1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations?
I thought that it was really interesting that a major reason for lack of strategic planning by the entrepreneur is the lack of trust that the entrepreneur has towards employees and consultants. The entrepreneur doesn't want to let their secrets go to a person that may go behind their back and use them or sell them to someone else. I was also really surprised the Facebook was initially named Facemash and was used to rate the attractiveness of females at Harvard.
2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
I didn't really quite understand the entrepreneurial strategy matrix. I think the author could have used specific examples relating to the graphs instead of generalities.
3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
I would ask the author if they could give specific examples of the entrepreneurial strategy matrix in action, such as when a company has decided to perform one of the functions due to circumstances. I would also ask the author about the best methods to transition from a entrepreneurial role to a managerial role to grow the company, as they said it was very difficult.
4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
I don't necessarily disagree with anything the author said, most of it seemed like factual information that I had general knowledge of from other business classes. This question is pretty strange when reading a textbook because I think there would be some pretty serious issues if I disagreed a lot with the author.
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