Name: Heidi Wong
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Occupation: Visual Designer - Production
Marital Status: Engaged
Hobbies: Drawing, reading, traveling, working out
Residence: Austin, TX
Residence: Austin, TX
Heidi Wong is a young professional living in Austin, Texas. She works for a lucrative start-up company called RetailMeNot, which has begun to garner national recognition since its IPO and aggressive acquisitions of competitors within North America and Europe. She spends long hours at work and spends a majority of her free time on freelance projects that allow her freedom to unleash her creative spirit. She and her fiance, who also works in the same industry, hope to one day open their own graphic design company. As such, she is always connecting with people on LinkedIn to keep lines of communication open and to hear of possible business opportunities.
9-6 during workdays, a few hours on the weekends
What do you typically use a computer for?
Work, email, shopping, reading, updating my portfolio, updating tumblr, messaging, reservations, calendar
How much time do you spend on social media?
A minute every other day for posting a drawing on tumblr, 5-10 minutes if I'm using linkedin or glassdoor. I also browse twitter, instagram, and pinterest for 5-30 minutes every now and then.
What do you usually your mobile phone for?
Email, reading feeds, twitter, tumblr, linkedin, glassdoor
How often do you use your mobile phone for the internet?
Everyday (email app, hangout, and chrome browser)
How often do you use your mobile phone for social media?
Every other day
Roughly how many apps do you have downloaded in your mobile phone?
85
What kind of apps are they?
Finance, travel, job search, coupons, local (to Austin), games, file management/cloud, photo, stocks, news, feeds, video, audio, art making, amazon, shopping, fitness, recipes, learn a new language
Do you use LinkedIn/have a LinkedIn profile?
Yes
Are you familiar with FourSquare or the 'check-in' functions on Facebook?
Yes
How often do you go on business trips by yourself?
I have the option of going once a year to a design conference.
How long are these business trips?
3 days
What are some things you dislike about solo business traveling?
The potential of having to travel with some of my coworkers and not having downtime or the ability to network. Eating alone. Leaving my partner at home. Not having time to explore a new city on my own because my schedule is too tight. The possibility of having to go somewhere without the convenience of public transport. Filing lengthy expense reports.
Is expanding your business network important to you?
Yes
How willing are you to meet new business professionals for leisure activities while traveling? Why or why not?
Yes, if they are willing to talk to me. I'm concerned that no one wants to meet with me because my position is junior. I would also worry about personal safety if I am traveling by myself in a city I'm not familiar with.
If you are willing to meet new business professionals, are you more apt to have them approach you or you to approach them? Why?
I think I would prefer to have some one to approach me. I'm at the bottom of the visual design food chain, so I assume that it would be rare for some one to want to take time out to meet me.
If there was an app that allowed you to meet business professional for leisure activities, how interested would you be in using it?
I would be interested. I think it would be great for meals.
Additional comments
Maybe a filter for food or activity(vegetarian, fast-food, coffee, bars, etc).
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Occupation: International Student
Marital Status: Single
Hobbies:Singing, Dancing
Country of Residence: China
Country of Residence: China
Dan Xiao is a Senior, Finance major
student at Ohio State University. She will go into business world directly
after she graduated, so she is active on Linked In. Originally, she comes from
Northern part of China. Although she did not get any business trips
experiences, as an International student, she travels from China to the United
States alone for four year. The transition places are usually different
including Korea, Japan, Los Angeles, and Chicago…etc. She needs to spend half a
day to a day at the transition place each time.
1.
How often do you use a computer?
Everyday
2. What do you typically use a computer for? E.g.,
shopping, social media, email, art projects, etc.
Social Media, Shopping, Email, Watching Drama, News
3.
What percent would you guess you use a computer for
social media?
50%
4.
What do you usually your mobile for? E.g., email, phone
calls, games, etc.
Email, calls, texts, social media, games
5.
How often do you use your mobile for Internet?
Everyday
6.
What percent would you guess you use your phone for
social media?
70%
7.
How many apps would you guess you have downloaded in your
phone?
About 40 apps or more.
8.
What kind of apps do you typically download?
All popular social media, games, tools, music apps.
9.
Do you use LinkedIn/have a LinkedIn profile?
Yes, I do.
10.
Have you ever used FourSquare or the 'check-in' functions
on Facebook?
Yes, but only a few times.
11.
How often do you go on business trips by yourself?
Never. Have not graduated yet. But I did traveled alone
for many times.
12.
How long are these business trips?
None Experience.
13.
What are some challenges you face as a solo business
traveler? e.g., dining alone, not knowing where to go, etc.
Unfamiliar with the city, no friends, confused with
traffics, and no entertainment places to go.
14.
Is expanding your business network important to you?
Yes, network is always important to business people.
15.
How willing are you to meet new business professionals
for leisure activities while traveling? Why or why not?
Personally, I ‘d like to meet variety of people with
different backgrounds. But it will be helpful to know more people with similar
backgrounds.
16.
If you are willing to meet new business professionals,
are you more apt to have them approach you or you to approach them? Why?
I am not good at starting a conversation with strangers,
but if new business professionals approach to me, I’d like to know them.
17.
If there was an app that allowed you to meet business
professional for leisure activities, how interested would you be in using it?
Yes, of course. it will be a great social media app.
18.
How interested would you be in using it in your home
country?
The app might have a hard time developing back in China
since they do not have similar apps, people may not be familiar with it. But it
will definitely have a good future once people start to use it. Personally, I
would like to use it anywhere in the world if the app gets that popular.
Name: Michael Black
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Occupation: Business Analyst
Marital Status: Single
Hobbies: Sports; bars in downtown Chicago
Current Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Michael graduated from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University three years ago. After some experience with General Mills and Scottrade, Michael now works with General Electric as a business analyst in Chicago, Illinois. Living in an apartment in the heart of the city, Michael spends much of his free time in the local environment. He enjoys hanging out at local bars and watching sports. Michael has met many friends since moving to Chicago, and continues to grow his relationships, both personal and professional.
1. How often do you use a computer?
Everyday,
at work. I have a laptop too at home; I don’t use it that much though, usually
just my phone.
2. What do you typically use a computer for? E.g., shopping, social media, email, art projects, etc.
At GE I use the computer to do daily work, analyzing data.
When I’m at home I usually use my laptop to go online, so Facebook or
ESPN mostly. I use it to send emails a lot, too. Sometimes I shop, usually on
Amazon.
3. What percent would you guess you use a computer for social media?
Probably something like 30%
4. What do you usually your mobile for? E.g., email, phone calls, games, etc.
Mostly texting and Twitter, really, and some other social media like
Facebook. I check my emails during the day, too.
5. How often do you use your mobile for Internet?
I use apps for pretty much everything on my phone. I only usually use
the web when I need to Google something.
6. What percent would you guess you use your phone for social media?
Like 60%
7. How many apps would you guess you have downloaded in your phone?
Probably 50 or something, I’m not sure.
8. What kind of apps do you typically download?
Uh, mostly social media I guess, and sports apps. I have productivity
apps; Google Drive. Oh, and music apps.
9. Do you use LinkedIn/have a LinkedIn profile?
I have a LinkedIn. I don’t use it as much now that I have a job. I used
it more at OSU when I was trying to network and stuff.
10. Have you ever used FourSquare or the 'check-in' functions on Facebook?
I’ve never used FourSquare. I use the Facebook Check-In sometimes
though, usually when I go cool places with friends.
11. How often do you go on business trips by yourself?
I go on a trip probably once a month for work, not usually by myself
though.
12. How long are these business trips?
Uh, most of the time like 3 days
13. What are some challenges you face as a solo business traveler? e.g., dining alone, not knowing where to go, etc.
I usually go with one of my bosses, but they’re all older, so I don’t
hang out with them much. So I guess it gets pretty boring. I don’t really go
out or anything, just stay in my [hotel] room. Sometimes I walk around, depends
where I’m at.
14. Is expanding your business network important to you?
I guess kind of. I like meeting new people, and I guess I could cross
paths with again in the future, so it’s good to have that network.
15. How willing are you to meet new business professionals for leisure activities while traveling? Why or why not?
I don’t know, that might be cool I guess. I feel like it’d be kind of
weird, not knowing them and then just meeting up. I guess it depends on where,
or who it is.
16. If you are willing to meet new business professionals, are you more apt to have them approach you or you to approach them? Why?
I have no idea (laughs). Usually we’re just introduced, so I’ve never
really though about it I guess.
17. If there was an app that allowed you to meet business professional for leisure activities, how interested would you be in using it?
I’d probably try it out. See who else is around, or see what there is to
do. I don’t know if I’d feel comfortable enough to really do it though.
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