Final Reflection

New Beginnings

Déjà Vu:

I’ve had many formative experiences in this course. My most formative experience was growing my business idea. Looking over my blog at my elevator pitches, idea napkins, and venture concepts made me think about how I grew. My positive and negative feedback helped shape my ending concept and goal. Everyone’s perspectives helped me figure out what I was passionate about. These experiences will lead me to remember them for years to come. I will also keep a blog in order to gain valuable feedback, and insight from my audience on the World Wide Web. My most joyous experience was creating my idea napkins. Which is funny, because it seems like my audience enjoyed that experience the most as far as my Google Gold award goes. I loved doing that assignment, because sometimes I have a million ideas in my head. It’s nice to just throw my ideas out there like doodling a drawing. It helped me reflect, and figure out what I was missing, and how I can improve. My biggest accomplishment is my venture concepts, and my unfair advantage. My venture concepts made me work through every detail of my business plan. It was a lot of work, but exciting to see it all coming together. It also gave me epiphanies of new ideas while working through that assignment. My unfair advantage was a proud accomplishment, because it helped me write down my strengths and weaknesses. It made me realize what skills I had, and the ones I forgot I had.

 

The Mindset that started it all:  

"Entrepreneurs don't wait. They act. And they don't quit.

Entrepreneurs fail. A lot. But in this forge of failure, entrepreneurs sharpen their edge, ready to face the future.

Entrepreneurs thirst for negative feedback. Too much praise leads to complacency, while criticism provides clues to improve.

Entrepreneurs work harder. To pursue their own lives. To improve the world around them. To build a better future for themselves, their families, and communities.

I am an entrepreneur."

I am an entrepreneur!

I really have moved closer to an entrepreneur mindset. This course revealed my passions, and skills. In the beginning, I was afraid to post my thoughts out there, because of criticism. However, the mantra is right. Criticism gives me the clues to improve! My positive and negative feedback really did help me improve, and shape my decisions for my venture. I loved obtaining insight from everyone. In fact, I did thirst for negative feedback. This is because I wanted improvements. I’m always looking for ways to make things better. The negative feedback made me change point of views. In the end, I geared my product to improve people’s lives. In the end, I’m taking initiative on things, and be fearless. Fearless of rejection.

Recommendation for the Future:

            For future students who will be taking this course, I recommend the following:

v  Recite entrepreneur mantra once a week. It’s a great motivator.

v  "And while imagining a better future, let's also imagine a better self. Unless we give our power away, we are in charge of creating our future." Vlad Zachary (Sometimes you have to go outside your comfort zone to strengthen your soul.)

v  "If you could change your future and achieve all of your goals by simply thinking about it, of course it would be perfect." Joshua Pope (You have to put the work in to achieve your goal. There are no shortcuts.)

In order to perform your best in this course, you must just have fun. Don’t worry about what others may think. Just put your thoughts out there. Your thoughts could bring grand epiphanies. 

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