Very Short Interview, Part 2

For this exercise, I would like you to revisit that first conversation you had with an entrepreneur. In that initial interview, you asked an entrepreneur three questions. Now, revisit this interview and think about the questions you asked and the answers they provided you. From where you stand now, what is your impression of that initial interview?

I have a good impression from the first interview, it went well and made a friend and potential employer if I ever decide to get into car sales.  I enjoyed learning about his experiences from being loaned money from family and how that affected his business and relationships.

Second, visit the entrepreneur again. Record the interview if possible. The three questions you ask this time are entirely up to you. Let your experiences in this course drive what questions you ask -- and that will be very different for each of you! 

I could not record the interview as I called him and asked him how his business was going.  He told me that he leaves most of the work to his son but he gives input on growing the business all the time.  They have recently been spending more on advertising on television and have been considering doing more online marketing also.  I told him about my product and he wasn't too impressed, he questioned me on who I thought would buy such a product and I explained to him that it would be mostly apartment tenants.  He conceded that he didn't know much about renting since he had been in a house since he was young.  Lastly, I asked what would be a good business to get into now and he said that it should deal heavily with computers, as most cars today are becoming less engine, more computer.

Third, after the interview, try to gather some sense of how far you have come in this class. In your post, discuss your comfort level in talking about entrepreneurship in this interview now, compared to three months ago. Did the entrepreneur convey a sense that they thought you had progressed in your journey?

I didn't specifically ask if he thought I had progressed, but he did congratulate me on graduating this month.  The most important thing I learned in this class was the ability to find marketable solutions to people's problems.  I think this skill will benefit me throughout life in whatever career I get into.  I feel very comfortable speaking about entrepreneurship because I learned a lot about surveying customers about potential products, which turned out to be a lot of fun.