I think we definitely want to try to get as much marketing help as we can!<div><br></div><div>I think we need to find out if we get into the Ed TechBusiness forum first. At this point all we need is a 500 word blub.</div> <div><br></div><div>I'm sure we can think of a marketing project, ideally we would talk to the students and find something that matches their experience and passions.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Caroline<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:51 PM, John Tierney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtis4stx@hotmail.com">jtis4stx@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div> Hi Sean & Walter,<br><br>Wanted to know if their is interest in putting forth a marketing project for<br>this fall's Marketlab? <a href="http://web.mit.edu/marketingclub/marketlab/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/marketingclub/marketlab/</a>(See Below)<br> <br>Walter, I know on IRC you mentioned that Babson College <br>was doing some work in this area. Could use this Marketlab <br>opportunity to put together the Sugar Labs presentation for:<br><br>Innovation Incubator Program at our annual Ed TechBusiness Forum, taking place this year November 30-December 1 in New York City.<br> <br>Please let me know either way so I can alert Tripti at Marketlab of<br>our intentions.<br><br>Best-<br><br>John Tierney<div class="im"><br><br><hr>From: <a href="mailto:tthapa@MIT.EDU" target="_blank">tthapa@MIT.EDU</a><br> To: <a href="mailto:jtis4stx@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jtis4stx@hotmail.com</a><br></div>Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:08:15 -0400<br>Subject: RE: MIT Sloan Marketlab<br><br> <div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2">Hello John</font></div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma">I was wondering when you will be able to send a description of the project for Marketlab. I will be happy to chat with you and discuss any ideas you may have.</font></div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma">Thank you</font></div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma">Tripti</font></div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div> <div style="direction:ltr"> <hr> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> John Tierney [<a href="mailto:jtis4stx@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jtis4stx@hotmail.com</a>]<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:56 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Tripti Thapa<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: MIT Sloan Marketlab<br> </font><br> </div> <div></div> <div>Hi Tripti,<br> <br> Just wanted to check back in with you to see about getting Sugar Labs<br> as part of the process for Fall projects.<br> <br> Your Guidance Would Be Appreciated!<br><font color="#888888"> <br> John Tierney<br> #248-613-7392</font><div class="im"><br> <br> <hr> From: <a href="mailto:tthapa@MIT.EDU" target="_blank">tthapa@MIT.EDU</a><br> To: <a href="mailto:jtis4stx@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jtis4stx@hotmail.com</a><br> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:19:38 -0500<br> Subject: MIT Sloan Marketlab<br> <br> <div> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Hi Jo</span><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">hn</span><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"></span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"></span> </p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Jennifer and I put in an enormous amount of time and effort soliciting projects for MarketLab and promoting it to students. We received a surprisingly low number of applications and six different projects are left without a team. It appears that students are extremely worried about internships/jobs given the state of the economy and they are putting extra time and effort into job search which they would have happily spent on MarketLab during normal periods. For that reason, we were not able to assemble a team for the S</span><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">ugar Labs</span><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"> project this semester. </span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"></span> </p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Thank you for your interest in working with MarketLab and thank you for your time. We will soon be looking for projects for the fall and if you are still interested, I am happy to reconnect then. I am hopeful that we will have a much better experience in the fall. Please feel free to email me or call me at 508-878-0112 if you have questions/concerns. </span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"></span> </p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Thank you</span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Tripti</span></p> </div> </div></div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Marketing mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div>