Monday

The January Term is starting and so is Entrepreneurship class. For the first day, I mainly learned about the syllabus for the class and what we will be expected to do over the next two weeks.

We learned about chapter one of the book which mainly was basic information and talked about the positives and negatives of taking the entrepreneurship path. 

We also discussed possible entreprenuerial experiences and business plan portfolios. The entrepreneurial experience my group discussed was for a campus concierge service. Basically, we could help students find places to entertain themselves, places to eat, specific service businesses as well as transporting students or providing wake up calls and reminders. The business portfolio idea that I came up with was related around a shirt screen printing business. These are the ideas we discusses and are also the ones I think we are going to stick with.

Later, we watched CBS's Shark Tank. This was a show about millionaires who listen to people's business plans and ideas and have the option to either give provide a financial sum to them in return for a percentage of the company. This program showed me that there are a lot of entrepreneurs out there who have great ideas and products but are simply missing the right finances. 

Being an entrepreneur can be difficult but has its many rewards.