3A - My Entrepreneurship Story
I think that the most that I have been exposed to entrepreneurship in my life was last summer when I studied abroad at ESADE, a business college in Spain. Many of the professors there are entrepreneurs themselves, and they talked about their many investments or side businesses. In a couple of the classes I took, we were instructed to work in groups to come up with business ideas in different categories, and it opened my mind to thinking more creatively about the problems in our world. We also visited different startup companies that were inspiring and interesting to learn about.
I learned that entrepreneurship is really a mindset. You have to be willing to take risks and you have to have a strong belief in yourself, and you have to be passionate about what you're doing.
Studying abroad there helped me realize that I wanted to take more business classes at UF because I feel like being an entrepreneur is very empowering, so in taking this class I hope to build on the knowledge that I gained at ESADE.
I learned from your post is that we all have the ability to connect to other people, and to make ideas happen. I was in a similar program, and I thought about how much I didn't know about being an entrepreneur. The truth is that we all have the ability to brainstorm with others to get another perspective and to create solutions to these problems. We just have to be openminded about the problems around us, and be able to jump into action with our plans. Surrounding yourself with people that have a drive to recognize problems and then trying to find a solution is all it takes.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about your entrepreneurship story. The overall quality of your post is good. I have never studied abroad myself, and was interested in hearing about your experience studying in Spain. It seems as though you got a lot out of your semester there. In the future, I believe you should go into greater detail in your post. As I read, I found myself wanting to know more. I was asking myself questions like, “What businesses did your professors build?” and “What business ideas did you come up with in your groups?”.
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