My Entrepreneurship Journey

28A -   Exit Strategy             In five years I will be ready to sell off my business idea. I hope that in five years my business has obtained steady growth, making it an appealing investment. Owning a company comes with many responsibilities and a lot of hard work. I think that the experience of being a business owner will give me skills that I could take into the workforce. I choose this exit strategy because I know where my passions lie, and unfortunately it is not with this company. I enjoy working in large teams of people and having the opportunity to travel to different parts of the world. My business model would not allow me to achieve this, thus I must move on and start a new endeavor.             I think having this exit strategy in mind made me think of my product in the short term, rather than thinking about what innovations I could ad in ...

27A – Reading Reflection No.3 Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 1) You read about an entrepreneur: The thing that surprised me the most about Steve Jobs and this book was learning about reality distortion field (RDF). I always knew that Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who made remarkable things happen, but I never knew that there was an explanation for the reason he was able to get things done. This book taught me that RDF was a term originally used in Star Trek to describe how aliens created their own new world through mental force, which is an analogy for how Jobs was able to get anything done through his mindset and charisma.       I think Steve’s ‘RDF’ and his charisma is what I admired the most. He was able to inspire his team of people to accomplish anything they set their mind too. He charisma made his employees want to succeed and do well. While Steve Jobs was truly an incredible person, the one thing I do not admire about him w...

26A – Celebrating Failure Over the years I have learned that failure aids us in many ways. I have experienced many forms of failure, as many people my age have. Recently I have dealt with academic failure. When I first became a student at the University of Florida I was expecting the academic success that I received in high school; I was an honor roll student all four years and graduated in the top bracket of my class. Academics has also been my strength. However, as I am progressing into my major, I am taking classes that are far more challenging than I could have expected. At first this came as a shock to me. My first ‘failing’ grade on a test was this past semester. I called my parents distraught, I thought my academic career would be ruined and that I would have to change all the plans I had for the future.             My failing grade was a wakeup call for me. I realized that this first failing grade was...