20a. I'll leave out the obvious Karl Marx reference to Capital here

With the old adage "It's not what you know, it's who you know," it would make sense to find people in the industry who may be of some help to make this whole project into a well oiled machine.

A Domain Expert

The domain expert I've met isn't someone who is in the business of privacy, but does work on clarifying the issues over privacy technology and advocating for it. I had met him on Twitter, as he was interested in some of the field that I was as well when it came to certain privacy technologies. I messaged him in his DM's and being still relatively young, he and I had some fun talking about and sharing memes with each other. when talked about physical hardware for privacy he was not the most knowledgeable but knew many people in the field he works in that would be interested. Considering he is a well known advocate for privacy technology in a field where it and operational security are taken very seriously, any means of possibly having him bring exposure or marketing to my product may be a major boost to my brand name.

The Market Expert

The market research expert I met also doesn't directly sell to my consumer audience, but is a Product Development manager for a news media corporation and does constant demographics research for his own company. I had met this individual at an alumni panel where UF graduates came back to talk to students about the field and give advice and mentorship. I started to talk with him about journalism in general, and soon after we talked about general product development and he explained some things I could use to further understand target demographics and how to help further research.

Industry Supplier

An old friend of mine from back home is a wholesaler who deals with electronics parts and small scale electric boards. We knew each other from being in the neighborhood and consistently seeing each other and talking when picking up our mail at around the same time. I approached him by text about sourcing materials, and he was kind enough to point me to some online resources that can connect me with manufacturers who may be able to produce what I envision for my product. Having them as an advisor for trying to find my first manufacturer or supplier can be a great help in not getting caught with too many options.

Networking

I dislike the term networking. I personally dislike the taking of social gatherings and 'optimizing' them for productive means for our own goals. I have had success with networking events before, but i made networking secondary to my initial goal of simply meeting interesting people that I could have a conversation with. This wasn't super different from other times I have met and gotten to know people, but it did open me up to new people and perspectives.