My First Mentor Meeting

I met with my mentor on Sunday for the first time to discuss a SMART goal. We both agreed that a realistic goal would be to be finishing the testing process for the road signs. While this arduous process goes on, we will be marketing the product as well as attempting to have the CalTrans California road signs handbook include our sign in their list. Their approval and subsequent inclusion in their book would give us a seal of validity and provide us with much needed exposure to potential clients. Inclusion in that handbook would help us market the product; however, we will need to stay in contact with those interested because most will need details on exactly what the sign is and can be used for because it will be a recent addition to the handbook. When we embark on our journey of testing the sign, we will need to be talking with CalTrans to be included in the new edition of the handbook.
From now until testing, we will need to finish the initial design of the road sign and send that off to manufacture prototypes which can then begin the testing process. We expect that we will need to make changes to the design after the testing.
We have a lot of work before prototypes can be manufactured because the initial design process is still ongoing. We are attempting to think out the design as much as possible in collaboration with some other sign companies so we can avoid common pitfalls in the testing process.
Our first meeting was all planning, and this planning is necessary so we can have a plan to follow along the way. My journey officially began on Sunday and I am very anxious to begin the process of building up a business.