1. From reading through my posts this semester it is evident how much I have grown in my entrepreneurship skills and even my writing skills from this course. I think one of my strongest assignments was one of the first ones that we did in the class, “Your Entrepreneurship Story”. It was fun to think back on a time that I was an entrepreneur and didn’t even realize it. I also really enjoyed creating my customers avatar, that was a creative assignment that didn’t even feel like homework. I think I dreaded assignments that were more tedious like completing a second venture concept / Idea Napkin, just because although there were some minor changes I was basically doing the same thing because of a lack of constructive criticism that I had received. I really dreaded doing interviews, those were my least favorite just because they felt awkward and sometimes as though the interviewee didn’t really care.
2. I think one of the first assignments, “Forming an Opportunity Belief”, stuck out to me as extremely formative because it taught me how to identify opportunities in the real world that I may not have been thinking about before the course. An experience that I will remember years from now is reading Ray Kroc’s book, Grinding it Out. This book taught me a lot of lesson and fun facts, such as just because you’re older doesn’t mean you can’t start a new venture, which is a piece of advice that I will take with me from this course. My most joyous experience was completing the “Identifying Local Opportunities” assignment. It really made me dive deep into what was happening in the news locally and allowed for me to learn new things about my community, I enjoyed doing that type of research. I was most proud of being able to complete my bug list in this course, that assignment really made me think and stumped me a few times. It isn’t every day that we have to come up with identifying problems around us, so it is much harder than you would think.
3. It’s hard to see myself as an entrepreneur right now because I feel like my young age is holding me back. Which is probably just an internal obstacle that I need to overcome. However, after completing the assignments, I definitely think I have become a young entrepreneur because of the skills I have learned and tasks that I have accomplished through the course. I also think that I have moved much closer to developing an entrepreneurial mindset, I have become more able to adapt to changes and challenges thrown my way since the beginning of this course.
4. The one recommendation that I would make to students taking the class is to focus on a venture that you are truly passionate about because the entire course will stem from that one idea. To preform best I would recommend really trying on the assignments and taking the course seriously, it is easy to think of the class as an easy A but to get something out of it and perform well you need to think of it as more than that. To foster this mindset, I would recommend watching lectures to hear what Dr. Pryor has to sat because it will teach you a lot about creating this mindset.
ReplyDeleteHello Nicolette,
As always, I think you did a great job on this assignment. It was an apt reflection because I think that you’ve definitely grown throughout the semester as an entrepreneur. Your recommendations for future students were quite useful and well-said. The picture you included in your post was really cool. Overall, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!
I definitely resonate with your reflections on doing the interviews. Even though I know it was a good learning experience, I felt pretty awkward contacting interviewees and conducting the interview. I couldn't agree more with your recommendations that students try their best on the assignments and choose something they care about. I also really liked the lectures and thought they were way more engaging than those from some of my other classes. I've enjoyed reading your posts throughout the semester. Good luck with all of your future plans!
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