I really enjoyed this class and thought from the beginning that this blog concept was going to be really interesting. I enjoyed being assigned other students blogs and reading about their business ideas. The only assignment I thought wasn't productive at all was the free money assignment. I think that the class could be a little bit more differentiated the second half of the semester because some of the assignments were duplicates of the previous ones and I wasn't able to learn much past doing them three times.
The experience I was most surprised about and ended up enjoying the most was the customer interviews. I was very proud that I accomplished them but they also broke down a lot of barriers that I thought stood between a potential product and the market. When you are hearing first-hand constructive criticism on your product, it can be very inspiring to think that you could potentially be selling this product to someone.
I don't necessarily consider myself an entrepreneur just yet because I haven't officially created the product. I moved forward with an idea but until that idea becomes a reality, I still consider it to just be an idea. I definitely feel like I have moved closer to developing an entrepreneurial mindset, I plan to continue looking for problems that I can think of a solution for that I might be able to sell to someone in the future.
I would recommend doing all of the assignments even if you don't see the benefits of doing them. You might find from doing some of the assignments that you thought would be unproductive that you actually ended up learning a lot from. In order to succeed in this class the best advice I can give is to do all of the assignments and really try to help others excel by giving quality constructive criticism.
Hey Robert !
ReplyDeleteI agree with you one hundred per cent! I also believe that when taking this class the student should complete all assignments even if he or she does not see a benefit coming from it after all the student might just find out that by doing the assignments he is interested in some concepts of entrepreneurship and later on might just start his own business. Also we might not be an entrepreneur just yet and most of us won't even be an entrepreneur later on but at least we are creators of an unique idea that might blossom into something bigger !
keep up the good work ! have a great summer!
feel free to see my final reflection:
http://vifrasier.blogspot.com/2016/04/final-reflection-week-15.html
I think you bring up some great points about the class. I particularly agree with your recommendation to future students to do all the assignments even if you do not see the immediate benefit you may get from them. It was often these assignments that I learned the most from. I think more constructive criticism would help the class along as well. Don’t be afraid to offer a critique! Here is my reflection http://mrufent.blogspot.com/2016/04/final-reflection.html
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