1) Read through your blog from this semester. Recall all of the experiences you've had a long the way -- the highs, the lows -- the fun moments, and the moments of drudgery, and even the moments of dread.
Throughout the semester I have learned a lot about entrepreneurship and just as much if not more about myself. I learned that failure is not necessarily a bad thing. Failing is the ultimate way for us to learn what works and what does not work. Minimizing the risk when failure occurs can an important factor when it comes to a venture. I also learned that my own hard work and tenacity can help overcome failure and setbacks. The best assignment was reading the book on the Wright Brothers. My least favorite assignments had to have been interviewing people, bu those got better and easier throughout the semester.
Throughout the semester I have learned a lot about entrepreneurship and just as much if not more about myself. I learned that failure is not necessarily a bad thing. Failing is the ultimate way for us to learn what works and what does not work. Minimizing the risk when failure occurs can an important factor when it comes to a venture. I also learned that my own hard work and tenacity can help overcome failure and setbacks. The best assignment was reading the book on the Wright Brothers. My least favorite assignments had to have been interviewing people, bu those got better and easier throughout the semester.
2) What sticks out to you as the most formative experience? The experience that you'll remember years later? What was your most joyous experience? What experience are you most proud of yourself for accomplishing?
The most formative experience was interviewing for any of the assignments because they allowed access to people that could tell you more about what you needed and what problems they saw that others did not. Years later I will always remember creating the venture concept and the ideas and criticism involved. Most joyous experience was reading the novels on entrepreneurs and business. My most proud experience was my elevator pitch and continuing to make it better each time.
The most formative experience was interviewing for any of the assignments because they allowed access to people that could tell you more about what you needed and what problems they saw that others did not. Years later I will always remember creating the venture concept and the ideas and criticism involved. Most joyous experience was reading the novels on entrepreneurs and business. My most proud experience was my elevator pitch and continuing to make it better each time.
3) At the beginning of the semester, I mentioned that I wanted each of you to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. And we repeated the mantra -- I am an entrepreneur. Now, at the end, do you see yourself as an entrepreneur? Do you think you have moved closer to developing an entrepreneurial mindset?
YES and YES. I feel that I have all the abilities and mindset to be an entrepreneur. I can accomplish any task, can see unmet needs, develop a solution, find out if it will work, research, and develop skills to make the business a success.
YES and YES. I feel that I have all the abilities and mindset to be an entrepreneur. I can accomplish any task, can see unmet needs, develop a solution, find out if it will work, research, and develop skills to make the business a success.
4) What is the one recommendation you would make to the students who are going to journey down this path in the future? What would you recommend they do to perform best in this course? What would you recommend they do to foster that mindset?
I would recommend that students enter the course with a can do attitude and to pursue each assignment not as a class project but as an actual venture they were going to start. TO perform best make sure to have great time management skills and be out going. To foster this mindset, do something out of your comfort level; talk to a stranger or do something that makes you uncomfortable like heights.
I would recommend that students enter the course with a can do attitude and to pursue each assignment not as a class project but as an actual venture they were going to start. TO perform best make sure to have great time management skills and be out going. To foster this mindset, do something out of your comfort level; talk to a stranger or do something that makes you uncomfortable like heights.
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