Final Reflection

After look back at all my posts from this class, it surprises me on how much work I have actually put into this! It was neat to see how my posts changed and showed how I became more and more comfortable writing on my blog.

So the few posts that really stood out to me and have become my best work in my opinion are my bug list, identifying local opportunities, idea napkin no. 1, elevator pitch no.2, and growing my social capital. The bug list was one of my favorites because I found out a lot about myself and what bothers me and what I can do to fix them. Afterwards, the idea napkin and elevator pitch work was something that I had to put a lot of time and energy and thought because it made me think like a true entrepreneur, and that was something I had never done before.

In regards to whether or not I feel like and entrepreneur, or think of myself as one, I will have to say that no, I don’t think I am an entrepreneur. I took this class as an experiment for myself to see if business could be the place for me, or if maybe entrepreneurship could harbor my creative spirit. In the end I did learn a great deal, and I was pushed to think in a different mind-set than what I was used to, and because of that I learned a great deal. However in the end, I know that as of now business is not the place for me, and perhaps being an entrepreneur is not what I am looking for at the moment. It could be a possibility though in my future, and I don’t want to discard the ideals I learned from this class.

Some simple words of wisdom to future students of this class: do ALL the assignments, and have no FEAR towards assignments that ask for you to talk to strangers. I always just avoided those assignments because I didn’t want to go and talk to strangers, but now I wished I did because I would have gotten more points for my overall grade, but also I believe I would have gained a lot more if I were to have gotten out of my comfort zone and spoken to people for the assignments. So advice for the new comers, don’t be shy and don’t have fear towards being out of your comfort zone, because in the end doing it will only help you grow.