BridgeComm

Elevator Pitch: BridgeComm connects the world of software engineering research to its daily application in industry, breaking down barriers in collaboration and accelerating innovation by joining the minds of those who discover and those who do.

• Concept: A specialized platform that enhances collaboration and knowledge-sharing between software engineering researchers and practitioners.
• Objective: To create an engaging ecosystem where software engineering research is easily accessible and discussed among practitioners and researchers.
• Solution: Develop a platform that not only aggregates and presents recent research findings in a user-friendly format but also facilitates discussion, feedback, and collaboration.
• Revenue Model: Freemium model with basic access for free, premium features for heavy users, and subscription plans for academic institutions and companies.
• Target Market: Software engineering researchers, practitioners, academia, and tech companies.
• Expansion Plan: Start with software engineering, then expand to other fields of STEM, integrating tools for real-time collaboration and building a community of experts.
• Potential Challenges: User engagement, quality control, and establishing credibility within the academic and professional communities.
• Customer Problem: The gap in communication and knowledge-sharing between software engineering researchers and practitioners.
• Regulatory and Ethical Issues: Intellectual property rights, data privacy concerns for users and research participants.
• Disruptiveness: Disrupts traditional academic-publishing models and tech professional networks by prioritizing real-time, cross-disciplinary collaboration.