30 Final Reflection

 1. Going through old post from this semester, I remembered how uncomfortable it was for me to interview people and communicate. I dreaded doing work that I thought was unrelated to my major, and I didn't enjoy doing a lot of the assignments. I was able to have some fun with this class though. I enjoyed coming up with ideas and using my creativity to find opportunities for products and services. I remember I had an idea for a car bumper for ducks that stayed in the street that I thought was funny. However, there were more practical and logical opportunities that I thought of that trumped the 'duck bumper'. Nevertheless, looking back on the work for this class, I realize how useful most of the assignments are to developing professional, business, and communication skill sets and how I should have taken them more seriously. Staying home doing classes every day quickly led to burn out and me stressing over seemingly endless school work. 

2. To me, the most formative assignments were the first few ones where we had to conduct interviews with our target audience/ prototypical customer. These assignments helped me with developing personal skills and communication skills. I don't think I'll remember it for years, but the skills I learned will certainly help me in the future. 

3. Although I do not see myself as an entrepreneur, I do think I have come closer to having an entrepreneurial mindset.

4. My recommendation for other people who want to take this class or develop an entrepreneurial mindset is to create and rehearse an elevator pitch. An elevator pitch really encompasses many skills that are important to becoming an entrepreneur. It forces the person to really know their business and the goals that they have for it, it also relies on how a person delivers and communicates it. I also recommend that for anyone who wants to take this class, 3 assignments a week piles up, not including the replies and cupcake quizzes.