30A – Final Reflection

• The most formative experience was the first reading reflection. I read Miracles Happen by March Kay Ash and took a lot of lessons away. The experience I will remember years from now were the elevator pitches. At first it was difficult for me to record myself, but each time I got better. The most joyous experience was creating a customer avatar. I liked being creative and coming up with a detailed description of my prospective customer. I also enjoyed creating the actual avatar on mybluerobot.com. I am most proud of the second venture capital assignment. It felt like all the pieces of a puzzle coming together. I was able to analyze my business plan progression throughout this entire semester.
• I do see myself as an entrepreneur. I have learn how to create a business idea, conduct market interviews, and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of my product. I have moved closer to developing an entrepreneurial mindset. I am more creative and open minded than I was at the beginning of the semester. I have increased my social capital and understand the important of targeting a specific market. The books Inbound Marketing by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah and The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users by Guy Kawasaki gave me great advice on marketing and using social media to promote my product as an entrepreneur. 
• The one recommendation I would give students who are going to journey down this path in the future would be to work ahead. Since this class is self paced, students are able to complete assignments way before the due date. This helps a lot if a test for another class is coming up. The student would be able to finish this class's assignments before hand. To perform best in this course students need to be self-motivated and driven. To foster this mindset they need to be organized and plan their week in advance. They need to set goals each week and meet them.