Rockettech - An Entrepreneurial Tech Club (NWOET 2014)
Transcript of Rockettech - An Entrepreneurial Tech Club (NWOET 2014)
An Entrepreneurial Tech Club
Website: www.rockettech.org
Twitter: pg_rockettech
Overview
● Tech Club as a small businesso Web Design
o Video Production
● Real World Experiences
● We EARN the money.o donations are warranted for quality, not pity.
Our Structure
● Each client project has a “Project Lead”o Makes all final decisions
● Donation driveno Contracts (Donation Pledge)
o Started with existing tech lab PC’s
Where Does the $ Go?
● Monetary decisions from studentso Reinvest?
Equipment
Travel?
o Unprofessional Uses
M&M’s?
o Consequences of decisions
Benefits to Students
● Good on resumè/scholarship appso Service Projects
Teacher Websites
Community Tech Conference (CTC)
● Real world experienceo Business concepts not typically taught
scope creep
contract negotiations
Benefits to Businesses
● Tax deductible
● No-risko Original Agreement protects both parties
o Cycle of Improvement to final product
● Public Relationso Customers like businesses invested in the schools
o Actually helps Rockettech/P-G
● Redefining expectations of schools
Services
● Webo Custom Price Quotes
o We build it, you update it (with free training)
o Only ongoing cost is hosting
● Videoo Custom Price Quotes
o DSLR camera, 3-pt lighting, HD Drone, Premiere
Pro Editing Suite
Past Work
● Webo PCCIC
o PCL sports history
o Pandora Methodist Church
● Videoo STNA Nurse Training
o Putnam-County Courthouse
o Celebrate Recovery