Final Reflection

1. I actually think the most formative experience I have had in the class was writing down my "celebrating failure" exercise. Though it didn't have much entrepreneurial vibe to it, I learned ALOT by sitting in my room, writing my blog post, and reflecting on the negative experiences that I have stumbled on in the past. I never really celebrated my failures, I just cried, and tried to move on. This class forced me to reopen wounds as I wrote down my failure, but also forced me to write what I learned. That was really powerful. I will take that lesson on my entrepreneurial journey throughout life. Failure is looked at in such a negative light, but when you take the time to really think about it, it becomes the biggest opportunity to learn and celebrate. Thank you for providing me with this time of reflection- I truly thought it helped me grow as a person.

2.) I am most proud of my accomplishment of getting my name on Google. I had no idea that through constant posting and commenting, my work would actually appear on the top page results as #3 when someone searched my name and entrepreneurship. That is really freaking cool. By reflecting on that exercise, I learned pointers on how to refine my search and expand my network on Google as I take these experiences with me. I learned that you should use key words and phrases constantly when trying to get your brand out there. Some might think that is a "duh" statement, but I didn't subconsciously do it when I was writing my posts. So in the future, I am going to implement that tool to enhance my brand name when people look for me on Google.

3.) I hands down think I moved toward an entrepreneurial mindset. I set goals, I met them. I was afraid of failure, I conquered it and stepped out of my comfort zone. To be an entrepreneur is way more than creating a business idea. It is about tenacity. These assignments have built stepping stones to unveil my potential as a future entrepreneur and business leader in the world I am about to step foot in after the next couple of years.

4.) For the students down the road, take this class seriously. At the beginning of this class, I felt like it was a lot of busy work (sweet no exams, no reason to put effort in this class). However, I found that mindset really changed, subconsciously, as I went through the exercises. I started putting more thought into my idea. More people started reading my concept and liked it. More comments started appearing on my work. And before you know it, I am here, with many contacts in the real world, and students who helped me tweak my idea to something that could potentially be feasible. I would encourage future students to REALLY keep an open mind. This class really changed my perspective on entrepreneurship, and it was also an outlet from my other more math class to express myself and my ideas- not to be confined from exam to exam, lecture to lecture. You really will learn a lot, so go for it! Don't be nervous to step out and just go for it. I am grateful I did.