I believe the most formative experience of the semester was the Bug List exercise. Of all the assignments completed, this was one that really challenged me to think differently about the things I do, see, and experience every day. While I would not call it a “joyous” experience, reading How to Fail at Almost Anything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams was the thing I most enjoyed. I started a challenging new job in the middle of this semester, and the book reminded me about many things including “being selfish” (taking care of yourself first so you can take care of others and ultimately do everything more effectively). I tend to sacrifice all of my personal interests, and run myself into the ground trying to succeed at work. I am most proud of sticking to this course till the end. I developed reoccurring migraine headache episodes this semester which made keeping up with work and school very difficult. I didn’t get the A grade that is typical of my academic performance, but it looks like I will finish with a respectable B- and get the needed course credit.
I don’t know that the course necessarily helped me develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Well, let me say I never had a passion to want to be a true entrepreneur, and I still do not. I think I need too much structure and stability in my life. But the skills we used during the semester, while not necessarily new to me, helped sharpen my existing skills and remind me of what I need to think about as an intrapreneur for the company that employs me.
The best piece of advice I would offer to future students is to read all of the assignments in advance of selecting an idea, problem, or product for the semester. Some of the assignments required interviews with people from the industry your idea or product was related to and, based on the idea I chose, I unfortunately did not have any contacts or have enough time during the course of the assignment week to try and research who I could possibly talk to and complete the interview (given I work full time).
I don’t know that the course necessarily helped me develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Well, let me say I never had a passion to want to be a true entrepreneur, and I still do not. I think I need too much structure and stability in my life. But the skills we used during the semester, while not necessarily new to me, helped sharpen my existing skills and remind me of what I need to think about as an intrapreneur for the company that employs me.
The best piece of advice I would offer to future students is to read all of the assignments in advance of selecting an idea, problem, or product for the semester. Some of the assignments required interviews with people from the industry your idea or product was related to and, based on the idea I chose, I unfortunately did not have any contacts or have enough time during the course of the assignment week to try and research who I could possibly talk to and complete the interview (given I work full time).
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