Tara took ES 95r, taught by Paul Bottino (great guy) which allowed you to work on your start-up. I came to one or two classes and talked with Paul a couple times, as well as worked on the things Tara was doing for class too.
read moreSoftware Development
- Front-end onboarding for App State, Brown
- Scraping for Brown course info
- Minor edits of Coursicle.com
- Started researching Facebook authentication/login
- Auto-load scroll on Penn
- Clarified UI via labels
- Designed and tested load on calendar
- Improved mobile experience
Marketing
- Facebook messaging students at Penn, Notre Dame, Duke, etc. to gauge interest / need
- Emailed newspapers at Brown and Penn. Success with Penn and was interviewed for article that was published.
- Emailed >20 listservs at Penn, App State and Brown
- Interviewed, hired and coordinated with Brown campus representative
- Helped develop introductory materials for campus reps at ND and App State
- Coordinated Facebook posts on Class of 201x Groups
- Designed Coursicle ad (email) – main method of marketing
o CTR 15-25% (super high, standard is ~3-4%)
Business Dev
- Changed from ClassChef à Coursicle
o Polled class, friends & family
- Call with Williams registrar Barbara Casey, sent follow up materials
- Demoed services for Guilford, Haverford, (Gonzaga – was cancelled due to their technical problems)
- Fielded concerns from Elon w/ contract, communicated with our lawyer about how to respond to their suggestions, revised contract
- Helped Joe design SEARUG presentation to University registrars
- Handled security concern/threat from Brown CIO w/ Joe and lawyer
- Social scheduling feature made top priority
| Population | Users | Sessions | Avg Session Duration |
App State | 16,000 | 2098 | 3448 | 16:58 |
Brown | 6,000 | 1074 | 1361 | 6:43 |
Notre Dame | 8,000 | 1258 | 2021 | 22:53 |
Penn | 9,000 | 1396 | 1741 | 5:57 |