What sticks out to me as the most formative experience is definitely creating a venture concept. For me, this assignment was the most challenging and thought provoking. I had to really think about my business opportunity and apply it to the real world. Creating the venture concept allowed me to think about numerous factors, and it created a more holistic approach to guiding my opportunity towards success. In the beginning, I felt lost and confused, but after thinking about each section for some time I believe I created a very well thought out plan. This was definitely a major learning experience, and provided me with the ground work for future plans of my business opportunity. This assignment was challenging, but after completing it, I was proud and joyful about my opportunity.
At the end of the semester, I now see myself more as an entrepreneur. I have definitely moved closer to adopting a entrepreneurial mindset. I have found my self thinking more about opportunities and the steps toward success in other daily activities and tasks as well. This course has allowed me to think critically about outside events, which will benefit me in the long run.
My one recommendation to future students of this course would be to stick to the assignments and go in with a positive mindset. These assignments will strengthen one's business idea and allow the student to create a path towards success. The assignments may be time consuming, but are all important in improving the opportunity. To perform best in this course, I recommend creating a clear schedule to allow oneself to not get behind. To foster this mindset, think professionally and actually act like this is your job - you want to handle your business idea like it is a legitimate plan that you need to sell to others.
Hi Dylan,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that peer feedback was crucial to succeed with this course, and the venture concepts, and that the interviews were the roughest part of the course. I definitely struggled finding people to interview. I also see myself as more of an entrepreneur following this semester as these assignments have taught me to think critically, and giving valuable feedback to others has let all of us think of how to make many ideas work, not just ours.
Hi Dylan,
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that you made it to the end. I appreciated the fact that you were always on time with your assignments and in most instances, you worked ahead, which allowed me to do so as well. I agree with you when you wrote that one of the more annoying aspects of this class was the interviews that were required. While I understand that they are a valuable part of the process when starting a business, they were a little irritating for this class. Good luck on your future career path!