Assignment 30A – Final Reflection




·         What sticks out to you as the most formative experience? The experience that you'll remember years later? What was your most joyous experience? What experience are you most proud of yourself for accomplishing?
o   I think what sticks out as the most formative experience were the elevator pitches. For the first elevator pitch, I was admittedly very nervous because it required me to put my self out there and show a side of myself that I did not even know I had. After the first elevator pitch, they became very enjoyable experiences because I had learned so much from the experience itself and the feedback I received from other students. I am most proud of myself for accomplishing those elevator pitches and it helped me gain more confidence in my abilities.
·         At the beginning of the semester, I mentioned that I wanted each of you to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Now, at the end, do you see yourself as an entrepreneur? Do you think you have moved closer to developing an entrepreneurial mindset?
o   after taking this class I have realized that everyone is an entrepreneur. I think that the essence of the human spirit is having that urge to create something new and fulfilling unsatisfied needs in some way shape or form. I think that while everyone has the potential to be an entrepreneur in a sense, I think it is also something that you have to work towards and build if you want to be a successful entrepreneur. I think that I have certainly moved closer to developing the entrepreneurial mindset, I just have to go out, gain experiences and learn to deal with the eventual failures I will have and turn those failures into successes.
·          What is the one recommendation you would make to the students who are going to journey down this path in the future? What would you recommend they do to perform best in this course? What would you recommend they do to foster that mindset?
o   The one recommendation I would have for students that are going down this entrepreneurial path in the future is to learn to embrace failure. I think failure is absolutely necessary to develop your skills and eventually be successful. I think for them to do best in this course is to develop time management skills and try to think like an entrepreneur when completing these assignments. To foster this mindset, I think that the students just need to look at things from a new and wholly unique perspective.

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  1. Tory CohenApril 24, 2020 at 10:20 AM

    Hi JC! I was also very nervous to complete the elevator pitch assignments as I have never done anything like it. However, with the multiple times we did it I definitely felt more confident as I now had a good idea of what to expect. Having the positive feedback from classmates definitely helped and allowed me to get better every time. It is something to be very proud about. Good job this semester!

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