30A - Final Reflection

I thought the most formative experience was creating the venture concept. At this point in the class it was exciting to finally tie in every other exercise we had completed throughout the class to one final assignment. In addition, I was able to see why the other assignments were meaningful and how each one connected with each other to lead to this final assignment. I enjoyed taking my product from just a long shot idea to working through various angles and figuring out what works and doesn’t work. I could see myself in the future actually designing this product and trying to make it work.

I do think that I have developed an entrepreneurial mindset. Many classes in the business school does not require you to think outside the box and I believe that I developed a great new mindset to approaching problems.

One recommendation I would make to future students is to really think long and hard about what you choose to be your entrepreneurial idea. You are going to spend a lot of time planning this idea out and if you chose something that you are not interested in it is going to make this class miserable for you. I was happy I chose a product that I was interested, and the assignments were a great way for me to think my idea through.  

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Comments

  1. Sharay PichardoApril 23, 2020 at 5:23 PM

    Hi Michael

    I enjoy reading your final reflection it was a very interesting perception I like that you can see yourself pursuing the concept that you created for this class. Moreover, I think just like you I don’t think I developed an entrepreneurial mindset but that this class help you to think outside the box. It did that for me as well. For the section of recommendation for this class, I agree with you future students need to really think long and hard about their entrepreneurial ideas. Great final post.

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  2. Joseph PlotkinApril 27, 2020 at 12:15 PM

    Michael,

    I agree with you that you need to pick an opportunity that interests you. In the beginning of the semester I chose a topic that to be honest I was starting to think of ideas for. However it didn't really interest me like my ICEE idea. I was much more motivated to complete the assignments knowing that my opportunity was something that interests me. I also agree with you that the most formative part of the semester was being able to create our own business. We really were given the opportunity to think creatively throughout this semester and I had a fun time learning.

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