1) Throughout this semester I’ve experienced the highs of my assignments, like completing my first assignment very early with plenty of time to spare, coming up with a great venture concept for the rest of this semester, coming up with other products my business could bring, receiving helpful feedback I’d use for every one of my elevator pitches. I’ve also experienced some lows, like forgetting to include audio of my interviews in my secret sauce assignment, rushing to complete an assignment the morning its due, or staying up late for an assignment when I’m very tired, a big low for me was missing cupcake 7 because I thought it was due on Monday instead of Friday.
2) The most formative experience would be coming back almost every week working on my elevator pitch, now I know how to get the attention of a business in ninety seconds formally. The experience I’ll remember is creating such a valued venture out of nothing, it came from my heart and turned out great. My most joyous experience through this course was interviewing friends and family about me and hearing their honest feedback. The experience I’m most proud of accomplishing is completing this class, it was one of my first classes to complete coming back to UF and I’m relieved I kept up with it.
3) I think I see myself as an entrepreneur a little bit, I’ve definitely moved closure, with the skills I’d learn every week and being put into a situation where I created something that meant so much to me.
4) A recommendation to the future student is to actually read the books from the reading list, especially Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, because looking to these other entrepreneurs can really inspire you. What I recommend they do to perform best is to work ahead, watching the videos earlier in the week and completing the assignments weeks ahead, not waiting last minute the day everything is due, it gives room for if they fall behind to still be on track and gives them time. To foster their mindset they need to take these skills to the real world now.
Hey Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI loved the image you chose to use, as it was the same one I chose as well! I also agree with you on the fact that practicing the elevator pitch was something that helped me tremendously as time went on throughout the course. It allowed me to be more confident with my product as well as with my skin. Your reflection was very similar to mine, and goes to show the important activities that promoted growth from this course. Great Job!