Final Reflection

Throughout the journey of this course, I have had many successes and many failures. However, none of them came without struggle and determination. Learning entrepreneurial skills was definitely one of the highs of this class, while putting yourself in uncomfortable situations with strangers was one of the lows.

The most formative experience thus far was probably the Venture Concept exercise(s). This taught me to think outside the box with my own idea, and learn how to expand something simple into something extravagant and great. The experience I will remember years down the road will be the Celebrating Failure exercise. This exercise just so happen to come during a point where I was experiencing a small failure in another course. I learned that you just cannot be good at everything, and that is ok and normal. Everyone is going to eventually find something they are bad at in life. Celebrating Failure was also my most joyous assignment I completed. I am most proud of myself for completing the Elevator Pitch assignments. This is because putting your full idea into words in under one minute is very challenging, and I often find it difficult to describe something complex in a simple way. This assignment taught me to express my thoughts in a more concise way and it learn to speak in a way that is best in entrepreneurship.

I see myself as an entrepreneur now after taking this course. My mindset is definitely more entrepreneurial now than it was at the beginning of the semester. My idea are now thought of more for their long-term effects and benefits. I also try to make my ideas as unique yet practical as possible.

For any student who is going to be taking ENT3003, the single, most important piece of advice I can give is to start early! I often found that when I started assignments ahead of time, my quality of work was higher and I felt more at ease. If I messed up, I had time to go and correct my mistakes. If I waited to complete the assignment on its due date, I always felt my work could be better and I focused more on just turning it in on time than I did on if I did the best I could. For the past month and a half, I have completed all assignments about 4 or 5 days before its due date in order to provide my best content. I also noticed that many other students had this same problem and stated it on their blogs. Many of my peers considered not completing assignments due to time constraints their biggest weakness in the class. In order to foster an entrepreneurial mindset, I suggest that future students make decisions regarding their venture as if it were real. They should ask themselves "will this make my venture better in the future?" or "is this the path I want my business to go down?". This will get anyone into the right mindset to be successful not only in the class, but as an entrepreneur.