Final Reflection

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.

Where I start with my blog is the very fact that I hated the idea of having a blogger blog since it would force me to be signed into my YouTube account while I worked. Aside from that, most of my posts were much longer than they were supposed to be. The high of the class was when I finished the video interviews while the low was missing an assignment as it was too complex for the time it was assigned in, Spring Break. The fun moments were creating outlandish and crazy venture ideas while reviewing the assignments of my friends. Moments of dread came from outlandish assignments and otherwise, inane thought experiments.

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?

My most formative experience is speaking with people in the video interviews as it was awkward to speak with unknown people. The experience that I will remember for years to come was creating venture ideas because I will pursue them to my greatest extent. My most joyous experience was realizing my venture idea was a failure, an utter complete disaster. It freed me to look at things differently. I am most proud of myself for accomplishing all the assignments on time.

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 have always been an entrepreneur as I see a way to try to make profit. The mantra was quite elementary in that it supposed that I had no experience as an entrepreneur. At this point, I am still what I was: an entrepreneur. I have not moved closer to a state that I am already in.

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 they think out their responses and ideas and to do that much work that is required of them. I would recommend them to actually do their assignments a few days in advance to not get caught up in a sudden problem. I would recommend they create calendars to do this and plan out accordingly.