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.
This was a class unlike any I have ever taken at the University of Florida. There were so many moments where I would look at the assignment and know that I was not going to like doing it but had to force myself to. I thought it was fun that the class was set up so differently and it was nice to not have exams to study for. I feel like you really can't learn entrepreneurship from a book and the best way is through experience.
This was a class unlike any I have ever taken at the University of Florida. There were so many moments where I would look at the assignment and know that I was not going to like doing it but had to force myself to. I thought it was fun that the class was set up so differently and it was nice to not have exams to study for. I feel like you really can't learn entrepreneurship from a book and the best way is through experience.
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?
I am really proud of myself for completing any of the assignments where we were asked to go out of our comfort zone and either record ourselves or talk to people that we did not know. I will forever remember recording my elevator pitches and conducting customer interviews. Those helped me to get over talking to new people and being less camera shy.
I am really proud of myself for completing any of the assignments where we were asked to go out of our comfort zone and either record ourselves or talk to people that we did not know. I will forever remember recording my elevator pitches and conducting customer interviews. Those helped me to get over talking to new people and being less camera shy.
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?
I definitely think I have learned a lot since the beginning of the semester. I now know how hard it is to start a venture and that there will be many hard times but in the end it can lead to great success.
I definitely think I have learned a lot since the beginning of the semester. I now know how hard it is to start a venture and that there will be many hard times but in the end it can lead to great 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 take this as seriously as they can and not wait until the very last minute to complete the assignments.
I would recommend that students take this as seriously as they can and not wait until the very last minute to complete the assignments.
I definitely agree that entrepreneurship is best learned experientially. I think readings from the book was *sorta* helpful, though I liked the readings we did from the articles much more. Overall, however, the most I learned, I learned from doing. Developing an idea and seeking feedback on it; learning to thicken your skin when someone pricks at the idea... all of that is really valuable experience and it helps prepare us, I think, if we ever decide to do this for real.
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Great job! I agreed with you on many of the final reflection points you mentioned. Experience is the best road to entrepreneurship, and I definitely feel that those experiences that you felt most uncomfortable doing were the ones that ended up defining how you viewed yourself as an entrepreneur in the end. I think you acquired many of the traits we are expected to have as entrepreneurs throughout the course, and I think we both could continue in our entrepreneurial pursuits with the things we learned in this class.
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