Seed Home Log
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Fri Sep 25, 2020
Hello again. Hope all is well with you and the family.
You should contact @scottsdamssays, the Dilbert creator, about your design. One of his current obsessions on his Periscope podcast is a small, well-designed, affordable, easy-to-construct home. That’s YOU!!
I’ve tried to send him a DM in Twitter but without success.
Sat Sep 5, 2020
Added WAAM to Seed_Home_2_Business_Plan#Product_Manager-Based_Budget because it still fits well in the minimum 430 person budget. It is low hanging fruit based on the 1" Universal Axis and Universal Frame which will already be used in the large 3D printer.
Thu Sep 3, 2020
- Pivot: Not hippies for the enterprise/ose track - but Business Opportunity packaging.
- Question: for our package, this is not 'real estate investing' - this is actually building. Is that too far off into the world of physical production to make it impossible for most?
- Business opportunity definitely aligns with OSE Product - we are defining the product, so if we are solving housing, then we are on-mission.
Wed Sep 2, 2020
- Parametric house design - for customization. Digitized - this is a great aspect for automating delivery. WikiHouse is good at it. Hire the boyz.
- Pivot: building entrepreneurs don't want to learn. Young people do. Young people do not have money. Need to fund them. Solution: the Promo Video of All Time, showing how one goes from a 3D printer to CNC torch table to build tractors to build a house.
- Critique of Epic Promo of the Century - it will get people excited, but not think they can do it themselves.
- CM solution: simple video where you get convinced that you can also build a house. No bearded bikers please. CM - excited to see a woman building a house.
- 2 videos needed: epic entrepreneur will like the epic video. But make epic video second. First is OB video.
- Clients we HAVE TO GET. Entrepreneurs - not really necessary. We can hire them and crash course teach them.
- CM can do a custom job in 2-4 days.
- Goal is how to get people - and retain them.
- Maybe its 1000 people to weed out to get to 500.
- Catarina estimates 50% deep challenge on regulation: flood plain, Florida coast, sandy, hurricane grade. Fire zones.
Tue Sep 1, 2020
CM Critique of sponsorship: that adds a whole level of complexity, and make a hard project even harder. Not only do we have to prepare the program, we need to raise money for sponsorship.
$25k to sponsors. Need to justify cost: absolutely! Build houses, 3d printers, tractors. Learn collaborative design.
Also - many corporates need one year.
Summary so far: Young guys, the potential idealist movement entrepreneurs - who don't know that in a business, more money has to come in than leave - will want the program, and they are eager to learn. Not industry-standard entrepreneurs or seasoned builders. They are established and think they know better. Gary, Dan, Brett, Drew, etc. Nobody thought that our method was superior.
Another thing: Side by side comparison added to budget.
Good point - additional OSE Fellows can be sourced globally.
Mon Aug 31, 2020
Pivot: building entrepreneurs don't want to learn. Young people do. Young people do not have money. Need to fund them. Solution: the Promo Video of All Time, showing how one goes from a 3D printer to CNC torch table to build tractors to build a house.
Critique of Epic Promo of the Century - it will get people excited, but not think they can do it themselves.
CM solution: simple video where you get convinced that you can also build a house. No bearded bikers please. CM - excited to see a woman building a house.
2 videos needed: epic entrepreneur will like the epic video. But make epic video second. First is OB video.
Clients we HAVE TO GET. Entrepreneurs - not really necessary. We can hire them and crash course teach them.
CM can do a custom job in 2-4 days.
Goal is how to get people - and retain them.
Maybe its 1000 people to weed out to get to 500.
Catarina estimates 50% deep challenge on regulation: flood plain, Florida coast, sandy, hurricane grade. Fire zones.
