Halfway Reflection

For the ENT students reading this: congratulations to those who have kept up the good work and are still persevering through this course!
For the others: please continue reading if you're interested in taking this course.

     Throughout these past few months, I have learned a lot of things. Never be fully persuaded that the market needs your product or service if the consumer sees no need for it. Never be unwilling to hear constructive criticism on your product. Never create an app as an entrepreneurial venture. More than all these, never give up on your idea. Even when you have to modify, change, or re-haul the entire thing, do not give on your ideas.

     Principles of Entrepreneurship taught me to be tenacious in chasing down opportunities. Not to become a pester, but to be wholeheartedly persuaded that I can and will do what it takes to make my dream a success. ENT showed me that I can be flexible with what I believe to be the value in my company because it will be different for the consumer. It showed me that this journey is somewhat about the ability of the product to solve a real and present problem, but more so it depends on how much and how far I am willing to go to make this product a reality.

     In the past, when I feel as though I want to give up, it was never something one really can quit. For example, when I have been completely okay with dropping out of college to fulfill my lifelong dream of being an electrician, I have been pulled through by family and friends along with my own desire to be a successful person in life. Throughout the past months here at college, I believe that I have gained a tenacious attitude about life. No one class or club contributed much to my change in attitude as much as simply being sure that life will be good regardless of what my own feelings about it are. This entire college experience has assured me of the fact that the sun will set on today and tomorrow will be different.

     To anyone looking to take this class, I offer a few tidbits of advice. 1) Be forgiving with yourself if you get an assumption wrong; this entire process is trial and error. 2) Remind yourself that not every "no" is worth listening to, you will probably hear many of those, but don't take them to heart and stay strong. 3) Don't ever ever try and create an app for a business idea, no matter how good the idea is.

    Best of luck to you!