Sydney Hisaw's Blog

I remember doing my elevator pitch for the first time and having no idea what to say and it took me over 20 times to get it remotely okay for me to post.  Now, I do my elevator pitch to my friends involved in business for fun and have it memorized so easily.  I remember doing the bug list and having a somewhat difficult time thinking of all of them. I think my elevator pitch videos were the most formative experience because it taught me how to speak properly in a business setting and how to condense the most important details I needed.  I think this made me a better public speaker even though I was speaking by myself in front of a camera.  I'll remember this for years.  I also enjoyed interviewing my friends to see what they thought of me and what my "secret sauce was." I see myself as an entrepreneur because of my mindset, not that I necessarily have a business yet.  I pay more attention to problems or "bugs" as we called it every day.  I am constan...

I think coming up with a business name would be really difficult.  For now, I decided on Jewelry by LJ, short for Leo James.  Leo is my cat's name and James is my brother's middle name. Since starting college three years ago, I have lost my apartment key at least five times.  This may not seem like a lot, but when you are a college student paying almost or more than one thousand dollars a month for rent plus over $500 per month to be in a sorority, paying $50 several times to replace a key is not ideal.  I am not alone—this has happened to several of my friends and peers at University of Florida many times.  I asked myself, “Why does this happen?”  I found the answer was because when I would leave my place either to go out with friends or to class, I would have my key either loose in a bag or tied on a ponytail on my risk.  A  lot  of my friends and peers do this as well to have their key at their convenience—but ke...