Project: HEAT REGULATING SHOES

Interviewer Name: Imran Singh                Interviewee Name:  Shokat Shokat

Interviewer Pin No.:  141774671173                  Interviewee Pin No.: 747051878431

Team: 51&56                        Date: 18th September 2020

Introduc7on: (Deﬁne the ques7ons)

Ques7ons (Minimum of 5):

1. What is your profession?

2. What inspired you to come up with this product idea?

3. Can you describe what exactly you felt at that 7me?

4. 4.Did you talk to the people there about it and does it trouble them

the same way it did you?

5. So, what exactly are you trying to achieve with your product?

6. Can you manufacture this on your own?

Answers:

1. I am a University student pursuing Bachelors of Technology in Compu7ng.

2. One summer, I visited a snowy area for a vaca7on. I found it really hard to

walk on snow when I had to go outside there because it is really cold out  there. My feet went really numb rapidly due to cold and I was puzzled at the  fact that people there have to go through this all the 7me.

3. It’s like you are detached from the ground. You can barely feel your feet and a

pain starts to really trouble you. Walking becomes a hard task with your feet  numb. It’s just a bad experience.

4. Yes, they face the same problem everyday and it’s a really daun7ng task for

them to do it on a daily basis.

5.  We are trying to make shoes that can change the temperature that your feet

are at. Like if it is really cold out there, the shoes with the help of a hea7ng coil  powered by a rechargeable ba[ery produce heat enough to make you feel  warm and stops producing heat if the temperature is normal.

6. Quite frankly no. Quality to me is really essen7al, so I am pairing with a

renowned company that deals with thermal research and makes products and  coils for heat genera7on and also a shoe making company.

Get to know the en7re story: (Which ques7ons help to understand the hopes, fears and mo7va7ons of the interviewers)

Ques7ons (Minimum of 5):

1. How hard do you think it is to manufacture this product?

2. Is there anything that you think is a diﬃculty in manufacturing the

product?

3. What if the product doesn’t a[ract a[en7on that you think it would

do?

4. Is large scale produc7on and exporta7on manageable for his

product?

5. What will be the future/value of the product 5 years down the line?

6. Do you fear that there might be any compe7tors?

Answers:

1. I wouldn’t say it is easy but it isn’t really that hard too. Now, that I have a

company that helps me use its resources and in the development process,  with proper eﬀort put in, I really think we could pull it oﬀ.

2. Yes, the management of space in the shoe and the weight of the shoe. As the

coils that we are using in the shoe are quite big to ﬁt in, it is a diﬃcult task to  make sure that the shoes are not heavy and large to wear.

3. I am pre[y sure it is going to get a lot of a[en7on but if it does not, we need

to market it on large scale so that people would know about it. I am sure if  people get to know about it, they will be tempted to try these shoes on.

4. Yes, we trust in our partners and really think they are capable of producing as

many shoes we need to as per the demand.

5. I believe it will s7ll be a hit in the market because aaer 5 years there is s7ll

going to be snow there right? And people need protec7on from the cold too.  So, it is clearly evident, it will s7ll have the same demand.

6. We are aiming to get our work  patented so that no one copies the base of it,

thus gebng rid of any compe77on.

Conclusion: (Explain what happens with the answers and thank the Interviewee for the discussion)

Well, that concludes this interview. It was a pleasure to hear from you  about the product and honestly I am excited to see how the public  receive this. Personally, I think it is going to be a revolu7onary product  and wish you all the success in the world. Thank you for your 7me!

I appreciate that. Honestly, I have had a great 7me being here and talking with  you. I hope to you meet you soon aaer my product launches in the market.  Thank you!

