BUS110 Reflection: Entrepreneurial Journal Blog

 I enjoyed reading about the student's assessment of Weebly and agree with what he said.  However, I chose Yahoo Sites since I have previously used it (when it was named Site Builder) and am familiar with its abilities.  I should be able to quickly pull together a new website based upon my knowledge and prepare it for publication sooner.  Yahoo also has the ability to accept PayPal for services (which I'm using rather than products) and have the ability to receive information from clients via e-mails to my business address.  The others have the same ability, but as I said, since I'm family with an application already, I'm going to choose it again going forward. The first thing that took my attention in Weebly is how easy it is to build a website; it is just dragged and paste. I also like how Weebly looks. I have never built a website before, and, after playing a little bit with Weebly, I thought it was easier than the others. The second criterion th...

  As an entrepreneur, I strive to learn and gain understanding on ways I can run my business and improve on what is currently existing. A lot of the insights from this week's lesson help me realize a couple of things on how I can be one of the best entrepreneurs. I learned a lot on how it is not so easy to continue a journey full of hurdles, our efforts, and hustles, are a result of one’s determination to endure and be successful. This week we got to dig deep into the life of an entrepreneur. Guy Kawasaki was able to take out an insight and illuminate it in my life as an entrepreneur. I really enjoyed how you explained that a lot of people start a business because they want money, and more money is the determining factor of how well they do in that journey. He emphasized that it is very difficult starting a business and when we look at how many people start it doesn't equate to how many people succeed. A lot of people who fail are discouraged with a lot of hurdles they face dur...

I had an opportunity to watch a video entitled “A hero's journey”. The lessons I gained are so insightful. I have got some three take away from the video. The first important thing that I have learned is that every individual has a duty to find their own entrepreneurial calling  that can only be realized through faith and courage to seek. The council was to choose a hero’s journey, but it is important to understand that one cannot choose to follow a journey that he/she cannot understand where it will take him/her. Choosing a hero’s journey means one must live life to its fullest because life matters. Knowing that life will or has never been easy, with its ups and down, one must take all life’s challenges as opportunities, with its struggles as adventures and setbacks as life’s lessons. The most important motivating factor for me was ‘learn how to learn. What does this mean? The point learned here is that the importance of developing a skill to learn to listen. This communication sk...

  Last year I was bold enough to register for a company even though I did not have a plan on what I wanted to do in that company. What drove me to opening that company is my goal, which was to be a successful businessman. Opening this company has made me a motivated individual in pursuing my dreams of being a renowned businessman. As I started my entrepreneurial journey, I was motivated by different influences around me. I am a very determined individual and I truly believed that whatever I'm learning in this course is as I take part in this degree will be of benefit and would give me ideas on how to go about my business and select the right business for me. This week's lessons have taught me how to be successful as I am selecting the right business for me. Before this lesson, it is surprising that I had an idea of what I wanted to do and this was what I loved doing, which was working with electricity and more especially researching on the possible opportunities of renewable ...

  ·          Why do you think Randy Pausch was able to achieve so many of his childhood dreams?   Treat Life As An Experiment  Treat life as an experiment expect failure Try Fail forward Take risks Pile of failures (ten thousand ways that do not work) Thomas Edison Great team multiple failures WD-40 40 th chance worked. Failure as steppingstones   Last Lecture One of the very most important things we see in his life is that he was not in deniel after things around him, we see that he kept going despite the challenges. He had Few regrets and this attitude it helped him power through life's challenges and failures. Being patient with himself helped him understand the processes and take them as he experienced what he really wanted. He said, “Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want”   this helps a lot of individuals move forward as they develop different attributes and attitudes. He...

  One of my goal is so that I can be a successful business owner of more than one business. This week has been one of the greatest weeks as I started this class, I am so excited to take part the activities in this course. Guy Kawasaki  what's very articulate and one of his videos he shared this week where you spoke about how one needs to truly do what they love doing for them to be successful, he mentioned how when one does something for money or start a business for money, they will be miserably rich or miserably poor. It is very interesting that he mentioned miserably rich and it being an oxymoron. When one has passion for something get determined to accomplish and achieve great results. This is one of the interesting things I've heard this week because I started my own business my last year but was still in the planning phase. This journey I have taken to do this degree in applied business management has been enlightening to my business or the planning of my business. This ...