Halfway Reflection - Assignment 14A

1. To keep up with the requirements of this course, I have developed the behavior of noticing the opportunities around me and how to solve the everyday “problems” people encounter. Such as, how long it takes for Starbucks employees to make drinks for customers, or that there is never enough cashiers at Publix. However, I have had to look beyond the problem and look to see how to solve them. After coming up with what I believe to be a solution, I had to look beyond and see if people really would use this solution or if they are okay with the problem. This class had made me have to think and speak with other people who are experiencing the same problem I am, more than I normally would.

2. When it came to coming up with a product or service I felt a little like giving up. I wanted to come up with a truly unique idea that would make people want to buy the solution to the problem they might not even be aware of. I think coming up with my waterproof overcoat idea really helped me push forward. As I met more and more people who thought my idea was a good one, who said that they would definitely buy it, or that they wished that it already existed, I realized that maybe I could pull this thing together and keep going.

3. I would tell next semester’s student to go into entrepreneurship with an open, but observant mind. Telling them to understand that even though it seems hard at first to look for opportunities, it gets easier as you constantly become aware of them. I would tell them not to limit their ideas to just products either, but to look at services that might help solve the problems around them.