1. This semester went by extremely fast! This was my second semester here at UF and it definitely went by quicker than the first. I was more involved with things such as, E-Club, working out, and working at the dealership more often. This class has it high and lows throughout the semester. I remember a couple times I missed assignments because of the infamous 9 P.M assignments due time and dreading to go out and record people for my assignments. Looking back I think this class has really helped me here at UF. The 9P.M due time has made me take care of some assignments early and better my time mangement. The assignments have all helped me in some way. Interviewing customers and other people taught me how to get public opinion on ideas. I find myself asking random people what they think of my business idea I just came up with. Looking for opportunities comes a lot easier to me now because my entrepreneur mindset has really developed in this class.
2.The hardest assignments this year has to be the Venture Concept because it required me to really scope into my venture and plan it out as if I was opening this business in the upcoming future. The experience I will remember a couple years from now is probably interviewing customers. Some moments were funny, awkward, and enjoyable.
3. My entrepreneur mindset seed has definitely been planted this semester! Everyday I think of something that has to do with entrepreneurship. I always seek to find a solution to a problem by creating an idea or asking others if they think my idea will work. This class has 100% facilitated my entrepreneur mindset by the assignments we had to do.
4. Some recommendations I have for students taking this course next are to be diligent when performing these assignments because they can get overwhelming when your always behind and doing everything last minute. Spacing your time with the harder assignments makes the class a lot less stressful. To develop a entrepreneur mindset you have to be very open minded. Stick to an idea if you think its really good but be open to improvements or even trashing your idea entirely. This will leave room for a new idea to blossom because failure is going to happen you just have to handle it properly and learn from it.

Peter, I didn't know there were any other students in the car business! Like you, I tended to struggle with the 9pm deadline (especially since working late is the norm in our industry). I'm glad you found a way around it, and you were able to take away something useful from this class. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to take a lot of positive lessons from this whole course.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. The time management of all the assignments were hard but highly doable. I also commend you for balancing all of this with a job as well. (It's hard.) I love that you're more comfortable talking to strangers about your business idea. This is the first step is understand the need within our society.
Good job!
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