Book POst #4

Making Ideas Happen- Overcoming the Obstacle Between Vision and Reality

I have now finished the book and wanted to reflect on the book as a whole. This book has taught me that in order to really complete something you must be willing to be dedicated. Without dedication an idea is worthless. Dedication also needs to be long lasting otherwise you will begin a lot of things and quit them as soon as they start. In order to have this strong dedication you must have passion as well. Passion is what will fuel this dedication. Your passion for your project will lead to your ability to continually want to work on this idea and make it better. The book also mentions how you need creativity. Creativity is important because without creativity your ideas will look like any other idea. Creativity can be natural to some while for others it is important to look for inspiration. Inspiration can come in many forms, you can pick up a new hobby, travel, or study. All of these things can lead to a new inspiration that will lead you to that idea that has potential. Another idea the book brought up was that teamwork or collaboration usually leads to the strongest result. When you collaborate you receive more than one view on a project which is almost always stronger than a single opinion. You also create a support system so if you start to lose your dedication it can be reinforced by others working on the project with you. After reading this book I also had a chance to reflect on how these ideas are reinforced in school. Although a lot of school projects may seem pointless they have a lot of these skills and habits embedded in them. The book was really enjoyable and definitely benefitted my understanding of what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

This week in class 1/11

This week in class we finalized part 1-6. Finalizing these parts was an interesting process. it took a lot of thought because our part 5 which I had originally done had way too large numbers for the amount of each product we would buy. After reconsidering these numbers many time we finally came to numbers that made sense. Things we had to consider were how many customers we would have, our budget, and how much of each product made sense to sell.
Also this week we worked on a case study. I recognized the case study when we were given it which was interesting. The case study was interesting to work with because it was interesting to know it was a real case and see what kind of real problems businesses face. It was also interesting to try and brainstorm how to solve this problem. What I thought was very interesting inparticular was how their issues came from their business being a very common business. I found that very interesting because in class for our storefront project we are working on a doggy daycare which in a town like Brookline is a very competitive market.
Unfortunately, I was very sick this week and missed two classes so I don't have as much to reflect on.