30A – Final Reflection

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 constantly looking for opportunities to take and learn from, even if it is learning from someone else.  I want to read more books like the ones we read in class.
I would recommend to students taking this class in the future to put all your effort into your assignments because you will actually get out what you put in.  I would recommend to read the comments your group leaves you.  It is nice to see what they think and interact with people doing the same activity.  I would recommend to think about activities we do in blog posts outside of our class and assignments to foster this entrepreneurial mindset.

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  1. UnknownDecember 8, 2018 at 1:28 AM

    Hello Sydney,

    I completely agree that the elevator pitch was hard to memorize and execute the exact way that you wanted to it to be. I also had trouble thinking of a complete list of bugs after listing all the ones that I could think of. I liked that the assignment taught to think big and think of new perspectives. Nice post!

    Thanks,
    Ramar

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  2. Aubrey HoffmanDecember 8, 2018 at 8:43 PM

    Hi Sydney,

    I had a lot of difficulty with my elevator pitch too. I was very self conscious about it and never seemed to get it quite right, but it finally came out decently. I agree with the advice you would leave to other students. They can take a lot out of this class if they actually give it time and put effort into all of the assignments. Great post!

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