Final Reflection

1.) Recall

2.) To me, the most formative experience of this class has to be all the interviews we had to do with potential customers in our segment. Honestly, I lost count of how many people I actually talked to for this, and I know without a doubt I’ve gotten a lot comfortable going up to people and asking their opinions on things (i.e. new business ideas). As for the most joyous experience and the one I’ll remember years later, I really loved the “What’s Your Secret Sauce?” assignment where we had to interview 5 people close to us and record what they said our particular human capital is. It was just a really memorable experience in my mind. I’m probably most proud of myself for just coming up with a business venture and fleshing it out and refining it week after week with the assignments. Typically, if I have a cool idea, I just say it out loud, acknowledge that it’s cool, and then drop it there. So to stick with this for a number of weeks made me proud of myself.

3.) Now that we’re at the end of the semester, I still don’t quite see myself as an entrepreneur, but I do see myself as someone with the potential to become one. Currently, I have a lot of moving parts in my life and my plate is already really full as it is, but after this class I now feel like I have the tools where if I wanted to later on down the road, I could definitely get something going on the entrepreneurial field. As a result of this class though I think my mindset has evolved from a little bit naive about business in general and has in fact, moved towards a more entrepreneurial approach. 

4.) One recommendation I’d give to students going down this road in the future is to dream big and think outside of the box. Many of the really cool ideas I’ve come across this semester I never would have even thought about if I hadn’t take two seconds to get out of my own bubble and just to think “what if”. To perform best in this course, the only thing I can really say is to plan ahead. Because if you don’t, it will ABSOLUTELY come back to haunt you. And finally, to foster good mindsets for this class, share ideas. Understand that not much is off the table. And realize that if you want it to, this class can absolutely take you places.