Reading Reflection No. 3

1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?

- The general theme of this book was to explain how quick we as humans are to assume something before we actually look at the big picture or thinking through the process carefully. 

2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

- This book made me start to think about things slower and like I said above, look at the whole picture and not just a certain spot. It allowed me to think about things with more detail and understand certain things better. 

3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

- Having an exercise where students look at a problem, equation, idea, etc. and analyze it. Look at the situation for 5 minutes and here the thoughts of all the students and see how similar and different the responses are. 

4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?

- The fact that the author uses nearly 500 pages to list examples of how we can learn things on our own with different learning styles and perspectives. 

Final Reflection

I think what I will remember most was my bug list. This was something that was somewhat difficult for me to think of and after reading over it, these things still bug me. Years later i can look back on this and I would like to see if the same things are still bothering me or if i have grown to ignore them. I am proud of myself for accomplishing an elevator pitch and trying to self s product with my own ideas. I do not exactly see myself as an entrepreneur at least comfortable calling myself one because I found some of the assignments difficult and i struggled coming up with certain ideas. I do believe I have moved a little closer to that mindset but I still have a ways to go. For future students in this class, I would recommend staying on top of your school work. Complete the assignments because you will learn from the experiences and you will become more comfortable around people and speaking to your peers.

Reading Reflection No. 2

1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?

- I think the general theme of the book is to have a system instead of goals. Focusing on a system will allow you to achieve goals. Focusing on a system will let you achieve small goals day by day. 

2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

- What I realized while reading this book is that success is not going to come overnight. This connects to what we are learning in class. In class we are being taught to get out of our comfort zone, talk to people and share our ideas, be critiqued on those ideas, and then start over and take that advise and apply it to our idea. Scott Adams failed more than most and he still succeeded. 

3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

- I like the idea of having a system instead of goals. I would have the class come up with there own system to use daily. This will allow them to not focus on a goal so much but instead allow them to achieve smaller goals by using their system. 

4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?

- I think the biggest aha moment for me was, what do I want? What is the Price I am willing to pay to achieve this? These are two thing that we think about all the time but we never know the answer to this question. Figuring out an answer to these two question will allow us to be successful. 

Halfway reflection

This course requires you to be very open about your self and it definitely makes you get out of your comfort zone. While taking this course I have realized it is best to just be yourself and speak your mind. I do not enjoy interviewing people or having to ask an extensive amount of questions. But, you have to get past that and do it for yourself, for a grade and to better your personal skills. 1 tip, get ahead of the work. 2. Make sure to be comfortable with and around other people. 3. Be creative!

Reading Reflection No. 1

1) You read about an entrepreneur: Steve Jobs

• What surprised you the most? I did not know that jobs was a ad student. As smart as he was, he hated school and going to classes. It is crazy how someone so smart can dislike school as much as Jobs did. 
• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire? Steve Jobs was a weird guy. He didn't care about what people thought about him. He was always looking for ways to make a dollar off something. He knew he was intelligent and he had great ideas but he was waiting for the right opportunity to show up for him. 
• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire? He would sometimes take others ideas and creations and claim them as his own. 
• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it? Jobs was demoted to non-executive chairman of the board and was no longer allowed to control any of the projects. He continued to fight for what he wanted his company to be and no matter his position, he made sure to get his idea thrown in the pot. 

2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? Jobs had a remarkable imagination. He visioned the best for his company. He was also passionate about what he wanted for his company and the projects he was working on. 

3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you. I don't understand why Jobs would not run the business himself. Obviously with the help of others in certain areas. But, Jobs be the head man.  

4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why? 1. Why did Jobs feel that he was too immature to run Apple himself? He was a genius, running a company should be that hard. Its crazy that a guy with his attitude didn't think he could run a business. 2. What other ideas did Jobs have other than the Macintosh? Were there other designs or ideas in making this great computer? I think it would be a cool thing to know. 

5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion? I think Steve Jobs opinion of hard work is having charisma and being excited in what ever it is you are working on and trying to achieve. Working hard to make your product the best on the market. 

Tweaking the Innovation

Product: A portable mosquito repellent device for off road vehicles that plugs into cigarette lighters.

1. Revenue Drivers: 

The product itself: I can introduce the item through commercials and ads on the computer.

The refillable cartridges: I can introduce this item through advertisement on commercials and on the computer.

The Deet: I can advertise this item through mosquito spray and tv commercials.

2. The product: tangible

The refillable cartridges: tangible

The Deet: Tangible

All three of these items can be advertised through social media, commercials on the hunting and fishing channels and through off road vehicle advertisement commercials.

Elevator Pitch No. 1

For my opportunity I have decided to focus on a portable mosquito repellant device that plugs into cigarette lighters on off road vehicles and can be mounted anywhere on the vehicle. The name of the business will be "Bug Off Portables"

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