211; you need to be humble enough to step outside when you need additional information or assistance and ask for it.</p>
<p>Hope you all had fun, learned some stuff along the way and made some friends for future endeavors &#8211; that&#8217;s what college is all about after all <img src='http://www.blog.katarina-loughlin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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